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Global food, hunger challenges projected to increase mortality, disability
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 20 (ANI): A new study shows that climate change will increase the challenge of meeting the nutrition and food needs of a growing population, especially in Africa south of the Sahara, but policy actions initiated now could help avert this additional burden.
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COVID-19: US Congressman Krishnamoorthi launches legislation to provide fu
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 20 (ANI): US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Wednesday (local time) announced that he is launching legislation to provide funding for vaccinating 60 per cent of the population from middle-income countries against COVID-19.
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Expedite COVID vaccination drive, says IMA president
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 19 (ANI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) President Dr JA Jayalal on Wednesday called for speeding up the COVID vaccination drive and warned about the threat of a third wave as the majority of the country's population is not vaccinated.
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Vaccination for India's large population can't be completed within 2-3 mon
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Pune (Maharashtra) [India], May 18 (ANI): The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday said his firm has "never exported vaccines at the cost of the people of India."
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China approaching demographic crisis: report
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 17 (ANI): Even after postponing the results of the once-in-a-decade census for a month, the Chinese government was unable to fully cover up the alarming demographic situation that the country is facing.
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Census shows China has 30 million unmarried men, sparks concern over short
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 17 (ANI): A once-in-a-decade census in China shows that the country has about 30 million unmarried men, which is more than the entire population of some countries.
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Cardiologist leads commission to help reduce burden of women's heart disea
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 17 (ANI): A unique commission that issued major new recommendations aimed at fully understanding and reducing the global burden of heart disease in women was led by Roxana Mehran, MD, Professor of Medicine, and Population Health Science and Policy, and Director of Interven
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Army distributes ration, COVID-kits to Gujjar, Bakarawal communities in J-
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 16 (ANI): Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Romeo Force of the Army's Rashtriya Rifles has started a coronavirus awareness and education campaign for the migratory population of the Gujjar and Bakarawal community in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch dis
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Amid Chinese expansionism, Kazakhstan passes law prohibiting sale, leasing
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Almaty [Kazakhstan], May 15 (ANI): Kazakhstan on Thursday passed a law that prohibits the sale and leasing of agricultural land to foreigners and foreign companies at a time of growing expansionism by China which is snapping up agricultural land to feed its growing population.
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Study examines connection between human gut microbiota, health and mortali
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Turku [Finland], May 15 (ANI): The largest population-level study in the world that examined the connection between human gut microbiota and health and mortality in the following decades was recently conducted by the University of Turku and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare togeth
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Chinese authorities restrict religious practices of Tibetans in Lhasa duri
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lhasa [Tibet], May 15 (ANI): Tibetans in Lhasa have been instructed to restrict certain religious practices during the holy month called 'Saga Dawa', in what appears to be yet another move by Chinese authorities to curb the religious freedom of the Buddhist population.
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Congress party attacks Centre over COVID vaccination policy
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 15 (ANI): Amid the unprecedented rise in COVID-19 cases, Congress Leader Shaktisinh Gohil urged the Centre to vaccinate 60 percent of the population, through a "universal vaccination" programme, to stop a "third wave" of Covid-19 from occurring.
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