Arya Sukumar, College of Agriculture, Vellayani World Health Organization reports pneumonia as the most common cause of mortality among children across the world. Pneumonia is a lung infection that causes fluid and pus to fill in the air sacs, resulting in cough, fever, breathing difficulties, and other symptoms. In children experiencing pneumonia in Bangladesh, new […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University According to WHO, pneumonia is responsible for 15% of all deaths of children under the age of 5. It is an acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs. It can be caused by bacteria, fungi, and viruses. What is pneumonia? The lungs have small pockets called alveoli. […]
Shreejita Bhowmick, Techno India University There are some instances when we feel breathlessness, a feeling of not getting enough air. Such instances might not necessarily indicate an underlying critical disease. Tachypnoea is such a condition that refers to abnormal, rapid but shallow breathing. It is often mistaken with conditions of hyperventilation, hypernoea (rapid but deep […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata Meningitis is an inflammatory condition that affects the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. Viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites can all cause it. Bacterial meningitis is one of the most serious types, and it is a leading cause of death and disability in children all over the world. […]
Sayak Banerjee. Amity University Kolkata Scientists at Washington State University (WSU) discovered that other than immune cells, neutrophils also might play a major role in defense against infection, through a new drug delivery technology. Neutrophils are the most common type of white blood cells (WBCs) that lead the body’s immune system response. They established a […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata The data on COVID-19 infections during pregnancy is limited. Although mortality or casualty due to the infection isn’t reported yet some adverse outcomes have been reported in the infants of women with covid-19 infections. The infant born to a COVID-19 infected mother has low birth weight, feeding intolerance, respiratory problems. Other […]
Salapu Chandralekha, Amity University Kolkata What secret did the Italian doctors uncover to prove that the COVID-19 is a bacterium, not a virus as advocated by the WHO guidelines? Italy was one of the European Nation’s which bore the brunt of COVID-19 pandemic accounting for over for 7.2% of deaths recorded across the Globe with […]
