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• Teens don’t need parents’ nod for jabs: Maharashtra official

  Consent from parents — written or oral — is not required for teenage Covid vaccination in the 15-17 age group, state immunization officer Dr Sachin Desai confirmed on Sunday.

  

• Covid-19: Why parents in Delhi are in two minds about getting their kids vaccinated

  In August, the Indian drug regulator granted an emergency approval use to Zydus Cadila's vaccine for children above 12 years. However, it is yet to become part of the vaccination programme. In the US, Food and Drug Administration has approved vaccination for children in the age group of 5-11 years.

  

• Scaling new heights: Three youths build drone in rehab

  The organisation that deals with people with different mental health issues conducted assessments to determine the kind of creative activity each person can be engaged in as part of the therapy.

  

• Maternal voice reduces pain in premature babies: Study

  A baby born prematurely often has to be separated from its parents and placed in an incubator in intensive care.

  

• HC: Treat parents of accident victims as dependants to award compensation

  Parents of a dead accident victim are to be treated as dependants to award compensation, held Delhi high court.

  

• More men suffer from infertility than women, say docs

  Nearly 1.5% more men suffer from infertility than women, according to doctors who were participating in a gynaecology conference in the city on Sunday.

  

• Designer babies may make sex unnecessary

  The majority of humans in developed countries will stop having sex to procreate within decades, a leading academic has predicted.