US Food and Drug Administration approved the first vaccine “Abrysvo (RSV Vaccine)” that protects new-borns.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) –
- A highly contagious virus that causes respiratory infections.
- Targets individuals of all age groups especially infants and elderly.
- Most frequent cause of Lower Respiratory Tract Diseases in infants worldwide.
RSV Vaccine –
- It is also available for people at 60 and older.
- Vaccine is given to pregnant mothers during latter stages of their pregnancies.
Mizoram became the first state to operationalize Ayushman Bharat’s microsite project.
Microsite –
- A cluster of all small and medium-scale clinics, nursing homes, hospitals (preferably <10 beds), labs, pharmacies, and other healthcare facilities.
- They are ABDM-enabled and offer digital health services to patients.
- National Health Authority (NHA) in 2023 launched 100 Microsites Project under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
- Types of facilities –
- Private facilities such as standalone clinics, polyclinics, etc.
- Health Facilities and Health Professionals from all the systems of medicine.
- Implemented by – State Mission Directors of ABDM
- Financial resources and overall guidance provided by NHA.
Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, has successfully been test fired the ASTRA missile.
ASTRA missile –
- It is a Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air missile
- Indigenously developed by DRDO
- Range: 80-110 km for version Mk1 and 160 km for version Mk2.
- Altitude: up to 20 km.
- Max Speed: Mach 4.5
Researchers claimed to have spotted Demon particle in the metal strontium ruthenate.
Demon particle –
- 1st predicted by – Physicist David Pines (1956)
- Pines believed that electrons would behave strangely when passed through a solid.
- If enough energy is supplied to the system, electrons can form composite particles known as plasmons.
- But the energy required to produce plasmons is so high that they cannot be produced at room temperature.
- Pines’s demon is an exception to this as it is massless, has no charge and does not interact with light so it would require no extra energy to be formed.