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Ahead of World Diabetes Day, experts call for urgent action to address glo
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 13 (ANI): Ahead of World Diabetes Day (November 14), a new report has called for action to close the gap in diabetes prevention and care. Worldwide, 463 million people have diabetes, with 80% from low-income and middle- income countries (LMICs). In 2019, 4.2 million
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IIT Roorkee scientists predict FDA-approved commercial drugs through AI to
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Roorkee (Uttarakhand) [India], November 13 (ANI): Amid the rapid transmission of cases of Covid-19, a group of scientists from IIT Roorkee has leveraged Artificial Intelligence (AI) to predict 10 FDI (Food and Drug Administration) approved commercial drugs available for the treatment of the
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Screening travellers at airports for Covid-19 symptoms ineffective: CDC
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 13 (ANI): Screening protocols such as checking temperatures and monitoring symptoms among passengers flying in from countries with high rates of Covid spread are ineffective for air travellers, cites a new report.
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Worldwide Measles surge to 23-year high in 2019, killing over 200,000: UNI
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Deaths from the childhood disease measles last year increased 50 pe rcent from 2016 levels, with this year's coronavirus pandemic threatening another spike in cases by curtailing global vaccination programs, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) war
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Afghanistan reports 186 new COVID-19 cases, total count at 42,795
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Kabul [Afghanistan], November 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Afghanistan has confirmed 186 new COVID-19 positive cases, bringing the number of patients infected with the disease to 42,795 in the country, Public Health Ministry said in a statement Thursday.
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Startup India Award-winning jackfruit flour for Diabetics takes the health
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Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): For a country like India, with varied cuisines and irregular eating habits, diabetes has turned out to be the gateway disease to other ailments.
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US hits new all-time high in daily COVID-19 cases
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Maryland [US], November 12 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States hit a record-setting 136,325 new daily cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, the latest data from Johns Hopkins University revealed.
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Delhi HC slams Kejriwal-govt over relaxing COVID norms amid pollution scar
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New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed its concern on rising COVID-19 infection and the air pollution in the city and said that "it is a known fact that the COVID-19 virus can survive for a longer duration in pollution and thereby increase the severity
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Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 1.9 mln
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Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], November 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 1,904,820, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Wednesday.
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Iran sees record daily COVID-19 deaths, new cases since outbreak
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Tehran [Iran], November 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran on Wednesday registered 462 deaths related to COVID-19 and 11,780 new cases, both the highest daily figure since the outbreak of the disease in the country.
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Combination of air pollution, COVID-19 can cause more severe disease, incr
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): High levels of air pollution, combined with COVID-19 will not only aggravate severe disease but can also lead to an increase in mortality, said All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi, Director, Randeep Guleria on Wednesday.
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Number of COVID-19 infections in Mongolia rises to 382
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Ulan Bator (Mongolia), November 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of COVID-19 infections in Mongolia rose to 382 after 14 new cases were recorded in the past two days, including the first locally transmitted COVID-19 case in the country, Mongolia's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD)
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