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Pregnant women with COVID-19 face high mortality rate: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 23 (ANI): In a new worldwide study of 2,100 pregnant women, those who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy were 20 times more likely to die than those who did not contract the virus.
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Study sheds light on inequities in COVID-19 mortality across racial groups
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Cambridge (Massachusetts) [US], April 6 (ANI): Black women are dying at significantly higher rates than white men, and that disparity in mortality rates among women of all races are greater than those between white women and white men. These are the findings of a new study led by Harvard Uni
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COVID-19 mortality rate may be low but don't let guard down: K'taka health
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Mangaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 31 (ANI): The COVID-19 mortality rate in Dakshina Kannada may be low but the people should not let their guard down, said Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Wednesday, a day after authorities imposed Section 144 in the district due to rising COVID-19
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Despite increase in COVID-19 cases, mortality rate remains low in Pune
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], March 19 (ANI): Amid the concerns over spike in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, the Pune administration on Friday informed that despite a surge in positivity rate, mortality rate remains low in the city.
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70 districts in 16 states saw 150 pc increase in COVID-19 cases in last 15
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): Despite the increase of COVID-19 cases across states and union territories in the country, India's coronavirus mortality rate remains below two per cent while the cumulative positivity rate has dropped below five per cent, informed Health Secretary Rajesh B
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US women experienced increased pregnancy stress during pandemic: Study
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 17 (ANI): COVID-19 has created new problems for pregnant women in the United States, a group that already faced the highest maternal mortality rate in the developed world even before the pandemic, suggested the findings of recent research.
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New COVID-19 strains not 'more infectious', need to aggressively monitor s
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 24 (ANI): With two new strains of Covid-19, one each from the UK and Brazil, confirmed in a number of states, AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that vaccines will be able to control the spread of coronavirus and lessen the mortality rate.
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Racially segregated counties in US have higher COVID-19 infections, deaths
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): A study finds that residential racial segregation emerged as a factor in COVID-19 infection and mortality rates across the nine months of the pandemic in the United States.
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India reports 70 lakh burn injuries annually with 1.4 lakh mortality rate,
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): India has at least 70 lakh cases of burn injuries annually with mortality rate as high as 1.4 lakh per year with additional 2.4 lakh patients who end up with severe deformities, Union Minister Dr Harsh said on Monday while inaugurating the newly construct
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Study: Disparities in COVID-19 impacts life expectancy
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 17 (ANI): An investigation measures the dissimilar effects of COVID-19 on mortality rate in the United States based on racial and ethnic differences.
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Human migration patterns are connected to Vitamin D deficiencies: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Oxford [UK], January 7 (ANI): A new study in the Oxford Economic Papers found that people's ability to synthesize Vitamin D from sunlight declines with skin pigmentation, and unveiled the direct association of its deficiency with a higher risk of mortality.
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Frailty associated with higher mortality for women awaiting liver transpla
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 2 (ANI): A recent study headed by UC San Francisco and Columbia University highlights the role that frailty plays in a higher mortality rate in women awaiting liver transplants.
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