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GIDEoN: A vision for ending pandemics with Dr Ian Lipkin
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] July 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, the most important question for us all remains, how can we end this crisis and ensure that we can prevent the next one?
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Virtual Hospital Cancer Rounds brings ray of hope to cancer patients durin
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], June 15 (ANI/NewsVoir): Undergoing cancer treatment in a world facing one of the worst pandemics in the form of COVID-19 is indeed daunting. As one of the worst-hit countries across the globe, India struggles to address the plight of cancer patients.
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Ending wildlife trade will protect the environment; reduce risk of future
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 5 (ANI/NewsVoir): The death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala has sent a wave of shock and grief across the country. It is a sombre reminder that humans are capable of horrific acts of cruelty and violence towards animals.
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COVID-19 and the true cost of wildlife exploitation
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): Wildlife trade has become big business and the subsequent exploitation of wild animals puts our health, economies and biodiversity at risk, says World Animal Protection as they launch a campaign today targeting G20 leaders to support a permanent wildl
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Free Nutrition App giving more muscle to India's COVID-19 battle
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): It is a proven fact that technology can play a critical role in efficiently managing pandemics like COVID-19. Most importantly, it plays a key role in keeping the doctors and paramedics uninfected thus ensuring their uninterrupted services
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Broad coalition forming in US to pressure China to close wet markets
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], Apr 08 (ANI): A coalition consisting of Senators, activists and Humane Society of the United States is being formed to exert pressure on China to close the infamous wet markets of wild food markets for bat, cat and dog mean blamed for the outbreak of the coronavirus and a nu
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Calamities like COVID-19 pose adverse impact to business continuity: KPMG
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): While businesses are learning to innovate and adapt to the ever-changing work environments, the pandemics and unforeseen calamities like COVID-19 pose an adverse impact to the business continuity, KPMG India said on Friday.
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India calls for affordable access to medicines, easier movement of health
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): India has called for working towards creating a global framework for further enhancing affordable access to medicines for fighting pandemics and facilitating easier movement of health professionals across national borders.
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India has tremendous capacity to combat COVID-19: WHO
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 24 (ANI): The executive director of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Michael J Ryan, on Tuesday said that India has a tremendous capacity to deal the coronavirus outbreak situation as it has experience of eradicating two pandemics, namely small-pox and polio.
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China's Belt and Road Initiative, CPEC are 'conduits for pandemics and not
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 21 (ANI): Amid the coronavirus outbreak, a leading Washington DC-based activist from Gilgit Baltistan has called on the international community to tell China to permanently discontinue mega projects like the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the China Pakistan Economic
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Ancient DNA reveals genetic legacy of pandemics in the Americas
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec. 20(ANI): Tuberculosis, treponemal disease, Chagas disease, and many other pathogens were endemic to populations of Prehistoric America. But the "Columbian Exchange" beginning in 1492 introduced new pathogens to American populations, including smallpox, measles, in
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