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Delhi’s economy suffered the most due to severe air pollution last year: Lancet study
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Jayashree Nandi
UPDATED ON DEC 22, 2020 12:51 PM IST
The study noted India is facing losses to its GDP and productivity due to the health impacts of air pollution
Lancet introduces Commission for universal health coverage
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | By Jayashree Nandi
UPDATED ON DEC 12, 2020 04:51 PM IST
The work of the commission will begin on Friday with an aim to publish a final report of its findings and recommendations in the next two years
Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine safe in older adults, induces immune response: Lancet
Hindustan Times, London | By Prasun Sonwalkar
PUBLISHED ON NOV 19, 2020 07:10 PM IST
The Phase 2 trial of the Oxford vaccine has been found to be safe in healthy older adults and induces immune response, The Lancet reported on Thursday
Insomnia, dementia, anxiety most common among those infected by Covid-19: Lancet study
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Prashasti Singh
UPDATED ON NOV 15, 2020 02:37 PM IST
Insomnia, dementia and anxiety disorder were most common among people infected by the coronavirus, even if they had no previous psychiatric history, the study found.
Early Covid-19 vaccines may be imperfect: UK Vaccine Taskforce
London | By Reuters | Posted by Prashasti Singh
UPDATED ON OCT 28, 2020 02:29 PM IST
“However, we do not know that we will ever have a vaccine at all. It is important to guard against complacency and over-optimism”, UK Vaccine Taskforce Chair Kate Bingham wrote in a piece published in The Lancet medical journal.
90-minute British DnaNudge Covid-19 test is accurate, Lancet study finds
London | By Reuters| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
PUBLISHED ON SEP 18, 2020 02:07 PM IST
Faster testing could allow more people to return to work or permit testing on entry to hospital, thus slowing a second spike in coronavirus infections.
15 scientists launch critique of Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine data
Milan | By Reuters| Posted by Susmita Pakasi
PUBLISHED ON SEP 15, 2020 11:39 AM IST
Last week the institute rejected the critique contained in the open letter, which was initially signed by 26 scientists but now has 38 signatories.
Russian vaccine trials show strong immune response: The Lancet
Hindustan Times, London | By Prasun Sonwalkar
PUBLISHED ON SEP 04, 2020 04:53 PM IST
The two-part vaccine includes two adenovirus vectors – recombinant human adenovirus type 26 (rAd26-S) and recombinant human adenovirus type 5 (rAd5-S) – which have been modified to express the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
Oxford-Astra Covid-19 vaccine shows dual immune action, says researcher
By Bloomberg | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
UPDATED ON JUL 20, 2020 07:49 PM IST
The AstraZeneca Plc Covid-19 vaccine increased levels of both protective neutralizing antibodies and immune T-cells that target the virus, according to the study organizers.
Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate is safe, early results show
Hindustan Times, London | By Prasun Sonwalkar
UPDATED ON JUL 20, 2020 07:57 PM IST
The Lancet said the current trial is too preliminary to confirm whether the new vaccine meets these requirements, but phase 2 (in the UK only) and phase 3 trials to confirm whether it effectively protects against SARS-CoV-2 infection are happening in the UK, Brazil and South Africa.
HCQ trial halted over doubts on benefits
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Sanchita Sharma
UPDATED ON JUN 07, 2020 12:05 AM IST
The preliminary results of the UK’s Recovery trial were released a day after a flawed study that raised safety concerns about hydroxychloroquine was retracted from the highly cited British medical journal, The Lancet, following scientific scrutiny.
Study dismissing benefits of malaria drugs under lens
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Sanchita Sharma
UPDATED ON JUN 04, 2020 12:05 AM IST
The review has put the spotlight on Surgisphere, a Chicago-based company that owns the questionable database that has been used in studies published in The Lancet and also New England Journal of Medicine, the world’s two most highly-cited medical journals.
People’s movement needed against Covid-19, just like Swachh Bharat mission, says Amitabh Bachchan
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAR 26, 2020 11:08 AM IST
Amitabh Bachchhan posted a video as India is observing a 21-day lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus disease Covid-19, which has infected more than 4,00,000 people across the world.
Coronavirus: More than 75,000 could be infected in Wuhan, major cities under threat, says new Lancet study
Hindustan Times, Beijing | By Sutirtho Patranobis
UPDATED ON JAN 31, 2020 10:31 PM IST
The modelling study, shared with HT, suggested that multiple major Chinese cities might have already imported dozens of cases of 2019-nCoV infection from Wuhan, in numbers sufficient to initiate ‘local epidemics’.
Its time India focussed on eating right | Opinion
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rhythma Kaul
UPDATED ON SEP 13, 2019 06:17 PM IST
According to data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 200 million adults in the country suffer from high blood pressure (hypertension), and 50% of them do not know about it.
IMA rebuts Lancet’s J-K editorial
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Rhythma Kaul
UPDATED ON AUG 19, 2019 11:52 PM IST
In its editorial published on Saturday, August 17, the journal commented on India recently revoking the autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir.
World Population Day: Invest in ensuring women’s sexual, reproductive rights
By Shireen Jejeebhoy
UPDATED ON JUL 11, 2019 08:29 AM IST
We have failed the youth in helping them exercise their right to make informed choices on reproductive matters
Opinion| Can India grow now and clean up later? No, it can’t
By Navroz Dubash
PUBLISHED ON MAY 20, 2019 07:33 PM IST
India’s GDP is a third of China’s but we already have worse air pollution than China. India cannot grow in a manner oblivious to the environmental character of that growth, without making the country unliveable and undercutting the basis for future economic prosperity
Voting just the first step; must gear up for participatory citizenship now
New Delhi | By Bharati Chaturvedi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 13, 2019 08:16 AM IST
The Down to Earth, quoting the Lancet, points out that cancers have gone up by 112% between 1990 and 2016. Also, that India’s share in cancer deaths is over 8%. Air pollution is among the causes.
Aids drugs prevent HIV transmission in gay men: Study
London | By Reuters
UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2019 11:05 PM IST
The study proves, the researchers said, that using antiretroviral therapy to suppress the AIDS virus to undetectable levels also means it cannot be passed on via sex, the researchers said.
Indian food leads the climate change battle with its meatless diet
UPDATED ON FEB 04, 2019 07:02 PM IST
We may well be headed towards a phase of militancy where there is a radical espousal of meatlessness. Protests outside restaurants are already common, though not of the sort of violent vigilantism that’s been witnessed in India in recent years. Researchers are already making the connection between meat eating and climate change
Health programmes need community engagement
By Ashok Alexander
UPDATED ON DEC 07, 2018 07:31 AM IST
Only when people get involved, they become aware consumers, rather than passive recipients of doles.
There is no healthy level of alcohol consumption, here’s why
Indo Asian News Service | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON AUG 25, 2018 02:59 PM IST
There may be studies showing that moderate alcohol consumption isn’t harmful for health, but according to a new report by Lancet, there is no safe level of drinking alcohol.