With the death of seven more dengue patients in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, the official death toll from the disease this year rose to 83. This is the highest death toll from dengue in a day this year. During this period, a total of 1054 more patients, the highest single-day tally reported this year, were hospitalized with the viral ...
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Artificial sweeteners and heart health: A bitter reality check for Indians
Artificial sweeteners have been proposed to cause a higher risk of cardiovascular events in terms of stroke and heart attacks. From various studies, it has been proven that artificial sweeteners increase the chance of cardiovascular events by 9 per cent, warn experts. People suffering from diabetes or obesity often use artificial sweeteners, also known as non-sugar sweetness (NSS), as an ...
Read More »Global Covid-19 cases now over 691 million
The overall number of Covid-19 cases around the world has now surpassed 691 million. According to the latest global data, the total Covid-19 case count is 691,235,025, while the death toll reached 6,898,483 this morning (July 10, 2023). The US has reported 107,356,628 Covid-19 cases so far, while 1,168,502 people have died from the virus in the country — both ...
Read More »Experts for community engagement to contain dengue outbreak
Health experts have described community mobilization as the most effective initiative to control dengue outbreak as the country is in the grip of the mosquito-borne disease. “Community engagement is very crucial to prevent dengue disease… All relevant organizations should work in a coordinated manner to rein in dengue outbreak,” Dr M Mushtaq Hussain, adviser of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease ...
Read More »Children prone to heart ailment: Surgeons
Children across the country are facing an increasing threat of cardiac disorder, claimed the cardiac surgeons in Burdwan on Doctor’s Day on Saturday. While inaugurating a cardiac care hospital named after Nobel laureate Mother Teresa, Dr Saptarsi Roy said: “The kids by and large have stopped visiting the playgrounds in urban areas and their food habits too have changed drastically ...
Read More »India: 3.3% children affected with asthma
The term “asthma” is derived from the Greek word ‘aazein’, which means “to exhale with an open mouth; to gasp.” This condition is the most common cause of school absenteeism, accounting for an estimated 14 million missed school days. Bronchial asthma tends to have developed steadily since the 1970s, and it now affects an estimated 4 to 7 per cent ...
Read More »Moderna signs agreement towards making mRNA medicine in China
US-based biotech giant Moderna on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding towards producing mRNA medicine in China for the domestic market, the company said, an investment reportedly worth $1 billion. The announcement is among the latest signs China is open for foreign business after years of pandemic-induced isolation, although memories of Beijing’s disruptive zero-Covid measures and its increasing prioritisation of ...
Read More »1st fully AI designed drug for lung disease enters human clinical trials
In a first, a drug discovered and designed using artificial intelligence (AI) for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic disease that causes scarring in the lungs, has entered human clinical trials. Hong Kong-based biotechnology company Insilico Medicine, in a statement, announced that the Phase II trial on oral dosage of INS018_055 is currently being conducted for over ...
Read More »3rd, 4th dose of COVID vaccination campaign start
A seven-day campaign for the third and fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccination began in the country on Wednesday (July 5). The campaign will end on July 11. People aged 18 years or above 18 will be vaccinated uner this campaign to prevent COVID-19 infection. Those who have received the second or third dose at least four months ago, will be ...
Read More »Dengue poses serious risk to Dhaka city dwellers: DGHS
Aedes larvae has been found in 43.53 per cent high-rise buildings in the capital, posing serious health risk to all the Dhaka city dwellers, according to a survey conducted by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The survey also identified that as many as 55 wards under the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) ...
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