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Widespread, global failures at multiple levels in the COVID-19 response led to millions of preventable deaths and reversed progress made towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in many countries, according to a new Lancet COVID-19 Commission report.

Higher levels of antibodies against the Omicron variant were also found in people who received two doses of either vaccine and also reported previously having Covid-19 symptoms, compared to those who had not previously had Covid symptoms.

A report has stated that there is an urgent need to establish regulatory frameworks pertaining to controlling air pollution in India.

Covaxin, the coronavirus vaccine developed by the government's medical research agency and Bharat Biotech, was found to have a 77.8 per cent efficacy rate against COVID-19. This report was published in a long-awaited analysis published in The Lancet.

Safety analysis demonstrates less than 0.5 per cent of subjects experiencing serious adverse events

A clinical trial of 4,304 participants with CKD revealed that dapagliflozin reduces the rate of kidney function decline in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

A small number of cases of Bell's palsy have been reported in clinical trials of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, but so far, analyses of the association have come to conflicting conclusions.

The study analysed antibodies in the blood of 250 healthy people who received either one or two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, up to three months after their first dose.

Lancet India Task Force has suggested a 'checklist' to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases in India. The report titled 'Country-wide Containment Strategies for Reducing COVID-19 Cases in India' was published on April 30, 2021. It said that the Task Force does not believe that there is 'one single policy option of a complete lockdown'.

COVID-19 is an airborne virus, according to a Lancet study Wearing an N-95 or a K-95 mask is the best protection against the virus

Medical care with inappropriately high use of imaging, rest, opioids, spinal injections, and surgery is making the problem worse in both developed and developing countries, the findings showed.

According to the study published in the noted medical journal Lancet, India recorded around 15.6 million abortions in 2015.

The Indian population has gained nearly a decade of life expectancy since 1990, rising to 66.9 years in men and 70.3 years in women.

Among other sources, emissions from coal power plants, transport and other industries caused 80,368, 88,019 and 1,24,207 preventable deaths respectively, the report said.

The World Health Organization recommends at least 150 minutes of "moderate-intensity", or 75 minutes of "vigorous-intensity" aerobic physical activity per week.

The findings highlight the pressing need for affordable treatments and vaccines as a priority to combat the virus.

India and Nigeria combined had 42 per cent of the 499,000 global under-five deaths due to diarrhoea in 2015.

India came at 154th position in the ranking of healthcare quality in 195 countries, whereas some countries like South Korea, Peru and China have seen greatest improvements in healthcare access and quality since 1990.

Drug-resistant TB could make up one in ten cases of the disease in the country by 2040.

Specimens of blood, cerebrospinal fluid and urine as well as litchis were tested for evidence of infectious pathogens, pesticides, toxic metals.