New Delhi: Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates predicts a sobering scenario for global health, estimating a 10-15per cent chance of another pandemic emerging within the next four years, according to a recent Wall Street Journal interview. “The chance of a natural pandemic in the next four years is somewhere between 10 and 15 percent,” Gates stated … Read more
Researchers from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) and Seethapathy Clinic and Hospital, both in Chennai, and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, have developed a model that can predict a newborn’s birth weight using routine scans during pregnancy. Accurate information about birth weight is crucial for maternal and foetal health. … Read more
New Delhi: Across India’s vast healthcare network, which relies heavily on more than two million hospital beds, traditional methods of patient monitoring in general wards largely depend on periodic manual checks. This conventional system often leads to delayed detection of health deterioration, leaving many vulnerable patients at risk. A recent study published in Frontiers in … Read more
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy remarked that there is every chance of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) merger with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). File | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday reiterated his remarks that there is every chance of the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) merging with Bharatiya Janata … Read more
New Delhi: Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence model that accurately predicts outcomes for cancer patients from tissue samples, marking a significant advancement in using AI for likely course of the disease and personalised treatment strategies. The innovative approach, described in the journal Nature Communications, analyses the spatial arrangement of cells in tissue samples. Cell … Read more
Washington : According to new research led by investigators at Harvard Medical School and the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with VA Boston Healthcare System, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, an artificial intelligence tool has successfully identified people at the highest risk for pancreatic cancer up to three … Read more
The sea turns rough, as huge waves hit Marina beach in Chennai on December 9, 2022, due to cyclone Mandous. | Photo Credit: R. Ragu With the cyclonic storm ‘Mandous’, brewing over the Bay of Bengal, likely to hit north Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts around December 10, intense rain lashed many districts of Tamil Nadu since … Read more
March 17, 2022 — After several weeks of declines in new reported cases of COVID-19, the numbers are increasing globally once again, particularly in parts of Asia and Western Europe, the World Health Organization says. “These increases are occurring despite reductions in testing in some countries, which means the cases we’re seeing are just the … Read more
The Indian Meteorological Department on Friday issued a warning for heavy to very heavy rains in parts of Gujarat over the next four days. The fishermen have been asked not to venture out to the sea. The IMD Director-Gujarat Jayant Sarkar has said that a well-marked low pressure has developed in the Arabian Sea, which … Read more
Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan on Friday said that he is a blind follower of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Claiming that Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was creating pressure on the BJP leaders, including PM Modi, to speak against the LJP, Chirag Paswan said that he will continue to be loyal to the prime … Read more