In the ongoing COVID pandemic, people have turned towards natural methods to boost their immunity. Ancient Indian methods have also come to the fore during the fight against the disease and improve health from within. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 In the ongoing pandemic, the government too recommended several traditional ways and means to boost […]
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Another treatment for diseases looks like a new hope. Researchers from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in the U.S., created a nanoparticle that manipulates the immune system and effectively fights cancer cells. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The new concept, Protein–Antibody Conjugates or PACs, combines two different approaches to drug delivery. One is biologics, where
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People who take a commonly-prescribed drug for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) should not assume they are protected after a first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, say the authors of a large-scale study that found many had poor antibody responses. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The research measured antibody responses after vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech or the
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Living organisms including humans have all heard of immunity that results in a dramatic reduction of daily cases. Does “herd immunity” really protect from subsequent waves? The answer is not a simple yes or no. It depends on how widespread the virus is in a community and its transmission rate. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
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Government has launched Aahaar Kranti, a mission dedicated to spread awareness about nutrition. It is designed to address the peculiar problem of hunger and diseases in abundance, being faced by India and the world. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The mission is aimed to spread the message of the need for a nutritionally balanced diet
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Healthcare has become one of the largest sectors of the Indian economy and is expected to reach USD 372 billion in 2022, according to a report by Niti Aayog released. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 The report outlines the range of investment opportunities in various segments of India’s healthcare sector, including hospitals, medical devices and
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Parosmia is a medical term used to describe a condition in which affected individuals experience “distortions of the sense of smell”. Some people may experience parosmia as a symptom of COVID-19. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 A person with parosmia can detect certain odours, but they might experience the smell of certain things as different
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The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi was apprised on the progress under National Health Mission (NHM) during FY 2019-20 including accelerated decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), Under Five Mortality Rate (U5MR) and Total Fertility Rate (TFR). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 It also noted the
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The implementation of a Central advisory to extend the interval for injecting the second dose of Covishield vaccines to between six to eight weeks of the first jab will cover a significant proportion of the vaccinated population. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Covishield is Serum Institute of India’s version of AZD1222, the vaccine developed by
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At the 73rd Session of the World Health Assembly, Member States overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution calling for urgent action on meningitis prevention and control through the implementation of a bold, comprehensive global roadmap to defeat meningitis by 2030. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Meningitis is a serious infection of the meninges, the membranes covering the
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