Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University The progression of an epidemic comes at a rapid pace for us to be able to understand it. What is more devastating than this progression is the ability of a pathogen to evolve and spread. The reality of it is already heart-breaking as we can see in the current pandemic of […]
Sagnik Nag, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu In 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme proposed 11th July to be commemorated as World Population Day by the international community. The day aims to direct awareness of the necessity and implication of population themes and issues. Current estimations demonstrate that approximately 83 […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata The pandemic is storming through India at an alarming rate. Since early March, daily case numbers have skyrocketed. Only a few months ago, antibody data suggested that many people in cities like Delhi and Chennai had already been infected, leading some researchers to believe that the worst of the pandemic had […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata With the COVID-19 vaccine doing its rounds thorough out the world, the chances of contracting other variants of the virus are rising rapidly. At present, the vaccine provides an 85-90% immunity from the initial virus but is not known to be immune against the mutated versions of the virus. […]
BISWADEEP SEN, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Persistent fatigue, increasing exercise intolerance, cognitive difficulties, or joint pain are the main symptoms of Post-exertional malaise. It is the pivotal reason for ME /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. 43 patients were subjected to a Cardiopulmonary exercise test and the data was categorized systematically for analysis. In CPET, the patients have to […]
–Shrayana Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A statement by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) earlier stated that there was a comparatively higher risk of asymptomatic people being infected by COVID, which raised the number of people screened for COVID to a high level. Thousands of asymptomatic people flooded testing centers, resulting in […]
