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    Study: Typhoid Costs 87% of India's Disease Burden, Especially for Children

    New Delhi, March 25 Antibiotic-resistant typhoid infections accounted for at least 87 per cent of India's disease-related economic burden in 2023, according to a study in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia.The total economic burden due to typhoid fever was estimated at ₹123 billion...
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    Antibody Repertoire Varies Significantly by Age and Individual Factors

    New Delhi, February 19 Age could be a major factor in influencing antibody production in response to a virus – for a given virus, certain antibodies increase with age while others decrease, depending on which part of the virus is targeted, researchers have found.The team, including researchers...
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    CDC and NIH Appointments Reflect Changing Landscape of U.S. Public Health

    New York, February 19 – Jay Bhattacharya, a physician and economist, is taking over the leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the acting director of the world’s leading medical research organization.Bhattacharya, who now heads the National Institutes of Health...
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    Obesity and Increased Risk of Infectious Disease Hospitalizations

    New Delhi, February 10 People with obesity are 70 per cent more likely to be hospitalised or die from infectious diseases, including flu, COVID-19, and pneumonia, according to a study published in The Lancet journal.In 2023, obesity was linked to one in ten global deaths related to infections...
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