[ad_1] Arboviruses, multi-drug resistant bacteria, Nipah, Marburg virus and the dreaded “Disease X” — one among them may cause the next Covid-like pandemic if the World Health Organization (WHO) is to be believed. A silent pandemic is also knocking on our doors — antibiotic resistance. As India celebrates its 77th Independence Day, with a firm … Read more
[ad_1] Eye Flu in India: Due to persistent rainfall, a wave of conjunctivitis cases, commonly known as eye flu or pink eye, have swamped several regions such as North India, Maharashtra, Gujarat and eastern part of the country. A study has found that online consultations related to conjunctivitis have increased by a staggering 416 per … Read more
[ad_1] Johnson & Johnson’s global patent on bedaquiline, considered to be one of the most effective treatments available for tuberculosis, expired last month, paving the way for this life-saving drug to get cheaper across the world. Three Indian firms are already set to bring cheaper versions of the drug to the market soon. With J&J’s … Read more
[ad_1] Mental health problems affect both men and women, but men are often subject to prejudice when it comes to mental health because society has a mistaken notion that males expressing their emotions are weak. Statistics show a higher prevalence of certain mental health disorders in women than in men because of reasons such as … Read more
[ad_1] Developmental disabilities manifest during infancy or childhood as delays in reaching developmental milestones, and include limitations in functions such as cognition, vision, behaviour, motor performance and hearing and speech. The delay or lack of function in different domains results from disorders of the developing nervous system. ABP Live spoke to Alisha Lalljee, a Mumbai-based … Read more
[ad_1] New Delhi: India recorded over 12,000 coronavirus cases at its peak in mid-April this year. The number wasn’t big, though there was a scare of a new wave days before WHO declared Covid is no longer an international health emergency. A recent wastewater surveillance in two Indian cities, however, revealed that they might have … Read more
[ad_1] New Delhi: Covid–19, which started towards the end of 2019, completely changed the lives of people in multiple ways. Besides claiming millions of lives, the pandemic also presented a huge challenge to public health. Besides everything, the mental health of people was also affected heavily. One of the issues under mental health is obsessive-compulsive … Read more