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Malayalam writer Satheesh Babu found dead in his apartment
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Noted Malayalam writer Satheesh Babu was found dead at his apartment on Thursday evening in Vanchiyoor, Trivandrum.
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22 cases, nine deaths due measles reported in Mumbai
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Twenty-two cases, and nine deaths due to measles were reported in Mumbai
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BMC appeals for vaccination amid hike in Measles cases in Mumbai
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
After measles immunization dropped significantly and with millions of children missing vaccination, the cases in the financial capital of the country seeing a hike was a given as the total number on Wednesday stood at 233.
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South Korea's childbirth rate hit record low of 0.79 per woman in third qu
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The number of babies born was the lowest since statistics were compiled in the same quarter, while the number of deaths was the highest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The natural decline in the population continued for 35 months as the number of births declined and the number of death soared.
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Indonesia earthquake: Six-year-old pulled alive from wreckage, death toll
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The 5.6-magnitude quake that hit Indonesia's Cianjur region resulted in the deaths of 271 persons, however, the hopes for survivors persist after a six-year-old boy was pulled alive from the wreckage of a property on Wednesday after surviving for more than two days under debris.
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Recent research identifies rise in cervical cancer among women
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Cervical cancer is mostly related to human papillomavirus (HPV), and screening has made this cancer preventable. Yet, it is estimated that over 14,000 new cases will be diagnosed this year and more than 4,000 deaths will be attributed to cervical cancer.
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UNICEF concerned over children's death in ongoing protest in Iran
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Raising its concern over the death of children in the ongoing protest in Iran, the United Nations children's agency, UNICEF, said in a statement on Friday, that the reported deaths of children at anti-government protests "must stop."
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Antimicrobial Resistance will reduce global annual GDP by 3.8 pc by 2050:
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New global estimates show that in 2019, nearly 5 million human deaths worldwide were associated with bacterial AMR, of which 1.3 million human deaths were directly attributable to bacterial AMR. In a high-impact scenario, AMR will reduce global annual GDP by 3.8 per cent by 2050.
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Maintaining "sweet spot" indoor humidity levels may reduce COVID-19 transm
Updated : 3 years, 4 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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Research: Potential threat to heart health from extreme weather
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
An analysis of nearly 2.3 million Europeans has found detrimental associations between cold weather and deaths from heart disease, particularly in poor neighbourhoods. The late-breaking research is presented at ESC Congress 2022.1 Hot weather was linked with excess deaths from heart disease
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Mamata Banerjee expresses grief over stone quarry deaths in Mizoram; annou
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that she was "depressed" after knowing about the deaths of workers under the debris of the stone quarry which collapsed at Maudarh village in Mizoram's Hnahthial district on Monday.
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Decline in deaths from cardiovascular disease anticipated in Japan
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A key requirement of health policy-makers preparing budgets, and of great interest to those with family histories of cardiovascular disease (CVD), are predictions of future prevalence of this disease. Now, researchers from Japan have used new statistical modelling approaches that have predi
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