Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University What is Cholera? Cholera is a diarrheal sickness caused by the toxigenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae infecting the intestine. Each year, an estimated 2.9 million cases and 95,000 deaths occur in the population worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that 1.3 million to 4 million people are infected with cholera each year, […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta At this time in the pandemic when we have ongoing vaccination drives, a new development in the pharmaceutical industry could prove to be a step towards enhanced protection and ability to fight against COVID-19 infections. This is the development of two drugs developed by Australian scientists from QIMR Berghofer Medical […]
Souhrid Sarkar, Amity University Kolkata What is COVID-19? Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that may cause mild to severe respiratory disorders including death. The term ‘Corona’ means crown-like spikes on the surface of the virus. Some of the examples of coronavirus are Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that torments mankind, caused by the parasite plasmodium. Researchers at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical research have understood how the body’s natural immunity can be manipulated to prevent malaria, bringing us one step closer to new potential therapy. The causative organism of this […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata Amongst all the most awaited news, the updates on vaccination are the ones most wanted these days. People have finally become aware of the need for vaccination, and the number of anti-vaxxers has reduced. This has helped the medical community level up their reviews on saving lives, and information regarding […]
Sagnik Nag, Amity University Kolkata. From using wheels and carts to smartphones and airplanes, each year this day acknowledges the technological achievements that keep on changing our lives on a daily basis. We cannot imagine a single day without technology. From health care, agricultural to educational sector and entertainment, food services and security, we continue […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta The concept of herd immunity states that when a large part of a population in an area has developed immunity against a certain disease, the virus or bacteria causing the disease has a significantly lesser chance of spreading from one person to another in that area. As a result, the […]
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. […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University, Kolkata The key to herd immunity is that, whether or not an individual becomes infected, there are too few susceptible hosts around to keep up transmission — individuals who are immunized or have effectively had the disease can’t spread the infection. The vaccines created by Moderna and Pfizer–BioNTech, for instance, are […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Coronavirus became a household name, as the pandemic swept people off their feet, locking them in their houses, rendering them sick, leading to death on severe occasions. After months into the pandemic, in December 2020, the government of Israel approved the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination and proclaimed a mass immunization […]
