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As Peru slowly emerges from the devastating Covid-19 pandemic, the government is trying to help the country's Covid orphans. According to the medical journal The Lancet, around 100,000 children in Peru lost at least one of their two parents to the pandemic; more than anywhere else in the world. The…

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A CDC Study Suggests Three-Fifths of Americans Have Been Infected by the Coronavirus

The estimate implies an overall infection fatality rate of about 0.5 percent, although that number should be viewed with caution.

Reason

Sweden trial starts in stem-cell windpipe transplants case

A surgeon who made headlines in 2011 for carrying out the world’s first stem-cell windpipe transplants at Sweden’s leading hospital is on trial accused of aggravated assault against three of his patients

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Prof Sam McConkey says Ireland has done 'exceptionally well' with Covid despite death toll rising above 7,000

Prof McConkey also said that Ireland's economy also managed to withstand the pandemic better than other countries

Irish Mirror

The meningitis vaccine may protect against this dreaded STD, new studies show

Three studies published in the Lancet look at different advantages of using a meningitis vaccine to protect against gonorrhea.

Inverse

Covid hits fetal growth, vaccine for would-be mothers is key

NEW DELHI: A group of researchers in Germany has called for ensuring that all pregnant women are vaccinated against Covid-19 after a study hinted at damage to the fetus in expecting mothers who had contracted the infection in the third trimester.

The Times of India

Covid vaccines give extra protection to previously infected, studies show

Research published by Lancet confirms jabs add protection for people who have had Covid, especially against severe disease

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COVID-19’s global toll may be as much as four times higher than official figures

If the findings of a major new study, published in The Lancet, are correct, the COVID death toll accounts for around 20 million people worldwide.

The New Daily

Josh Frydenberg says Omicron is 75 per cent less severe than Delta and other COVID variants. Is that correct?

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the Omicron variant is 75 per cent less severe than other novel coronavirus variants. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

ABC News

Lancet study on orphanhood in India due to COVID-19 ‘sophisticated trickery’, says Government

The study estimated that 19 lakh children were orphaned between March, 2020 and October, 2021 in India

The Hindu

No, prestigious medical journal The Lancet did not advocate against vaccine mandates

A tweet retweeted by Nationals senator Matt Canavan and basketballer Andrew Bogut this week implied medical journal The Lancet had come out against vaccine mandates. But that implication isn't correct.

ABC News

COVID shines spotlight on imbalanced approach to death globally - expert panel

The way we die needs a fundamental rethink, according to a group of international experts, who say COVID-19 has shed a harsh spotlight on care for the dying. Death has been “overmedicalized” and millions around the globe are suffering unnecessarily at the end of their lives as a result, with…

Reuters

Antimicrobial resistance now causes more deaths than HIV/AIDS and malaria worldwide – new study

Antimicrobial resistance is spreading rapidly worldwide, and has even been likened to the next pandemic – one that many people may not even be aware is happening. A recent paper, published in Lancet, has revealed that antimicrobial resistant infections caused 1.27 millions deaths and were associated with 4.95 million deaths…

The Conversation

Antibiotic-resistant Superbugs Killed 1.2 MN in 2019

Superbug infections killed 1.2 million people in 2019, according to a study published Thursday, which authors described as the most comprehensive assessment of the impact of antimicrobial resistance to date. The death toll means infections by bacteria resistant to antibiotics are directly responsible for more deaths than HIV/AIDS or malaria.…

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Antimicrobial resistance now a leading cause of death worldwide, study finds

Lancet analysis highlights need for urgent action to address antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections

Newslaundry

TB and the woeful state of health reporting in India

In January 2017, the Indian media reported on an exceptional legal battle playing out before the Delhi High Court regarding a young lady suffering from multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, suing the Indian government for access to a new TB drug called bedaquiline that was supposed to be effective on TB patients resistant to…

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