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    Climate Change-Made Early Heat Waves in India, Pakistan 30 Times More Likely

    A full health and economic fallout, and cascading effects from the current heat wave will take months to determine, including excess deaths, hospitalisations, lost...
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    Vaccination Linked to a Decrease in Long COVID Symptoms

    Vaccination after infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is associated with a decrease in the likelihood of long COVID symptoms, finds a...
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    Pollution Killed 23.5 Lakh Indians in 2019, Says Lancet Study

    Pollution is the world's largest environmental risk factor for disease and premature deaths, according to the Lancet commission on pollution and health and is...
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    Nanotech Tool May Help Detect Diseases Using A Smartphone

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    Delhi’s Heatwave: A Warning For Worse Summers To Come?

    India could experience further unprecedented and prolonged heatwaves, extreme weathers, increased hospitalizations even leading up to fatalities and irreparable damage to agriculture and wildlife...
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    Common Steroids After ‘Long Covid’ Recovery May Cut Risk Of Death By Up To 51 Per Cent

    Researchers say that severe inflammation during hospitalization for COVID-19 increases risk of death within one year from seeming recovery by 61 per cent. This...
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    Can AI-Designed Super Enzyme End Plastic Pollution Crisis?

    The latest developments in plastics research offer hope. Researchers at the University of Texas have developed a super enzyme termed as hydrolase that can...
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    Asia’s Coastal Cities ‘Sinking Faster Than Sea Level-Rise’

    Coastal cities in Asia are sinking faster than sea level rise, mainly due to unregulated groundwater extraction, say researchers identifying “fast-subsiding areas”. By Purple Romero Manila...
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    Sri Lanka’s High Grown Tea Hits 34-Year Low in August Amid Persistent Cloud Cover and Heavy Rain

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    Sri Lanka’s High Grown Tea Hits 34-Year Low in August Amid Persistent Cloud Cover and Heavy Rain

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    Fiji Declares National HIV Emergency Amid Explosive Surge in Infections

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