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  • ‘Persistent cough, fever’: Influenza A on rise in India

    ‘Persistent cough, fever’: Influenza A on rise in India

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    New Delhi: A persistent cough, sometimes accompanied by fever, running through India for the past two-three months is due to Influenza A subtype H3N2, ICMR experts said.

    The H3N2, which has been in wide circulation for the past two-three months, causes more hospitalisations than other subtypes, said Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) scientists who keep a close watch on ailments caused by respiratory viruses through the Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratories network.

    They have also suggested a list of Dos and Don’ts for people to follow to protect themselves from contracting the virus.

    The Indian Medical Association (IMA), on the other hand, has advised against indiscriminate use of antibiotics amid rising cases of cough, cold and nausea across the country.

    Seasonal fever will last five to seven days, it said.

    The fever goes away at the end of three days but the cough can persist for up to three weeks, the IMA’s Standing Committee for Anti-Microbial Resistance said.

    Viral cases have also surged due to air pollution, it said, adding that it mostly occurs in people aged below 15 and above 50 and causes upper respiratory infections along with fever.

    The association also asked doctors to prescribe only symptomatic treatment and not antibiotics.

    “Right now, people start taking antibiotics like Azithromycin and Amoxiclav etc, that too without caring for done and frequency and stop it once start feeling better. This needs to be stopped as it leads to antibiotic resistance. Whenever there will be a real use of antibiotics, they will not work due to the resistance,” the IMA said in a statement.

    The most misused antibiotics are Amoxicillin, Norfloxacin, Oprofloxacin, Ofloxacin and Levofloxacin. These are being used for the treatment of diarrhoea and UTI, it said.

    “We have already seen widespread use of Azithromycin and Ivermectin during Covid and this too has led to resistance. It is necessary to diagnose whether the infection is bacterial or not before prescribing antibiotics,” it said.

    (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Deficit set to hit $1.4T this year amid persistent inflation, federal experts say

    Deficit set to hit $1.4T this year amid persistent inflation, federal experts say

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    Deficits as a share of the economy are expected to grow from 5.3 percent this year to 6.9 percent of GDP in a decade, “a level exceeded only five times since 1946,” the independent budget office noted on Wednesday.

    Debt held by the public is also expected to reach its highest level ever recorded in the next 10 years, hitting 118 percent of GDP in 2033. The debt could skyrocket to 195 percent of GDP by 2053, thanks to growing interest costs and increased mandatory spending on programs like Medicare and Social Security, CBO analysts said.

    Inflation will “gradually” slow this year as demand starts to sync more closely with supply. But the budget office projects that inflation will be higher this year and next year than originally anticipated, with the Federal Reserve likely hitting its target inflation rate of 2 percent in 2027.

    Just last spring, the budget office said inflation would likely cool to the Central Bank’s target sometime after 2024, after initially predicting prices would reach that point by the end of last year.

    Due to the Federal Reserve’s rapid interest rate hikes, economic activity is also expected to stagnate this year, with falling inflation and rising unemployment. The unemployment rate is projected to climb from 3.6 percent at the end of 2022 to more than 5 percent by the end of this year.

    Real GDP growth is expected to rebound as the Central Bank eases up on interest rate hikes, averaging 2.4 percent annually through 2027.

    The budget office cautioned that its economic projects are subject to change based on a variety of factors, including fluctuations in the labor market and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

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    ( With inputs from : www.politico.com )