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AIIMS Delhi reporting over 20 cases of Black Fungus daily
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, is reporting more than 20 cases of 'Black Fungus' (Mucormycosis) disease on a daily basis, said Dr MV Padma Srivastava, Head, Department of Neurology, AIIMS.
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Rajasthan govt declares 'Black Fungus' an epidemic
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 19 (ANI): As Rajasthan is seeing a surge in the number of cases Black Fungus (Mucormycosis), the state government on Wednesday declared the disease to be considered as an epidemic in the state.
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Slow vaccine roll-out could risk advent of new variants, warns Chinese exp
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): Chinese infectious disease specialist has warned that slow global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out risks allowing new variants to emerge as the world continues to combat the pandemic.
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Lipid droplets help protect kidney cells from damage: Study
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], May 18 (ANI): Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found out how microscopic structures called lipid droplets may help to prevent a high-fat diet causing kidney damage. The work in fruit flies, published in PLoS Biology opens up a new research avenue for developing be
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Hospitals should report black fungus cases to govt: K'taka health minister
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 17 (ANI): Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, is now a noticed disease and hospitals should report it to the government, said Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Monday, adding that it is illegal to hide it.
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Cardiologist leads commission to help reduce burden of women's heart disea
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 17 (ANI): A unique commission that issued major new recommendations aimed at fully understanding and reducing the global burden of heart disease in women was led by Roxana Mehran, MD, Professor of Medicine, and Population Health Science and Policy, and Director of Interven
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Fauci says pandemic exposed 'undeniable effects of racism' in US
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US] May 17,(ANI):Dr Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration's top medical adviser said that the COVID-19 pandemic had exposed racial disparities in living conditions and access to healthcare across the US that required serious action to fix.
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Georgia's COVID-19 cases top 330,000
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tbilisi [Georgia], May 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Georgia on Sunday reported 968 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total to 330,375, according to the country's National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).
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Jaipur administration conducts door to door survey, distributes medicine i
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Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], May 16 (ANI): Due to the COVID surge in rural areas, Rajasthan's Jaipur administration on Sunday informed that it has taken several steps to curb the spread of the disease in the rural areas of the district.
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US schools should continue to use masks: CDC
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US] May 16 (ANI): Schools in the United States should continue to use masks for the 2020-2021 academic year as all students will not be fully vaccinated, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Saturday.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases pass 4.67 million: Africa CDC
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,677,798 as of Saturday noon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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Black Fungus declared notified disease in Haryana
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], May 15 (ANI): State Health Minister Anil Vij on Saturday said black fungus has now been declared a notified disease in Haryana.
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