Nipah outbreak | Number of cases rises to six in Kozhikode One more person tested positive for the Nipah infection in Kozhikode district of Kerala on Friday, taking the total number of infected persons to six now. Meanwhile, lab tests have proved that E. Mohammedali, the first patient who died on August 30, too was … Read more
India’s insurance regulator has allowed insurance companies to classify debt securities of HDFC Ltd under the ‘housing and infrastructure’ category, it said in a notification on Friday. HDFC Ltd was merged with HDFC Bank on July 1, following which debt securities of the housing financier had been transferred to the bank. Insurance companies feared they … Read more
Israel has detected a case of monkeypox disease for the first time in 2023, the country’s Health Ministry said in a statement. A man in his 50s who travelled from Portugal to Israel contracted the disease despite being vaccinated against the virus, the Ministry noted on Thursday. According to the Ministry, vaccinated people may contract … Read more
New Delhi: A multi-institutional study on dengue led by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) shows how the virus causing the disease has evolved dramatically over the last few decades in the Indian subcontinent. Cases of dengue – a mosquito-borne viral disease – have steadily increased in the last 50 years, predominantly in … Read more
Kimberley Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy both died from herpes infections after Caesarean births. Source link
File photo: Women wearing face masks as a precaution against H3N2 virus cases on the rise in Hyderabad on Thursday, March 09, 2023 | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL The story so far: At least two people have succumbed to the H3N2 subtype of seasonal influenza in India, the Health Ministry confirmed last week. A countrywide … Read more
Beijing: China said Monday it would retire an app used to track travel to areas with Covid-19 cases, a milestone in the country’s rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy. Beijing has effectively thrown in the towel on zero-Covid, last week announcing an end to large-scale lockdowns, mandatory quarantine in central facilities, and a … Read more
Scientists did the study for the government to better understand possible exposure to shoppers. Source link
A large study has begun to find out whether nirsevimab should be offered to all babies in the UK. Source link
The estimates show there has been a “notable rise” in infections older people in England and Wales. Source link