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Apollo 24|7 forays into online insurance distribution, plans to launch products from 12 insurers
It has secured regulatory approval to operate as a corporate agent...
UnitedHealth CEO steps down; suspends 2025 outlook on higher medical costs
Andrew Witty, CEO ,UnitedHealth UnitedHealthcare is the US' largest...
Consulting firm McKinsey agrees to USD 78 million settlement with insurers over opioids
The insurers argued that McKinsey worked with Purdue Pharma – the maker of OxyContin – to create and employ aggressive marketing and sales tactics to overcome doctors' reservations about the highly addictive drugs. Insurers said that forced them to pay for...
Will JN.1 drive a severe Covid wave in India?
As per the policy on COVID-19 testing, directed by the management, testing will be done for patients with SARI (severe acute respiratory infection) like symptoms that include according to the WHO, acute respiratory infection, persistent fever or fever of >= 38 C° with...
JN.1 variant dominates US with 50% of Covid cases: CDC
"JN.1 continues to cause an increasing share of infections and is now the most widely circulating variant in the United States. For the two weeks ending on December 23, 2023, JN.1 is expected to account for 39-50 per cent of all SARS-CoV-2 variants," the CDC said in...
India records six Covid-19 deaths, 692 new cases in 24 hrs; total active caseload at 4,097
A total of 109 cases of the JN.1 sub-variant have been detected in India until Wednesday, as per Health Ministry sources New Delhi: India records six Covid-19 deaths, 692 new cases in 24 hrs; total active caseload at 4,097India recorded 692 fresh cases of COVID-19 in...
Indian general insurers see record underwriting losses of Rs31,810 crore in Fy 2022-23, PSU general insurers shut 1,148 offices
The public sector insurers' underwriting losses, with OIC's largest losses of Rs 7,500 crore, constituted 77 per cent of non-life industry losses amounting to Rs 25,317 crore and remaining by private sector insurers amounting to Rs 8,699 crore, said Irda's annual...
Arsenic and fluoride in groundwater: NGT issues notices to 24 states, 4 UTs
The report stated that arsenic was detected in groundwater in parts of 230 districts across 25 states while fluoride was found in some pockets of 469 districts in 27 states, the tribunal noted in a recent order New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has issued notices...
COVID-19: India records 628 fresh cases, active caseload at 4,054
A total of 63 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been reported in India till Sunday, December 24 New Delhi: India recorded a single-day rise of 628 new COVID-19 cases while the active caseload jumped to 4,054, according to Union Health Ministry data. The total...
Telangana CM announces Rs 5 lakh accident insurance policy for gig workers, cab, auto drivers
According to an official release, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy also assured the gig workers that the government would provide Rs 10 lakh health cover under the Rajiv Arogyasri scheme Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy Saturday said the...
Study shows sleep deprivation makes us less happy, more anxious
"In our largely sleep-deprived society, quantifying the effects of sleep loss on emotion is critical for promoting psychological health," said study lead author Cara Palmer, PhD, of Montana State University Sleep deprivation does more than just make us sleepy....
50 crore people now have Ayushman Bharat Health Account numbers: Govt
More than 1.5 crore patients have used ABHA-based instant OPD registration service and more than 50 lakh people are using the ABHA app to manage their health records digitally, the ministry said ABDM's Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR) has 2.6 lakh verified...