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Forgotten But Not Gone: Covid Keeps Killing, Five Years On
Around 777 million Covid cases and more than seven million deaths have been officially recorded since the first infections emerged in December 2019, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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As China Gets Another Covid-Like Scare, Beijing Calls It 'Winter Occurrence'
As photos emerge on social media showing hospitals in China swamped with people amid rising cases of human metapneumovirus or HMPV - a respiratory illness with symptoms similar to those of a flu - there are concerns of another health crisis.
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COVID-19 Was Not A Lab Leak, Emerged From Animal Market, New Research Shows
A group of scientists say they have evidence suggesting COVID-19 emerged from animals and jumped to humans at a market in Wuhan, China.
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Opinion | Is India Really At Risk Of A Monkeypox Outbreak?
The WHO, on August 14, declared the current upsurge of Mpox or Monkeypox in Central Africa as a global emergency requiring urgent action. Though India has not reported any cases yet, the Central government is keeping a close eye on the situation.
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WHO Sounds Alarm On 'Disease X', Warns Future Pandemic Could Be 20 Times Deadlier Than Covid
WHO's Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus urged countries worldwide to come together and sign a 'pandemic treaty' to tackle the deadly Disease X.
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India's Corbevax Vaccine Gets WHO Emergency Use Listing Authorisation
India's COVID-19 vaccine, Corbevax, has been granted an Emergency Use Listing by the World Health Organisation, the company which manufactures it in India said Hyderabad today.
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Internet Remembers Teacher Who Spent His Final Hours Grading Students In Hospital
The teacher made the effort to bring his laptop and charger even though he was having a health problem and knew he was going to the emergency room.
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Delhi AIIMS To Set Up Covid Screening Outpatient Department As Cases Rise
Amid a rise in cases, AIIMS-Delhi has decided to set up a COVID-19 screening OPD in the emergency department while 12 beds in one ward will be earmarked for the hospitalisation of seriously ill patients.
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Karnataka To Increase Testing In Bid To Tackle Covid After JN.1 Alarm
The emergence of 34 COVID-19 cases of the JN.1 variant has sounded an alarm in Karnataka, a neighbouring state of Kerala that has been accounting for a big chunk of the new infections reported over the past week.
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519 Covid Cases Yesterday, Only 110 Were Reported In Last 10 Days
The Health Ministry, in a review meeting involving health ministers from various states, underscored the need for a "Whole Of Government" approach to effectively combat the emerging JN.1 coronavirus variant.
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What Is Mystery Virus Spreading Through China And How India Is Preparing?
The sudden spike in respiratory illnesses across China has brought back memories of the early days of Covid, which had also emerged as a mysterious pneumonia.
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Killing 'Zombie' Cells Emerges As Key to Reversing Covid-Induced Brain Aging
Researchers have found a way to reverse a cellular process triggered by Covid that contributes to premature aging of the brain.
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Disease X: What Do We Know? Not Much, And That Is The Problem
A UK health expert's warning that a new pathogen could cause a pandemic as deadly as the Spanish Flu has sent alarm bells ringing in a world that is yet to completely emerge from what it hoped was a once-in-a-lifetime event -- Covid-19
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As New Viral Strains Of Covid Emerge, Should We Start Wearing Masks Again?
One thing that can be guaranteed about COVID is that evolution will provide us with a more or less constant stream of new coronavirus variants, some of which will be more successful at infecting people.
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COVID-19 Still A Global Health Threat, New Variant Under Scanner: WHO Chief
Director-General of WHO Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus on Friday said though COVID-19 is no longer a health emergency for the world, it is still a 'global health threat' and a new variant of coronavirus is already under the scanner.
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Forgotten But Not Gone: Covid Keeps Killing, Five Years On
Around 777 million Covid cases and more than seven million deaths have been officially recorded since the first infections emerged in December 2019, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
-
As China Gets Another Covid-Like Scare, Beijing Calls It 'Winter Occurrence'
As photos emerge on social media showing hospitals in China swamped with people amid rising cases of human metapneumovirus or HMPV - a respiratory illness with symptoms similar to those of a flu - there are concerns of another health crisis.
-
COVID-19 Was Not A Lab Leak, Emerged From Animal Market, New Research Shows
A group of scientists say they have evidence suggesting COVID-19 emerged from animals and jumped to humans at a market in Wuhan, China.
-
Opinion | Is India Really At Risk Of A Monkeypox Outbreak?
The WHO, on August 14, declared the current upsurge of Mpox or Monkeypox in Central Africa as a global emergency requiring urgent action. Though India has not reported any cases yet, the Central government is keeping a close eye on the situation.
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WHO Sounds Alarm On 'Disease X', Warns Future Pandemic Could Be 20 Times Deadlier Than Covid
WHO's Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus urged countries worldwide to come together and sign a 'pandemic treaty' to tackle the deadly Disease X.
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India's Corbevax Vaccine Gets WHO Emergency Use Listing Authorisation
India's COVID-19 vaccine, Corbevax, has been granted an Emergency Use Listing by the World Health Organisation, the company which manufactures it in India said Hyderabad today.
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Internet Remembers Teacher Who Spent His Final Hours Grading Students In Hospital
The teacher made the effort to bring his laptop and charger even though he was having a health problem and knew he was going to the emergency room.
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Delhi AIIMS To Set Up Covid Screening Outpatient Department As Cases Rise
Amid a rise in cases, AIIMS-Delhi has decided to set up a COVID-19 screening OPD in the emergency department while 12 beds in one ward will be earmarked for the hospitalisation of seriously ill patients.
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Karnataka To Increase Testing In Bid To Tackle Covid After JN.1 Alarm
The emergence of 34 COVID-19 cases of the JN.1 variant has sounded an alarm in Karnataka, a neighbouring state of Kerala that has been accounting for a big chunk of the new infections reported over the past week.
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519 Covid Cases Yesterday, Only 110 Were Reported In Last 10 Days
The Health Ministry, in a review meeting involving health ministers from various states, underscored the need for a "Whole Of Government" approach to effectively combat the emerging JN.1 coronavirus variant.
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What Is Mystery Virus Spreading Through China And How India Is Preparing?
The sudden spike in respiratory illnesses across China has brought back memories of the early days of Covid, which had also emerged as a mysterious pneumonia.
-
Killing 'Zombie' Cells Emerges As Key to Reversing Covid-Induced Brain Aging
Researchers have found a way to reverse a cellular process triggered by Covid that contributes to premature aging of the brain.
-
Disease X: What Do We Know? Not Much, And That Is The Problem
A UK health expert's warning that a new pathogen could cause a pandemic as deadly as the Spanish Flu has sent alarm bells ringing in a world that is yet to completely emerge from what it hoped was a once-in-a-lifetime event -- Covid-19
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As New Viral Strains Of Covid Emerge, Should We Start Wearing Masks Again?
One thing that can be guaranteed about COVID is that evolution will provide us with a more or less constant stream of new coronavirus variants, some of which will be more successful at infecting people.
-
COVID-19 Still A Global Health Threat, New Variant Under Scanner: WHO Chief
Director-General of WHO Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus on Friday said though COVID-19 is no longer a health emergency for the world, it is still a 'global health threat' and a new variant of coronavirus is already under the scanner.
