Posts by Aarti Sharma
Why smoking hasn’t been banned?
At the start of the fifties, an analysis was published revealing a link between smoking and lung cancer. Around the same year the tobacco industry’s began to discover carcinogens in smoke, which affirmed the connection between smoking and cancer. This created confusion for the industry: that is whether to disclose about the health issues or try and…
Read MoreIs spending more time in nature crucial for children’s mental health and development?
Spending time in nature is very important for cognitive development of children. Nature generates creativity and problem solving capabilities integral to executive functional development in kids. Children who play and spend time in nature have more attentiveness. Nature helps kids to do better in school, in many surprising ways. Many parents probably understand that being outside…
Read MoreRaising Kids With Spirituality May Protect Their Mental Health
A new study from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that kids and teens who are brought up with spiritual practices tend to have better mental health as they grow. Spirituality plays an crucial role in self-understanding and learning in early childhood development. “Young kids have an incredible sense of wonder – they’re innate spiritual…
Read MoreCan humans get COVID-19 from dogs or cats?
On the basis of the information available to date, the risk of animals spreading Novel Coronavirus to people is considered to be low. In total, all over the world, there are few dogs and cats have been tested positive in comparison to humans. Cats and dogs are much more likely to get novel coronavirus than their stray peers and…
Read MoreIs Delta Variant Increasing Risk to unvaccinated people?
The delta variant is spreading worldwide. Experts think that this type is more infectious than previous variants of the virus. While some vaccinated people have developed novel coronavirus from the delta variant, they seem to have less major symptoms than unvaccinated individuals. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky provided her severest warning…
Read MoreWhy Indian travellers are concerned about Covaxin’s WHO approval?
Covaxin is not on WHO list at the moment and the international travel for the vaccinated people might get restricted. Indians are hopefully looking at their passports are in a bind with Covid-19 vaccinations. There are three vaccines which are permitted for use in India, out of them only one that is Covishield is registered…
Read MoreWhat is B.1.617 COVID variant and will vaccines work for it?
The ancestor (proCoV2) virus and its initial descendants arose in China. Now the same virus which originated in Wuhan has different variants in different countries. The research shows that a population of strains with three mutational differences (alpha 1-3) from proCoV2 existed at the time of the first observation of novel coronavirus cases in China.…
Read MoreHow Effective is the COVID-19 Vaccine?
The arrival of safe and effective novel coronavirus vaccines is a great development in the coronavirus pandemic. There are some recommended vaccines that are in use to help and save people who come in contact with the virus. Here are the names of some the lifesaving jabs for COVID-19: Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine: The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is 95% effective in…
Read MoreThe challenges of COVID-19 vaccine in-between politics
In a short time since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared novel Coronavirus to be a pandemic, there are already variety of vaccines accepted for use in many countries around the world. But vaccines are only fruitful if people can get vaccinated — and progress on that front should get better. Many countries will get good amount of…
Read MoreWhat are the Guidelines for the people who are fully vaccinated for COVID-19?
COVID-19 vaccines are efficient at saving you from getting sick. On the basis of what we know about novel coronavirus vaccines, individuals who have been fully vaccinated can start to do certain things that they had not been doing because of the crisis. According to new CDC guidelines after you’ve been fully vaccinated against the novel…
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