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Capital hazard
Polluted marathon
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for the cancellation of the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon to be held on Sunday morning because of the alarmingly high levels of air pollution in the capital. The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi has ranged from ‘very unhealthy’ to ‘hazardous’ levels over the last few days with the AQI crossing the 300 ‘danger’ mark at many places. The air quality is particularly poor in the early mornings when pollution is extremely high, the IMA said, cautioning that this was the time when the proposed Half Marathon is scheduled to start.
Trading places
EMA prepares for relocation
With less than two weeks to go before European Union member states select a new host city for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on November 20, the Agency prepares itself to immediately start working with the new host country. As of that date, the Agency has less than 17 months to conclude its move and take up its operations in the new host city by end of March 2019, the EMA said.
Overkill
Antibiotics in animals
The World Health Organsation is recommending that farmers and the food industry stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals. The new WHO recommendations aim to help preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics that are important for human medicine by reducing their unnecessary use in animals. In some countries, about 80 per cent of total consumption of medically important antibiotics is in the animal sector
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