Tag: coronavirus
Alarming Rise in Self harm by Girls
In a concerning revelation, a recent study shows that girls, in particular, faced heightened risks, with the odds of self-harm presentations by female children and adolescents doubling in the post-pandemic period compared to the pre-pandemic era. The study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) by Elsevier has shed light on the significant surge in pediatric emergency department visits linked to self-harm and other psychiatric issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
6.9 million COVID-19 deaths till 2023
The World Health organisation in its latest World Health Statistics reported over 759 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and nearly 6.9 million reported COVID-19 deaths globally up to March 11, 2023. However, the true toll of the COVID-19 pandemic is significantly higher as it has indirectly affected mortality through mechanisms such as disruptions to health-care services and changes in care-seeking behaviours,
Official End to Covid 19 Health Emergency Adds to priorities of...
Children, whose lives went upside down during the time of Covid 19, should get greater priority now with the World Health Organisation...
Covid 19 no longer a Global Threat
Covid 19 is no longer a global threat with the World Health Organisation declaring an end to the pandemic as a public...
WHO’s New Covid Guidelines
With Covid-19 continuing to spread en masse in several countries and the scare of of another pandemic wave has not died down,...
Covid Surge In China; World Most Concerned
As the world entered 2023, concerns have yet again raised about Covid 19 pandemic, which is believed to have taken a surge...
BF.7 omicron variant posing new medical challenges
Three years after the first outbreak of Covid-19, China is struggling to contain a coronavirus resurgence. The partial unlocking that began recently...
Polarization after COVID-19: unvaccinated face prejudice
In a new study, researchers found that people show prejudice and discriminatory attitudes towards individuals not vaccinated against COVID-19 across all inhabited...
Covid 19; Countries Resorted to Physical Means to Enforce Restrictioons
Most of the countries used physical means, such as arrests and prison sentences, to enforce coronavirus-related restrictions on worship services and other...
Covid 19: Social/emotional development of Poor Children Much Affected
A lot of studies have come come up on how children, especially those from the poor countries, were doing at the time...
