COVID-19
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Art & Culture
Coronavirus survives on skin five times longer than flu: Study
Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash The Covid-19 virus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery…
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India accounts for 26% of Global TB Reported Cases
In accordance with Global Tuberculosis Report 2020, the TB incidence rate in India is 193 per 100,000 population and accounts…
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Donald Trump has COVID-19. How might this affect his chances of re-election?
AAP/Ap/Julio Cortez Timothy J. Lynch, University of Melbourne With just a month left until the November 3 US presidential election,…
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Art & Culture
CDC says the virus can spread beyond six feet in Indoor air
Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash The novel coronavirus can spread through the air to people who are more than 6 feet away from…
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Face masks and facial recognition will both be common in the future. How will they co-exist?
Pixabay, CC BY-SA Paul Haskell-Dowland, Edith Cowan University It’s surprising how quickly public opinion can change. Winding the clocks back…
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Massive online open courses see exponential growth during COVID-19 pandemic
Workers are seeking credentials to get an edge in the job market. Ridofranz/GettyImages Massive open online classes, or MOOCs, have…
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Earth may temporarily pass dangerous 1.5℃ warming limit by 2024, major new report says
Pep Canadell, CSIRO and Rob Jackson, Stanford University The Paris climate agreement seeks to limit global warming to 1.5℃ this…
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Is wearing glasses can protect you from COVID-19?
H Shaw on Unsplash A team of researchers in China have found that people who wear glasses appear to be at lower…
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Open Section
COVID-19|A Glance on India’s health Infrastructure
India’s historical lockdown is now in its sixth week. It all started with an appeal from the Prime Minister, Narendra…
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Health
Gavi to boost access to life-saving human rabies vaccines in over 50 countries: Gavi, WHO and UAR
Geneva—Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in collaboration with partners, is announcing support for human rabies vaccines for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) as…
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Meet the Man Who Took COVID-19 Vaccination to the Extreme – 217 Times
In what could be one of the most peculiar tales of the pandemic, a 62-year-old German man from Magdeburg has…
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National
A case of JN.1, a subvariant of COVID19, found in Kerala as part of the ongoing routine surveillance by INSACOG
A case of JN.1 subvariant of COVID-19 has been detected in Kerala, as part of the ongoing routine surveillance activity…
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International
WHO statement on reported clusters of respiratory illness in children in northern China
WHO has made an official request to China for detailed information on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters…
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India will host 33rd Conference of WOAH Regional Commission for Asia and Pacific at New Delhi from 13th to 16th November
India is set to host the 33rd Conference of the WOAH Regional Commission for Asia and the Pacific, scheduled from…
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Plastic face shields do not control the spread of COVID-19, study finds
Plastic face shields Source: Engin akyurt on Unsplash As per a new Japanese study, plastic face shields do not control…
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