UNFPO World Population Report 2020 titled, ‘Against my will: defying the practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality’ has estimated that 142 million girls are missing globally and 46 million girls are missing in India due to gender-biased sex selection. …
read moreDelhi government will establish a plasma bank to fight the coronavirus and also urging those who have recovered from the infection to donate plasma to help other patients; The state government will arrange transportation to the plasma bank for those wishing to…
read moreThe use of dexamethasone, which is used to reduce inflammation in other diseases such as arthritis, has been approved for patients who require oxygen and those who have an excessive inflammatory response. The government on Saturday authorized the use of dexamethasone, a…
read moreA serological survey by the ICMR reveals that 0.73% of the population in 83 districts of the country has evidence of previous exposure to the coronavirus, ICMR releases Sero-survey results, says no community transmission yet but large population at risk of Covid-19….
read moreThe US Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for Remdesivir, an investigational antiviral drug. With this authorization, physicians in the United States are now authorized to use the medication to treat patients with severe cases of COVID-19. Remdesivir…
read moreOne in five people over the age of 80 may need hospitalization if they are infected with the new coronavirus disease, according to a study on the start of the pandemic in China. However, according to research published in The Lancet, for…
read moreThe testing data suggests that there is no strong link between test rates and death rates across countries. However, the analysis suggests that countries that have been able to test more have also been able to loosen the lockdown restrictions sooner or…
read moreWhen the majority of the population is immunized against an infectious disease, Herd immunity provides indirect protection, or collective immunity, to those who are not immunized against the disease. For example, if 80% of a population is immune to a virus, four…
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