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Machine learning could aid mental health diagnoses: Study
Patients with depression or psychosis rarely experience symptoms of purely one or the other illness. Historically, this has meant that mental health clinicians give a diagnosis of a ‘primary’ illness, but with secondary symptoms. Making an accurate diagnosis is a big challenge for clinicians and diagnoses often do not accurately reflect the complexity of individual experience or indeed neurobiology.
How Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine differs from Pfizer’s and Moderna’s
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is administered in a single shot, while the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are given in two shots several weeks apart.The Johnson & Johnson vaccine appears to be less prone than the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines to trigger the kinds of side effects that require monitoring after the injection, which may make it more suitable for use at drive-thru vaccination sites. There have been reports that side effects tend to be felt more strongly after second doses, which the Johnson & Johnson vaccine does not require.
Insurers have to provide some key info to their health customers twice a year:IRDAI
Among the key information, insurers have to provide to their health insurance customers by 1st June 2021 are-,
-Extent of coverage available by way of available Sum Insured and Cumulative Bonus,
-Number of insured people covered under policy,
– Policy period,
-Number and amount of claim settled (under relevant period), if any,
-Balance Sum Insured and Accrued cumulative bonus available, if any,
-Due date of renewal and premium payment frequency,
– Premium amount due on renewal (to be specified at the time of renewal)
India reports 15,510 new COVID-19 cases, 106 deaths
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took the first dose of Covaxin, India’s homegrown coronavirus vaccine developed by biotechnology firm Bharat Biotech and the Indian Council of Medical Research, addressing hesitancy over the COVID-19 vaccine.
British insurer Aviva sets out net zero 2040 climate strategy
Aviva will by the end of this year stop underwriting insurance for companies making more than 5% of their revenue from coal or “unconventional” fossil fuels such as shale gas, unless they have signed up to the Science Based Targets initiative, an NGO-led group that signs off on corporate climate plans.
U.S. authorizes Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
The single-shot vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe Covid-19, including against newer variants, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said before giving it a green light.
People up to Rs 1.8 Lakh annual income to be included in BPL category in Haryana: CM
Khattar made the announcement about raising households’ income limit for their inclusion in the BPL category from the existing Rs 1.2 lakh to Rs 1.8 lakh from the next fiscal while addressing a state-level function on the occasion of the 644th birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas.
New healthcare investment policy approved to attract investors: J-K LG
Terming the healthcare sector as imperative for the development of the Union Territory, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said J&K is spending 2.86 per cent of its GSDP on public health, which is the best in the country.
”Special attention is being paid to three areas – prevention, better treatment and care,” he added.
“Five new medical colleges, two AIIMS, nearly 1,000 healthcare and wellness centres, five new nursing colleges, BSc paramedical course as well as more than 100 per cent increase in medical seats are contributing towards the development and advancement of the healthcare sector in the UT,” he added.
Reliance partners with Google, FB for digital payment network bid: Report
Last year, India’s central bank invited companies to forge new umbrella entities (NUEs) to create a payments network that would rival the system operated by the National Payments Council of India (NPCI), as it seeks to reduce concentration risks in the space.
COVID-19 crisis far from over; 3rd wave to be more dangerous: CSIR officia
Cautioning the people and the scientific community against allowing “complacency to set in,” he warned that a third wave would precipitate a far more dangerous situation than the challenge the country had faced so far.