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A new study found that unvaccinated people are at higher risk of hospitalisation US CDC said the risk of infection was 4.9 times while hospitalisation was 29.2 times

Coronavirus has claims 1.5 million lives globally Around 10,000 people are dying each day due to COVID-19 Nearly 65 million people globally have been infected by the disease

About 10 per cent of our calories are burned digesting the food we eat and roughly 10 per cent to 30 per cent are lost through physical activity.  

Most smokers, according to the study take up smoking during their teens and half of nations had a smoking rate of at least 15 percent for boys compared to the 8 percent of girls.

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the three babies, whose mothers were infected with Zika, had brain problems like microcephaly, excess fluid in the brain, abnormal eye development and more.

Studies have shown that having children at an older age may increase the likelihood of having twins.

Over one-third adults and 17 percent of youth in the US were obese during 2011-2014, says a new survey by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 Excessive drinking cost the US $249 billion in 2010, or $2.05 per drink, a significant increase from $223.5 billion, or $1.90 per drink, in 2006, says a new study.