“The emphasis on limiting total fat intake, as opposed to just saturated fat intake, has been questioned recently by some, but not by others. It is important to remember that humans do not always make food choices based solely on health considerations, but also based on spendable income, occupation, education, ethnicity, rural-urban residence, religious beliefs, nutrition knowledge, and physiologic characteristics. It is likely that the debate about what the optimal fat and fatty acid intakes are to promote health and longevity will continue well into the next century,” wrote multi-award winning US Professor Alice H Lichtenstein in her 1999 article,
Dietary Fat: A History.
Medical Anthropologist Anahí Viladrich Addresses Why COVID Sparked Anti-Asian Hate and What to Do About It
Anahí Viladrich (Photo courtesy of Viladrich)
By Lida Tunesi
As a medical anthropologist who studies race, ethnicity, and public health, Professor
Anahí Viladrich (GC/Queens, Sociology) felt a need to speak out against the outbreak of stigma against Chinese and East Asian populations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I was shocked by the stigmatizing discourse of the Trump administration,” Viladrich told The Graduate Center, “along with the hate-based messages, discrimination, and violence against Asian communities. I clearly found an escalating trend there and felt that I needed to understand it better, and contribute somehow to raising awareness about the root causes of the symbolic violence ingrained in white supremacy discourses and practices.”
What is Ivermectin, the drug Goa will give to all adults to combat Covid-19 India Today Web Desk
Despite a raging debate on the efficacy of Ivermectin in treating Covid-19, Goa has decided to administer the anti-parasitic drug to everyone above 18 years in the state, irrespective of symptoms.
While the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against the general, unchecked use of Ivermectin, a study published in the American Journal of Therapeutics has said that regular use of the drug may significantly reduce the risk of contracting Covid-19.
So, should you take Ivermectin? What has the Health Ministry said? What have researchers found about its efficacy? Here is all you need to know about Ivermectin.
What is Ivermectin?
Ivermectin is an oral drug used to treat parasitic infections. The drug has been in use since the 1980s and is mainly used in creams and lotions for head lice. Ivermectin in tablet form has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat intestinal strongyloidiasis and onchocerciasis (river blindness). It is also used to treat scabies. However, the FDA has not approved Ivermectin for Covid-19 treatment.
What does the Health Ministry say on its usage?
In its revised guidelines for home isolation of mild and asymptomatic Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry suggested use of Ivermectin tablets (200 mcg/kg once a day, to be taken on an empty stomach) for 3 to 5 days if fever is not controlled.
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New Delhi: The B.1.617.2 lineage of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which was recently identified in India is now growing in prevalence across the country, genome sequencing data shows.
As of Tuesday, as many as 12,179 genome sequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus have been uploaded on the GISAID website, a global repository of genomic data.
The SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.617 has been dominating the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India over the past few months. B.1.117 a lineage that was first identified in the UK also dominated the spread of infections for a while in India. However, B.1.617 soon took the lead, accounting for 29 per cent of the samples sequenced.