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Why Chronic Loneliness Is As Dangerous As Smoking: Debunking Myths From Facts
In this article, we will debunk common myths surrounding chronic loneliness and explore the scientific facts that make it a public health concern just as serious as smoking.
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Harvard and Google Created the Most Detailed Map of Brain Using AI
In a landmark achievement, Harvard University and Google have developed the most detailed brain map ever created. This innovative project focused on a cubic millimeter of human cerebral cortex, a sample taken during an epilepsy surgery in 2014. Over a decade, biologists and machine-learning experts meticulously mapped approximately 57,000 cells and...
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watchOS 10 for Apple Watch Brings Widgets, Watch Faces, Mental Health Tracking, More
Apple announced watchOS 10 today at WWDC 2023. The latest wearable operating system will be available for developers starting today, while a public rollout is expected sometime this fall.
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Explainer: What Will Happen If China Relaxes Zero-Covid Curbs
China has started taking steps to ease its zero-COVID policy, fuelling a mix of relief and worry as the public waits to see the health consequences, and impact on the medical system, of a full-blown exit.
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Omicron Surge Strains Canada's Hospital System, Hits Health Workers
After a year as an emergency department nurse at a busy Toronto hospital in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Aimee Earhart called it quits last week. "We're just burnt out all the time," Earhart said.
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What Polio Taught This Nation Leading Europe's Covid Vaccination Drive
Spain has become a leader of Europe's virus vaccination drive against Covid-19, due to a deep trust in the public health system and close-knit family ties that encourage people to get the jab to protect relatives.
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Amazon, Intel, Google, More Companies Step Up to Combat India's COVID-19 Crisis
Global and Indian firms are flexing their industrial muscle to help the world's second biggest population battle coronavirus, coming to the rescue of a public health system buckling under the weight of surging infections and deaths.
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The 27-Year-Old MIT Grad Who Became A Covid Data Superstar
Spring 2020 brought with it the arrival of the celebrity statistical model. As the public tried to gauge how big a deal the coronavirus might be in March and April, it was pointed again and again to two forecasting systems: one built by Imperial College London, the other by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, or IHME, based in Seattle.
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Hero MotoCorp Donates Four Xtreme 200R First Responder Vehicles To Himachal Pradesh Health Authorities
The Hero Xtreme 200R First Responder Vehicles are custom-built and come equipped witha full-size stretcher, detachable first-aid kit, oxygen cylinder, wireless public announcement system and more.
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India-US Strategic Partnership Forum Highlights: PM Modi Says Pandemic Hasn't Impacted "Aspirations" Of People
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a special keynote address at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) third Annual Leadership Summit today, said a global pandemic has impacted everyone. "It's testing our resilience, public health system and economic system. The current situation demands fresh mindset where the approach to development is h...
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Google, Apple Begin Rolling Out Built-In COVID-19 Exposure Notifications to Phones
Google and Apple on Tuesday announced a new system that will enable public health authorities to use smartphones to assist in contact tracing without having to build an app.
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"Outbreak Big Test That Revealed China's Shortcomings": Top Officer
The coronavirus outbreak exposed "shortcomings" in China's public healthcare system, a top health official admitted Saturday, saying that reforms are underway to improve the country's disease prevention and control mechanisms.
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"Need To Educate People": Green Court On Public Health Emergency
Observing that citizens have a fundamental right to breathe clean air, the National Green Tribunal said today that there is a need to develop a system, with the help of experts, to forecast situations of public health emergency.
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FSSAI Takes Action Against 'Fake Videos' And News On Food Safety In India
A number of videos showing plastic rice, plastic vegetables and condiments in India, have been going viral on social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter. FSSAI has expressed concern about the supposed dubious claims in these videos and has flagged the issue to the IT Ministry.
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Opinion: Why Indians Pay More For Petrol And Diesel - By Feroze Varun Gandhi
India's long-term economic health requires a significant rethink on our current dependence on oil and gas, a shift to electric vehicles and solar-based electricity would go a long way in rebalancing our economy. We need to reconsider our increasingly car-driven economic system and pursue a whole-hearted shift towards mass public transportation. Wit...
