RSV: Jab for winter virus could cut baby hospitalisations by 80%, study says

RSV: Jab for winter virus could cut baby hospitalisations by 80%, study says

Prof Saul Faust, co-study leader at the University of Southampton and a consultant paediatrician, said: “These latest results show that this long-acting antibody is safe and could protect thousands of babies from hospitalisation when used in conditions similar to routine clinical practice. It is really important information for the UK to help decide on options … Read more

Dreams of better education and life cut short by tragedy  

Dreams of better education and life cut short by tragedy  

Exhausted family members of the fire accident victims on the premises of Oxford Medical College Hospital, Attibele, on Sunday. | Photo Credit: BHAGYA PRAKASH K. Periyasamy, a resident of Ammapettai village in Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu, was inconsolable on Sunday as he came to collect the charred remains of his 23-year-old son, Aathikesavan, who … Read more

No forests cut for manufacturing paper: IPPTA

No forests cut for manufacturing paper: IPPTA

Disproving misconception about the paper industry, the Indian Pulp and Paper Technical Association (IPPTA) on Wednesday clarified that the paper industry doesn’t cut forests as assumed for manufacturing paper since nearly 77-80% of the paper that is produced in the country was using recycled paper. “India produces nearly 25 million tonnes of paper annually and … Read more

Sharp Budget cut in MGNREGS outlay will kill the scheme: Udit Raj

Sharp Budget cut in MGNREGS outlay will kill the scheme: Udit Raj

Congress leader Udit Raj. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The sharp Budget cut for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) has left the State governments paralysed, senior Congress leader and chairman of the party’s “unorganised workers and employee” wing Udit Raj said on Tuesday, while protesting against what he called a … Read more