Mangaluru: K MC Manipal lifts Medi Quiz 2019 trophy

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October 5, 2019

Mangaluru Oct. 05: K.M.C Manipal Duo team comprising of Sudeep and Sufyan Ibrahim emerged as winners by securing 140 points and clinched the glittering Medi Quiz – 2019 Trophy. The competition witnessed a very exciting close finish as they faced a stiff competition from the rival Fr. Muller Medical College Team comprising of Sandeep Rao and Adhip Acharya who were Runner up by securing 120 points and had to settle for the Second Place.

The Dept. of General Medicine A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences conducted their 8th Annual Dist. level Inter Medical Collegiate Quiz Contest “Mediquiz – 2019” exclusively for the M.B.B.S under graduate Students on Friday at their conference hall. The Quiz was exclusively on Medical subjects.

College Principal Prof. (Dr.) Ashok Hegde graced the occasion as Chief Guest and awarded the glittering Trophy, attractive prizes and Merit Certificates to the winners and Runners up and congratulated them on their exemplary achievements. College Former Principal Dr. Ramesh Pai, Senior Professor Dr. Prabhakar Rao and Chief of the Dept. of Medicine Dr. E.V.S Maben were the guests of honour. Dr. Devdas Rai was the Quiz Master.

The contest drew participants from 9 Medical Colleges (K.M.C., A.J.I.M.S., KSHEMA, Srinivasa, Fr.Muller, Yenepoya, K.M.C. Manipal. K.V.G. Sullia, Kanachur Medical College Deralakatte)

Dr. Adithi Santhosh Welcomed and Dr. Misba and Dr. Rupanjan officiated as Score Markers Dr. Anushree proposed a vote of thanks. Bangalore based company M/s. Karnataka Antibiotics Pharmaceutical Company sponsored this event.

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Congratulations.

Nice to see 2 of our great teachers..Dr Ramesh Pai & Dr Prabhakar Rao. I wish them good health.

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Beware mankind! A new virus discovered in pigs with human pandemic risk

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June 30,2020

Washington, Jun 30: Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study published Monday in the US science journal PNAS.

Named G4, it is genetically descended from the H1N1 strain that caused a pandemic in 2009.

It possesses "all the essential hallmarks of being highly adapted to infect humans," say the authors, scientists at Chinese universities and China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

The researchers then carried out various experiments including on ferrets, which are widely used in flu studies because they experience similar symptoms to humans -- principally fever, coughing and sneezing.

G4 was observed to be highly infectious, replicating in human cells and causing more serious symptoms in ferrets than other viruses.

Tests also showed that any immunity humans gain from exposure to seasonal flu does not provide protection from G4.

According to blood tests which showed up antibodies created by exposure to the virus, 10.4 percent of swine workers had already been infected.

The tests showed that as many as 4.4 percent of the general population also appeared to have been exposed.

The virus has therefore already passed from animals to humans but there is no evidence yet that it can be passed from human to human -- the scientists' main worry.

"It is of concern that human infection of G4 virus will further human adaptation and increase the risk of a human pandemic," the researchers wrote.

The authors called for urgent measures to monitor people working with pigs.

"The work comes as a salutary reminder that we are constantly at risk of new emergence of zoonotic pathogens and that farmed animals, with which humans have greater contact than with wildlife, may act as the source for important pandemic viruses," said James Wood, head of the department of veterinary medicine at Cambridge University.

A zoonotic infection is caused by a pathogen that has jumped from a non-human animal into a human.

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Karnataka reports 5,536 new COVID-19 cases, 102 deaths

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: As many as 5,536 new COVID-19 cases and 102 deaths were reported in Karnataka on Tuesday, according to the State Health Department.

With these new cases of coronavirus, the total number of positive cases in the state stands at 1,07,001 including 64,434 active cases, 40,504 discharges and 2,055 deaths.

India on Tuesday reported 47,704 more COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's count of coronavirus cases to 14,83,157, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Out of the total cases, there are 4,96,988 active cases in the country while the number of patients cured/discharged and migrated stands at 9,52,744. With 654 deaths due to COVID-19 in the country reported in the last 24 hours, the death toll rises to 33,425.

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