Two new studies detail COVID-19 transmission in schools, with one finding a low secondary attack rate during two periods in Massachusetts school districts and another tying nearly half of student and staff infections to school contacts in Italy.…
Mahesh Hiranandani In my 30 years of clinical practice, I have witnessed India, a nation struggling with poverty and malnutrition, record the second-highest number of obese children in the world at 1.8 crore in 2020.…
Chandigarh: Five farmer bodies Saturday held a protest in Mohali in support of their various demands including compensation for the damage caused to crops in Punjab by the recent flood. Farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal…
A case report published today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report highlights the role of the hospital water environment in the transmission of highly resistant, difficult-to-treat pathogens. The report by researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Chandigarh: The Gatka Federation USA has announced the appointment of two prominent individuals to key positions within the organization and has appointed Pritpal Singh Khalsa as President of Gatka Association New Jersey, while journalist Pardeep…
Satnam Singh Chahal executive director North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) expressed its serious concern about the Drug menace report released by The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment has expressed shock over the…
Today, a Brown University–led team reports in JAMA Network Open that older people are at lower risk of adverse events after receipt of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine than the Pfizer/BioNTech version but emphasizes that the overall risk is very…
Chandigarh: Nearly 45 illegal commercial shops, comprising chemist stores, near a medical college were razed to the ground on Saturday, the third day of the demolition drive, in Haryana’s Nuh district as some belonged to…
Chandigarh: A total of 202 people have been arrested so far and 80 taken into preventive detention in connection with the recent communal clashes in Haryana, state Home Minister Anil Vij said on Friday.…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday allowed Congress leader Jagdish Tytler’s plea seeking anticipatory bail in connection with the Sikh gencide in 1984 in the national capital’s Pul Bangash area. While Special Judge Vikas…
