Health
Oestrogen levels linked to COVID-19 death risk in older women, suggests study
Women seemed to have a lower risk of severe COVID-19 infection than men, even after accounting for potentially influential factors
Coronavirus can destroy the placenta and lead to stillbirths
It’s an uncommon outcome for any pregnancy but authorities believe vaccination can help prevent these cases
Union Budget lists tele-mental health programme
Sitharaman also announced an open platform for the National Digital Health Ecosystem
Immune response induced by Omicron effectively neutralise Delta variant: ICMR study
The main limitation of this study are lesser participants in the unvaccinated group and the shorter window period post infection
A pig’s heart beats inside a human!
The transplant was achieved by Dr Bartley P. Griffith, a leading cardiothoracic surgeon at the University Of Maryland Medical Center
Decrease in air pollution in India during lockdown not as high as thought: Study
Air pollution is a known health risk and India has some of the worst air pollution globally
No evidence Omicron has lower severity than Delta variant: UK study
The study estimates that the risk of reinfection with the Omicron variant is 5.4 times greater than that of the Delta variant
2 doses of Covid vaccines induce lower antibody levels against Omicron: Oxford study
The researchers noted that these data are important but are only one part of the picture
Signs of Omicron milder than Delta variant: South African doctors
Just 3% of patients hospitalized recently with COVID-19 have died, versus about 20% in the country’s earlier outbreaks
Nasal vaccine might help fight new COVID-19 variants: Study
The research has been published in the 'Science Immunology Journal'