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Serum Institute of India joins CEPI global network to boost production of
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The world's largest vaccine manufacturer, the Serum Institute of India Private Ltd (SII), is joining a growing Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) network of vaccine producers in the Global South to support more rapid, agile, and equitable responses to future public health
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Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration: Study
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A new analysis of U.S. Forest Service data shows that climate change is changing forests differently across the country. With increasing temperatures, intensifying droughts, wildfires, and disease outbreaks wreaking havoc on trees, researchers warn that forests in the American West are facin
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Car imports to Israel decline due to war
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
In 2023, 283,835 private vehicles were imported into Israel, compared to 306,087 in 2022, a decrease of 7.3 per cent. The import of vehicles in the first three quarters of 2023 increased compared to the corresponding period last year and decreased in the last quarter with the outbreak of the
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Study finds paxlovid treatment does not lower risk of long Covid
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) did not decrease the chance of developing long COVID in vaccinated, non-hospitalized patients during their initial COVID-19 infection, according to a team of UC San Francisco researchers. They also discovered a larger number of people with acute symptoms reb
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India Drove a Maruti Swift the Most in 2023, According to Zoomcar Trends R
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 29: In the age of digitisation, India has grown massively when it comes to finding convenience and mobility with the help of apps. A recent report on the self-drive car rental industry published by Zoomcar, a leading marketplace for car sharing in emer
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Kerala LoP slams state govt over delay in taking measures against Covid-19
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly and Congress leader, VD Satheesan, took a jibe at the state government on Monday over its COVID outbreak management, saying, "Four deaths have been recorded, yet the Kerala government is waiting for the 'Nava Kerala Sadas' to en
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Bangladesh reports nine more deaths from dengue, fatalities reach 1661
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 459 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever.
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Argentina: 220 flamingos killed in latest outbreak of deadly bird flu
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In Argentina, the James' flamingo, or puna flamingo, a gregarious species, faces the risk of transmitting the disease during migration.
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Delhi Health Minister denies alarming situation in hospitals amid pneumoni
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
"Many things are not clear in the advisory we received from the Central Government, there is a lack of information. Not much information is coming from China also. But we held a meeting with expert doctors of Delhi such as respiratory experts, and paediatrics and tried to understand whether
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Pneumonia outbreak in China: Health dept has strengthened state-wide surve
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
After an advisory issued by the Centre to all the states in connection to the emergence of a mysterious pneumonia outbreak in China, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday that the state health department has strengthened state-wide surveillance.
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Throat pain, symptoms similar to routine infections common during winter o
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
After the Union Health Ministry recently said that it is closely monitoring the reported outbreak of H9N2 cases and clusters of respiratory illness in children, Director of Lady Harding Hospital, Dr Subhash Giri reiterated to take precautions and said that H9N2 virus in China is spreading
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"We're on high alert": Delhi health minister Saurabh Bhardwaj on Pneumonia
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
In view of recent reports of a surge in respiratory illnesses in children in northern China, health departments in States and Union territories across the country have been put on alert.
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