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Tue, 2013-07-16 17:50 — mdmcdonald
The India Resilience System Working Group is focused on building health, human security, resilience and sustainability in India.

The mission of the India Resilience System Working Group is to build health, human security, resilience, and sustainability in India.

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Blood plasma showed no benefit in Covid-19 patients in trial — a finding that could re-energize debate

Fri, 2020-10-23 09:54 — mike kraft
Blood plasma showed no benefit in Covid-19 patients in trial The findings, published in BMJ, could re-energize the debate over whether blood plasma is an effective treatment for the disease. Damian Garde STAT

Infusing hospitalized Covid-19 patients with blood plasma from people who recovered from the disease had no effect on whether patients got sicker or died, according to the first completed randomized trial of the treatments.

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India: 5M people infected, virus outbreak still soaring

Wed, 2020-09-16 09:47 — mike kraft
5M people infected, India's virus outbreak still soaring NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s confirmed coronavirus infections passed 5 million on Wednesday, still soaring and testing the feeble health care system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns and... AP NEWS

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s confirmed coronavirus infections passed 5 million on Wednesday, still soaring and testing the feeble health care system in tens of thousands of impoverished towns and villages.

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India coronavirus caseload crosses 4M, stretching resources

Sat, 2020-09-05 09:40 — mike kraft
India coronavirus caseload crosses 4M, stretching resources NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s coronavirus caseload surpassed 4 million on Saturday, deepening misery in the country's vast hinterlands, where surges have crippled the underfunded health care system.... AP NEWS

...The Indian economy has shrunk faster than any other major nation’s. As many as 200 million people could slip back into poverty...

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Hundreds protest against exams in India as virus cases hit new peak

Sat, 2020-08-29 12:29 — mike kraft
Hundreds protest against exams in India as virus cases hit new peak Hundreds of masked protesters demonstrated in major Indian cities on Friday against a government plan to hold exams for millions of students during the coronavirus pandemic, as the daily tally of infections hit a record. Shilpa Jamkhandikar U.S.
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India surges past 2 million coronavirus cases, angry health workers launch a strike

Fri, 2020-08-07 10:04 — mike kraft
India surges past 2 million coronavirus cases, angry health workers launch a strike India, the country hardest hit in Asia by the coronavirus pandemic, reported on Friday a record daily jump in infections, taking its total number of cases over two million, as government struggled to contain the spread amid striking health workers. Shilpa Jamkhandikar U.S.
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India - Tropical Cyclone Fani - April 2019

Sat, 2019-05-04 10:26 — Kathy Gilbeaux

                                  An expanding list of news and information resources on Tropical Cyclone Fani . . .

CLICK HERE - reliefweb - Tropical Cyclone Fani - April 2019

CLICK HERE - GDACS - Overall Red alert Tropical Cyclone for FANI-19 in India

CLICK HERE - Humanity Road - Cyclone Fani - India

CLICK HERE - The Times of India - Live Updates - Cyclone Fani

CLICK HERE - The Hindu - Cyclone Fani | Live updates: Aerial survey shows extensive damage around Puri

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India’s Rising Temperatures are Worsening Its Dengue Crisis

Thu, 2017-11-02 22:56 — Kathy Gilbeaux

           

Cases of dengue have risen sharply in India.(Reuters/Paulo Whitaker)

CLICK HERE - STUDY - Dengue burden in India: recent trends and importance of climatic parameters

CLICK HERE - Increasing probability of mortality during Indian heat waves

qz.com - by Priyanka Vora - November 2, 2017

Even as several parts of India are in the grip of severe dengue outbreaks, a team of researchers has found clues to why the mosquito-borne disease might be spreading across the country faster than before. The answer lies in increased temperatures, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances.

A rise in temperature results in a shorter “extrinsic incubation period” or EIP, which is the time required for the virus to develop in the mosquito, the study by scientists from Hyderabad, Guwahati, and Liverpool shows. A shorter incubation period leads to higher transmission rates of dengue infection in a community, the authors said.

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Relief Effort Underway for Flood-Ravaged Chennai in India

Wed, 2015-12-09 10:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

             

People walk through a flooded street in Chennai, India, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. The heaviest rainfall in more than 100 years has devastated swathes of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with thousands forced to leave their submerged homes, schools and offices. ( AP Photo) Associated Press

CLICK HERE - #ChennaiRains Resource Center

cnn.com - by Archith Seshadri - December 7, 2015

Chennai, a city of 4.6 million people on India's southeast coast, is reeling from some of the heaviest and deadliest rains in decades. . . .

"The value of Wi-Fi access cannot be underestimated," said Sharanya Manivanan of Chennai. "Phone lines were down for days, but those with Internet access were able to make things happen.”

Tech workers created a crowdsourcing site called www.chennairains.org so people can find sources of food and shelter using their smartphones or computers.

Drinking water is a megaproblem . . .

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India’s rabid dog problem is running the country ragged

Sat, 2015-09-19 23:46 — Maeryn Obley

wired.com- September 15, 2015 - Mary-Rose Abraham

A pile of puppies cower under a parked car. The men grab one, but two escape down the street, forcing them to give chase. Five scrappy adult shorthairs – of an indiscriminate breed commonly known as an ‘Indian dog’ – appear from nowhere.

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Heat Wave Kills Hundreds in India

Thu, 2015-05-28 10:01 — Kathy Gilbeaux

          

Photo: Sanjay Kanojia via Getty Images

cnn.com - by Harmeet Shah Singh and Rishabh Pratap - May 26, 2015

(CNN) Stifling heat has killed more than 1,100 people in India in less than one week.

The worst-hit area is the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh, where authorities say 852 people have died in the heat wave. Another 266 have died in the neighboring state of Telangana.

India recorded its highest maximum temperature of 47 degrees Celsius -- 117 degrees Fahrenheit -- at Angul in the state of Odisha on Monday, according to B.P. Yadav, director of the India Meteorological Department.

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