Covid 19

Most of these illnesses carry similar symptoms and specific testing is needed to detect the illness and confirm a diagnosis. In the last couple of months, India has witnessed a sudden rise in H3N2 (a subtype of the influenza A virus), H1N1 (Swine Flu), Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and, of course, new Omicron XBB 1.16 variant.

Nearly one in five LGBTQ people reported intimate partner violence in their current romantic or sexual relationship, which increased following the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the study published in the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services. "To date, most programmes on intimate partner violence focus on opposite sex and heterosexual couples," said Perry N Halkitis, dean of the Rutgers University's School of Public Health and senior study author.

Any microbe that enters the body causes toxicity, resulting in the imbalance of Doshas or bio-energies of one's body. Our bodies are prone to infectious diseases when we have a weak immune system, and Panchakarma along with other curative Ayurveda treatments helps to strengthen the immune system.

The study, published in The Lancet Microbe on Friday, showed that most transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurs in households. And in houses where the virus was detected on surfaces and the hands of participants, infection among contacts, and thus transmission, was found to be significantly higher.

Communities confronted isolation, and healthcare systems were stretched to their breaking point. The quick worldwide effort to create vaccines demonstrated humanity's adaptability, but Covid-19's long-term effects will serve as a stark warning of the importance of being ready.

According to Union Ministry of Science and Technology, it can detect the RBD antigen of the SARS-CoV-2 at an early stage of infection with a visual line of detection (LOD). Popularly used gold standard techniques such as RT-PCR and ELISA are usually time-consuming, require skilled labor, specific equipment and are not feasible for on-site detection.

Since the first wave of Covid-19, neurologists have noticed both acute and long-term neurological impact of this infectious disease. While insights Covid's effect on human cognition has remained unclear, neurologists have often referred to it as "brain fog" -- an ambiguous terminology.

The findings, published in JAMA Network Open, showed that Covid positivity was associated with a nearly two-fold higher odds of a neurodevelopmental diagnosis at 12 months of age among male children. At 18 months, the effects were more modest in males, with maternal SARS-CoV-2 positivity linked to a 42 per cent higher odds of a neurodevelopmental diagnosis at this age. However, the risk was not seen in girls, said researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in the US.

Respiratory infections account for around 10 per cent of the global disease burden and are the most common reason for prescribing antibiotics. Many infections are viral and do not require or respond to antibiotics, but concerns about bacterial co-infection often lead to precautionary antibiotic prescribing.

The report on TB surveillance, which arrives on World Tuberculosis Day 2023 falling on March 24 each year, was jointly launched by the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Though there was an "overall downward trend in the incidence of TB in the European Region," the current rate of decline is deemed insufficient to meet the region's goals of reducing TB incidence by 80 per cent and TB deaths by 90 per cent, which were set by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for ending the TB epidemic by 2030.