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India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Air Pollution Collaborators. Health and economic impact of air pollution in the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Planetary Health. 22 December 2020. thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…
1.67 million deaths were attributable to air pollution in India in 2019, 17.8% of the total deaths in the country, the majority of which were from outdoor particulate air pollution (0·98 million) and household air pollution (0·61 million) Read more in thelancet.com/journals/lanpl…
Apr 28, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Currently, there are no approved, definitive therapies for #COVID19. Convalescent plasma is one of the several emerging therapies. However, there is no robust evidence to support it for routine therapy. @US_FDA has also viewed it as an experimental therapy (IND). 1/4#COVID19 convalescent plasma therapy comes with its own share of technical challenges, like antibody titer testing. There are also several risks of using this therapy including life-threatening allergic reactions and lung injury. 2/4