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By PTI NEW DELHI: People living in the national capital and in states such as Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are more likely to contract COVID-19 due to prolonged exposure to high concentration of PM 2.5, according to a new pan-India study. Sixteen major cities, including Delhi, …

Precision microbiome science leaders, Microba Life Sciences, have joined with the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), the University of Newcastle, and Hunter New England Health in the NEW1000 Family Study. The study will attempt to understand how the first 1000 days of life impact health and wellbeing into adulthood and …

Express News Service HYDERABAD: A poor diet rather than low iron levels is leading to anaemia among children and adolescents, researchers from the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) have found. Scientists from NIN, who assessed iron levels among children in rural and urban areas as found in the Comprehensive National …

A study by researchers from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal found that the actual coronavirus infectivity levels may vary significantly based on the presence of other viral proteins like the nucleocapsid (N) protein. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has an RNA genome, surrounded by a sphere-shaped structure. This …

By PTI NEW DELHI: There is consistent, strong evidence to prove that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, behind the COVID-19 pandemic, is predominantly transmitted through the air, according to a new assessment published on Friday in The Lancet journal. The analysis by six experts from the UK, the US and Canada says …

The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and produced by has shown efficacy against the UK variant of the coronavirus, according to an ongoing study by researchers. Oxford University scientists who developed the ChAdOx1-nCoV19 vaccine have found that it remains effective against at least one of the new variants of …

Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: Study of 130+ facial recognition data sets compiled over 43 years: driven by ML’s data needs, researchers gradually abandoned asking for people’s consent  —  The largest ever study of facial-recognition data shows how much the rise of deep learning has fueled a loss of …

Philadelphia: An international team of researchers have found that medications to treat high blood pressure do not affect outcomes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19. The study, led by researchers from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, is the first randomized controlled …