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COVID-19 and the ensuing lockdown is affecting the way Indians sleep. The repercussions are far-reaching and frightening.
Editor's note: It was sometime in 1916, in an Austria ravaged by World War I and living in the looming shadow of one of the world’s worst pandemics, that a neurophysiologist stumbled on the secret of sleep. His name was Constantin von Economo, and he’d noticed an influx of patients with uncontrollable lethargy and abnormal muscle movements. It was the era of the Spanish flu (which started in 1916, not 1918 as believed) but that wasn’t the illness to blame. The patients von Economo observed at the Vienna General Hospital had unique symptoms: an overwhelming need for constant sleep that stretched to weeks, months, even years. Then there were others wracked with night-time insomnia and daytime sleepiness. This “sleepy sickness”, as it was known, coincided with the Spanish flu pandemic. It affected five million people, including Europe-stationed Indian soldiers who served in the British Army. It sneaked into military barracks in the Andaman islands and in Karachi. Spanish flu may have been deadlier, but sleepy sickness was no atomweight. It had a body count of 1.6 million, enough to be considered a …
COVID-19 and the ensuing lockdown is affecting the way Indians sleep. The repercussions are far-reaching and frightening.
Editor's note: It was sometime in 1916, in an Austria ravaged by World War I and living in the looming shadow of one of the world’s worst pandemics, that a neurophysiologist stumbled on the secret of sleep. His name was Constantin von Economo, and he’d noticed an influx of patients with uncontrollable lethargy and abnormal muscle movements. It was the era of the Spanish flu (which started in 1916, not 1918 as believed) but that wasn’t the illness to blame. The patients von Economo observed at the Vienna General Hospital had unique symptoms: an overwhelming need for constant sleep that stretched to weeks, months, even years. Then there were others wracked with night-time insomnia and daytime sleepiness. This “sleepy sickness”, as it was known, coincided with the Spanish flu pandemic. It affected five million people, including Europe-stationed Indian soldiers who served in the British Army. It sneaked into military barracks in the Andaman islands and in Karachi. Spanish flu may have been deadlier, but sleepy sickness was no atomweight. It had a body count of 1.6 million, enough to be considered a …
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The screenless fitness band has turned into a Gulf-wide phenomenon—powered by regional capital, health culture and a tech-savvy consumer base.
Healthcare is one of the fastest growing sectors. For young professionals, the sector offers a spectrum of opportunities beyond medicine, spanning hospital operations, data analytics, corporate strategy, and digital health.
India has rolled back rules that require thermal power plants to install equipment to cut sulphur dioxide emissions, marking yet another failure in the fight against air pollution.