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Why Chronic Loneliness Is As Dangerous As Smoking: Debunking Myths From Facts
In this article, we will debunk common myths surrounding chronic loneliness and explore the scientific facts that make it a public health concern just as serious as smoking.
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Harvard and Google Created the Most Detailed Map of Brain Using AI
In a landmark achievement, Harvard University and Google have developed the most detailed brain map ever created. This innovative project focused on a cubic millimeter of human cerebral cortex, a sample taken during an epilepsy surgery in 2014. Over a decade, biologists and machine-learning experts meticulously mapped approximately 57,000 cells and...
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watchOS 10 for Apple Watch Brings Widgets, Watch Faces, Mental Health Tracking, More
Apple announced watchOS 10 today at WWDC 2023. The latest wearable operating system will be available for developers starting today, while a public rollout is expected sometime this fall.
-
Explainer: What Will Happen If China Relaxes Zero-Covid Curbs
China has started taking steps to ease its zero-COVID policy, fuelling a mix of relief and worry as the public waits to see the health consequences, and impact on the medical system, of a full-blown exit.
-
Omicron Surge Strains Canada's Hospital System, Hits Health Workers
After a year as an emergency department nurse at a busy Toronto hospital in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Aimee Earhart called it quits last week. "We're just burnt out all the time," Earhart said.
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What Polio Taught This Nation Leading Europe's Covid Vaccination Drive
Spain has become a leader of Europe's virus vaccination drive against Covid-19, due to a deep trust in the public health system and close-knit family ties that encourage people to get the jab to protect relatives.
-
Amazon, Intel, Google, More Companies Step Up to Combat India's COVID-19 Crisis
Global and Indian firms are flexing their industrial muscle to help the world's second biggest population battle coronavirus, coming to the rescue of a public health system buckling under the weight of surging infections and deaths.
-
The 27-Year-Old MIT Grad Who Became A Covid Data Superstar
Spring 2020 brought with it the arrival of the celebrity statistical model. As the public tried to gauge how big a deal the coronavirus might be in March and April, it was pointed again and again to two forecasting systems: one built by Imperial College London, the other by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, or IHME, based in Seattle.
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Hero MotoCorp Donates Four Xtreme 200R First Responder Vehicles To Himachal Pradesh Health Authorities
The Hero Xtreme 200R First Responder Vehicles are custom-built and come equipped witha full-size stretcher, detachable first-aid kit, oxygen cylinder, wireless public announcement system and more.
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India-US Strategic Partnership Forum Highlights: PM Modi Says Pandemic Hasn't Impacted "Aspirations" Of People
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a special keynote address at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) third Annual Leadership Summit today, said a global pandemic has impacted everyone. "It's testing our resilience, public health system and economic system. The current situation demands fresh mindset where the approach to development is h...
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Google, Apple Begin Rolling Out Built-In COVID-19 Exposure Notifications to Phones
Google and Apple on Tuesday announced a new system that will enable public health authorities to use smartphones to assist in contact tracing without having to build an app.
-
"Outbreak Big Test That Revealed China's Shortcomings": Top Officer
The coronavirus outbreak exposed "shortcomings" in China's public healthcare system, a top health official admitted Saturday, saying that reforms are underway to improve the country's disease prevention and control mechanisms.
-
"Need To Educate People": Green Court On Public Health Emergency
Observing that citizens have a fundamental right to breathe clean air, the National Green Tribunal said today that there is a need to develop a system, with the help of experts, to forecast situations of public health emergency.
-
FSSAI Takes Action Against 'Fake Videos' And News On Food Safety In India
A number of videos showing plastic rice, plastic vegetables and condiments in India, have been going viral on social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter. FSSAI has expressed concern about the supposed dubious claims in these videos and has flagged the issue to the IT Ministry.
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Opinion: Why Indians Pay More For Petrol And Diesel - By Feroze Varun Gandhi
India's long-term economic health requires a significant rethink on our current dependence on oil and gas, a shift to electric vehicles and solar-based electricity would go a long way in rebalancing our economy. We need to reconsider our increasingly car-driven economic system and pursue a whole-hearted shift towards mass public transportation. Wit...
