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PTI
WHO to Meet Next Week to Consider Emergency Use Listing of India’s Covaxin
18 Oct 2021
The technical advisory group will meet on October 26 to consider EUL for Bharat Biotech’s Vaccine, says Soumya Swaminathan.
Richa Chintan
India’s Fight against TB: Govt’s Eerie Silence over Worsening Situation, Drug Stockouts
17 Oct 2021
While India continues its poor performance in the global fight against TB, additional challenges are emerging in the form of Delamanid stockout and shortage of testing kits. Despite repeated…
Saurav Kumar
Malnutrition, Malaria hit Tribals in Maoist Hotbed
13 Oct 2021
Lakheswari can only crawl as her legs are too weak to bear the weight of her fragile 5.5 kg body.
PTI
High COVID-19 Rate in 0-19 Age Group in India; Frequent Post-Jab Cases of Delta Variant: Study
08 Oct 2021
All regions reported a decline in the number of new cases this week apart from the European Region, says the COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update by WHO.
Amitabha Roy Chowdhury
Vaccine Recognition Turbulence Hits Global air Travel
29 Sep 2021
The lack of a common global vaccine passport has also caused confusion.
Richa Chintan
Aggravating Inequalities in Vaccine Distribution – Does the Developed World Care at all?
16 Sep 2021
“We still see shocking inequities in access to vaccines….
PTI
COVID-19: Study Says India Top Source of Social Media Misinformation
15 Sep 2021
'Social media (84.94%) produces the largest amount of misinformation, and the internet (90.5%) as a whole is responsible for most of the COVID-19 misinformation. Moreover, Facebook alone produces 66.…
Ritwika Mitra
Messiahs Take Care of Homeless Persons With Mental Illness
31 Aug 2021
After leading a regular life in north Kolkata’s Maniktala area for 21 years, Rumpa Goswami turned over a new leaf in 2018.
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World Health Organisation Releases New Guidelines for Controlling Blood Pressure
28 Aug 2021
The new guidelines released by WHO recommend 130 as upper number threshold for starting medicines for anyone with risk factors or a history of cardiovascular disease, and 140/90 for others
PTI
US Intelligence Agencies Split on COVID-19 Origin, Believe China Wasn’t Aware of it Before Pandemic
28 Aug 2021
Analysts in a review ordered by Biden also do not believe SARS-CoV-2 was developed as a bioweapon and most agencies believe it was not genetically engineered.