More Adverse Reactions Reported After COVID-19 Vaccination in People With Prior Infection: Study
Healthcare workers who have recovered from COVID-19, except those with Long-COVID, reported adverse reactions following their first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine more often than those who had not been infected, according to a recent study.
Researchers in the United Kingdom surveyed more than 900 healthcare workers in three hospitals in a longitudinal observational study, and about 265 of the participants (30 with Long-COVID) were infected with the CCP virus prior to getting the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
Long-COVID, or long haulers, are people who continue to experience COVID-19 symptoms months after first being infected with the CCP virus.
Women In Rural Pakistan Reap Kitchen Garden Advantage
Women In Rural Pakistan Reap Kitchen Garden Advantage
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KARACHI, Pakistan “My five children often slept hungry when my husband did not get work,” Khadija Bibi, a 37-year-old from Thatta in Sindh province of Pakistan, told Zenger News.
“He is a mason helper and earns PKR 7,000 ($45.35) a month when he is lucky to get work,” she said while working a small kitchen garden. “Not everyone gets lucky. Unemployment is high. The city is far. At times, he didn’t have the money to buy a bus ticket to go there in search of work.”
India faces two major challenges in its transition to electric vehicles
The country needs to manufacture lithium-ion batteries at scale and deal with the environmental threat posed by battery waste. Representational image. | AFP
target of generating 175 gigawatts of power from renewable energy by 2022, India has made clear its intent to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The government’s target to ensure that at least 15% of the vehicles in the country are electric
by 2030 is aimed at reducing vehicular pollution – transport accounts for about
11% of India’s carbon emissions – and dependence on crude oil imports.
Electric vehicles are expected to account for 30% of vehicle sales in India by 2030. Apart from environmental gains, this transition is likely to save crude oil imports worth Rs 1,07,566 crore, estimated a
‘It Was a Really Tough Time’: Pandemic Takes a Toll on International Students’ Mental Health
It has been more than one year since the last time Hailey Do, a third-year student from the University of Technology Sydney, left her hometown. Feeling trapped in her 80-square meter flat in the bustling suburb of Strathfield, Sydney, she longs for her peaceful homeland, Da Lat, a small city nestling among the wooded hills and weaving roads of Vietnam’s Central Highlands.
Vietnam shut its border on March 22, 2020, the same day the country surpassed over 100 cases of coronavirus infections for the first time. Just one day before, Australia reported 1081 confirmed cases and started to impose the social distancing rules.