Category: Healthcare
Around 9000 US health care workers contracted COVID-19: CDC Report
The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention released a report on Tuesday. According to the report, as of last week, more than 9,000 health care workers across the U.S. contracted COVID-19 and at least 27…
Global carbon emissions could observe a reduction of 5% in the wake of coronavirus pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has triggered the biggest drop in demand for fossil fuels on record. This year the fossil fuel industry could observe a fall of global carbon emissions by a record of 2.5bn tonnes….
Lockdown may cost the Indian economy Rs 7-8 lakh crore: Analysts
With effect from March 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nationwide complete lockdown. It was with the intent to contain the spread of COVID-19. It brought as much as 70 percent of economic activity,…
India’s GDP growth expected to slow down to 4.8%: UN report
A UN report states that for the current fiscal, India’s GDP growth is expected to slow down to 4.8 percent. It warns that globally, the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to result in significant adverse economic…
Ontario creates an online portal to hire skilled health-care workers amid coronavirus pandemic
In the battle to fight COVID – 19, an online portal has been created by the Ontario Government. It is aimed at matching skilled frontline health-care workers with employers. The Health Workforce Matching Portal will…
Florida shuts-down for 30 days from April 3 2020
The latest American state to close down is Florida. With two new deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the city now has a total of 87 deaths due to coronavirus. The shut-0dpwn was announced…
The US has a history with Hantavirus
With the death of a Chinese man due to Hantavirus, the internet is going berserk in its search for the term Hantavirus. The fact is that the world is frightened and lost in coronavirus infections…
CORONA VIRUS OUTBREAK NOW A PANDEMIC
The coronavirus outbreak that spurted in one wet market of Wuhan in December 2019 has today affected 100 countries. The aggressive spread and the increasing death rates made the World Health Organization declare coronavirus a…
CBD: A miracle hemp extract for seizures
CBD or cannabidiol, usually extracted from hemp or cannabis has many life-enhancing properties. A synthetic version of CBD is also brewed that has low THC levels but high CBD levels. One of the best results…
Coronavirus: Human to animal transmission possible, a Pomeranian infected
With so many theories about the origin of the COVID19, it was initially said that the virus was spreading from animals to humans. Later on, it was believed that the virus is contained at the…