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WHO designates ‘Eris' and related COVID strains as variants of interest as infections and hospitalizations tick upward

Plus, a look ahead at what’s likely to come this fall and winter: ‘My best guess is we're heading back up to a high baseline’ of cases, one expert tells Fortune.

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What to know about Covid variant Erias, the new strain in the United States

Hospital admissions from coronavirus up 12.5 per cent for the week ending 29 July

The Independent UK

Covid Eris symptoms: All we know about new variant driving surge in cases

Eris desends from Omicron and is now the second most prevalent Covid variant in the UK

The Independent UK

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WHO medical product alert: one batch of Indian-made combination syrup found contaminated in Iraq

WHO warns of substandard COLD OUT syrup containing unacceptable amounts of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol. The product may have been distributed to other countries and can be fatal if consumed. Increased vigilance and testing is recommended, as well as informing WHO if the substandard product is discovered.

The Hindu

Can dogs get Covid?

A new Covid variant dubbed as Eris has emerged across the UK - here’s what we know so far

The Independent UK

Covid Eris symptoms: All we know about new variant driving surge in cases

Eris desends from Omicron and is now the second most prevalent Covid variant in the UK

The Independent UK

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My daughter is only one, but I’m buying her a tablet: Here’s why

I am buying my one-year-old daughter a tablet. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends no screen time for a one-year-old, but that is simply unrealistic. Here’s why.

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Covid Eris symptoms: All we know about new variant driving surge in cases

Eris desends from Omicron and is now the second most prevalent Covid variant in the UK

The Independent UK

In TB detection, smear microscopy’s share still holds sway

India's TB diagnosis rate is low, with over 40% of 10.6 million people globally who developed TB in 2021 not diagnosed. India, Indonesia, and Philippines account for 67% drop in diagnosis in 2020 due to COVID-19. India has been overly relying on smear microscopy for initial diagnosis, despite WHO guidelines…

The Hindu

Covid Eris symptoms: All we know about new variant driving surge in cases

Eris desends from Omicron and is now the second most prevalent Covid variant in the UK

The Independent UK

Intensified Mission Indradhanush 5.0 from Monday

Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 5.0, the vaccine catch-up campaign, which focusses on reaching zero-dose children aged between 0 and 5 years and pregnant women who might have missed any vaccine doses in the national immunisation schedule, will begin on August 7

The Hindu

Mo Foster obituary

Other Lives: Session bass guitarist who played on many hit singles and albums

The Guardian - UK

India needs evidence-based, ethics-driven medicine

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses have found that across ailments, population groups, study types, and treatment regimes, homoeopathic treatments lack clinically significant effects

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The many challenges of ensuring maternal and child health in India

A WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA paper titled ‘Improving maternal and newborn health and survival and reducing stillbirth progress report 2023’, observed that India’s share of the total maternal and newborn deaths and stillbirths was about 17%. Both newborns and women are extremely vulnerable in the hours and days after birth and therefore…

The Hindu

Health Ministry sets deadline for pharma industry to implement revised Schedule M

GMP comprises mandatory standards that build and bring quality to products by way of control on materials, methods, machines, processes, personnel, and facility or environment, etc. The GMP system was first incorporated in 1988 in Schedule M of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945, and the last amendment was done…

Al Jazeera

‘Black suffering’: Henrietta Lacks medical research lawsuit settled in US

Cells taken in 1951 from Lacks, a Black woman, without her knowledge became the cornerstone of modern medical research.

The Independent UK

As climate change leads to more and wetter storms, cholera cases are on the rise

As the planet warms thanks to climate change, tropical storms are becoming more frequent, more powerful, and wetter

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The Hindu

Single-pill strategy to beat cardiovascular diseases gets WHO recognition

WHO adds polypills to EML 2023, a major policy change. Clinical evidence shows polypills reduce risk of cardiovascular events, incl. heart attack & stroke. Salim Yusuf, a Keralite, spent two decades building evidence for polypill's safety & efficacy. Polypill reduces risk by 40-50%. Govts. should purchase & provide polypill at…

Inverse

You Can Just Work Out On Weekends — And Still Get Results

Can you only work out on the weekends? New research shows shows that on most health metrics, it’s about cumulative time instead of regularity.

The Hindu

Threat of dengue fever escalates globally

The article discusses the alarming surge in dengue cases globally, with regions like America, Europe, and the Middle East reporting significant outbreaks in 2023. Dengue, caused by the dengue virus with four serotypes, poses a significant health challenge due to global warming favoring disease-transmitting mosquitoes. Efforts to control the disease…

The Hindu

TB: over 85% cure rate seen in modified BPaL regimen trial

A randomized phase-3/4 trial conducted in India to assess a short-course treatment for pre-XDR TB or treatment intolerant/non-responsive MDR pulmonary TB has shown promising results. The trial used a combination of three drugs (bedaquiline, pretomanid, and linezolid) for a duration of 26 weeks, resulting in higher treatment adherence and an…

Zenger

Professors Highlight Ultraviolet Air Disinfection As Key Solution For Covid-19 Spread In High-Risk Environments

Big Tech Suppressed Highly Effective Technology to Prevent Spread of Covid-19, Costing Countless Lives

The Conversation

Measles: it's not just London that's at risk of an outbreak – it's all of the UK

Since the start of 2023, measles has been reported in a third of countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) European region. And in the first five months of the year, there were 5,699 cases reported there – nearly seven times as many as in the whole of 2022.

The Independent UK

Indonesian police crack down on traffickers who sent 122 people to sell their kidneys in Cambodia

Indonesian police are investigating the illegal trade in human organs involving police and immigration officers who were accused of helping traffickers send 122 Indonesians to a hospital in Cambodia to sell their kidneys

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