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Antimicrobial Resistance will reduce global annual GDP by 3.8 pc by 2050:
Updated : 3 years, 7 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, 7 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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Dettol enters a new category with Dettol Multi-Use Antiseptic Cream
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Dettol, India's most trusted germ protection brand, entered a new category with the launch of its multi-use Dettol Antiseptic Cream prevents infection in a variety of minor wounds, cuts, and scratches. Dettol Antiseptic Cream is the on
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Study: Antibiotic-resistant microbes in the gut make C. difficile more inf
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Clostridioides difficile, often referred to as C. difficile or C. diff, is a bacterium that causes severe intestinal illness and, as its name suggests, can be difficult to study and treat. Approximately 1 in 6 patients infected with C. difficile will be reinfected within two months. Yet scie
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Researchers discover new biomarker for severe Covid 19
Updated : 3 years, 7 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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Anupam Kher bumps into Anushka-Virat at airport; pens warm note for power
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Anupam Kher took to Instagram to share a photo with Virat and Anushka and wrote, "I was very happy to meet Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma at the airport lounge! Their warmth was beautifully infectious! Jai Ho to them!" They bumped into Anupam Kher at Mumbai airport.
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Research: Children with severe form of epilepsy should receive flu vaccine
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Children with a severe form of epilepsy should be vaccinated against the flu due to the high risk of seizures being triggered by an influenza infection, according to a new study.
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Congestion in traffic may contribute to lower birthweight: Study
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The study found consistent associations between traffic delays and a nine-gram reduction in birthweight among infants born to parents who reside in areas with heavy traffic, such as highways or freeways.
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Researchers find Bariatric surgery lowers risk of heart disease
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Researchers find Bariatric surgery lowers risk of heart disease Obese people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease after bariatric surgery experienced significantly fewer severe cardiovascular events. The researchers revealed that obese patients are less likely to develop adverse cardiovascu
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Researchers find how HIV evades immunity, drugs
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Researchers at Duke Health have reported that an immune response that likely evolved to help fight infections appears to be the mechanism that drives human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into a latent state, lurking in cells only to erupt anew.
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Love turns fatal: Shraddha's killing brings back horrific memories of Nain
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
The sheer brutality of the crime has drawn parallels with the infamous 'Tandoor Kand' of July 1995 in which a Youth Congress leader killed his wife over an alleged love affair and shoved her body parts into a tandoor (clay oven) on the roof of an eatery run by his friend.
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Antimicrobial therapy can prevent sepsis in pneumonia patients
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Research sheds light on the initial phase of infectious disease and the potential for prevention of pneumococcal septicaemia.
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