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China to persist with "zero-Covid" policy despite growing backlash
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
These remarks came in response to the problem of excessive and one-size-fits-all epidemic prevention and control measures in some parts of the country amid the recent flare-up of COVID cases, state media outlet Global Times reported.
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Do you know 'Westworld's cast will still get paid for Season 5 despite can
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Yes, you read it right! The dystopian sci-fi series will not get a fifth season, but the main cast of the series will be paid for Season 5 regardless of the fact that it will not be produced. The main cast reportedly had pay-or-play contracts for Season 5. The actors' options were exercised
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Boston University researchers claim to have developed new, deadly COVID st
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): Following a set of linked experiments that were first believed to have sparked the global epidemic in China, researchers at Boston University claim to have developed a new COVID strain with an 80% death rate.
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Scientists reveals that obesity is a neurodevelopmental disorder
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 1 (ANI): A team of researchers reports that molecular mechanisms of brain development during early life are likely a major determinant of obesity risk.
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Another monkey virus may be on verge of infecting humans: Researchers
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Colorado [US], September 30 (ANI): According to new University of Colorado Boulder research published online Sept. 30 in the journal Cell, an unknown family of viruses that is currently prevalent in wild African primates and known to cause lethal Ebola-like symptoms in certain monkeys is "po
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Widespread outbreak of dengue, other epidemics affect Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 11 (ANI): Amid ravaging floods, Pakistan is hit with a dengue outbreak that has gone out of control across the country.
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J-K to ensure rehabilitation of 6 lakh people from drug addiction by March
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], September 8 (ANI): As drug usage continues to grip Jammu and Kashmir, the government of Jammu and Kashmir has adopted a multi-pronged strategy involving 17 departments, local bodies, Panchayati Raj bodies and ground level workers to deal with the epid
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Centre delegates power to Andaman and Nicobar LG under Epidemic Disease Ac
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): The Central government has delegated the powers to the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands under the Epidemic Disease Act.
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Domestic violence: China's hidden epidemic
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): The surge in domestic violence in China clearly shows the ineffectiveness of its anti-domestic violence law in the country.
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Post-COVID resurgence: Spectacular Teej festival celebrations in Rajasthan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], August 1, (ANI): A grand procession was taken out by the devotees of Teej Mata in Jaipur on July 31, an much-awaited event which could not held during the last two years because of the onslaught of the COVID-19 epidemic.
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China instrumental in spreading four pandemics: Report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 12 (ANI): China has been covering up epidemics within the country for a long time and helped spread four pandemics around the world, said a report in New York Post that warned that Covid might not be the last.
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Study finds childhood socio-economic stress might be associated with obesi
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 8 (ANI): Stressful childhood environments are a precursor for obesity later in life according to a University Alberta study that challenges the notion that advertising junk food is at the root of the obesity epidemic.
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