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"We remain concerned...": WHO Chief Tedros on Covid situation in China
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday said that the global body remains concerned over the evolving situation in China as the COVID-19 infections witness a new spike in the country after curbs were eased.
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Covid-19 booster increases durability of antibody response: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine speaks to the benefits of a Covid-19 booster. The new findings shed light on how mRNA boosters - both Pfizer and Moderna - affect the durability of our antibodies to Covid-19. A booster, the researchers report, made for longer-l
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Nearly 250 million Covid-19 infections in China: Leaked document
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In the 20-minute meeting of China's National Health Commission, as per the leaked document, 248 million people reported Covid-19 positive between December 1 and 20, which is 17.65 per cent of China's population.
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India records 201 new COVID-19 infections in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
India recorded 201 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.
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India's power demand growth to slow in FY23: Fitch Ratings
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In a report -- India Power Watch 1HFY23, Fitch said it expects demand growth to moderate in the second half of 2022-23 (H2FY23) as the strong 18.5 per cent year-on-year growth in the first quarter of fiscal 2022-23 (Q1FY23) was from a low base a year earlier when demand dived due to a resurg
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Health and Hydrogen launches one of the first medical-grade Molecular Hydr
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Gurgaon (Haryana) [India], December 19 (ANI/PRNewswire): Molecular Hydrogen Inhalation therapy is now extensively used for its many health benefits, such as reducing inflammation, improving cellular function, and protecting against oxidative stress. Health And Hydrogen recently launched a re
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Research shows how a viral toxin may exacerbate severe COVID-19
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study in the journal Nature Communications reveals how a viral toxin produced by the SARS-CoV-2 virus may contribute to severe COVID-19 infections. The study shows how a portion of the SARS-CoV-2 "spike" protein can damage cell barriers that line the inside of blood vessels within orga
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Gut microbes disturbed by COVID-19 infection, antibiotics: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In an intensive look at the effects of the virus causing COVID-19 on patients' microbiome - the collection of microorganisms that live in and on the human body - Rutgers scientists found that acute infection disrupts a healthy balance between good and bad microbes in the gut, especially with
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China reports new daily record COVID cases for second consecutive day
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Of the total COVID cases, 3,041 were symptomatic while 29,654 were asymptomatic, Reuters news agency reported. The report added that Thursday's new local COVID-19 infections set a daily record, beating a figure set in mid-April.
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Maintaining "sweet spot" indoor humidity levels may reduce COVID-19 transm
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Maintaining an indoor relative humidity between 40 and 60 percent is associated with relatively lower rates of Covid-19 infections and deaths, while indoor conditions outside this range are associated with worse Covid-19 outcomes.
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Researchers discover new biomarker for severe Covid 19
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Patients with acute COVID-19 infection have higher amounts of the cytokine IL-26 in their blood, according to researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet. Furthermore, high IL-26 levels are associated with an increased inflammatory response, which indicates severe cases of the disease. The
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COVID-19 causes long-term physical, mental health problems in people of al
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to a new study published in the journal PLOS Medicine by Martin Roessler of Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany, and colleagues, there is a significant new-onset major complication in children, adolescents, and adults across 13 distinct diagnosis and symptom complexes following
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