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PB Fintech raises $218 million for its new healthcare venture
Yashish Dahiya, chairman, PB Fintech The venture, PB Health, will...
Need of regular fire safety audits of healthcare institutions to prevent disasters: Nadda
Underlining the increased responsibility of healthcare facilities,...
Cuba quietly authorizes euthanasia
Euthanasia and medically assisted suicide, opposed by most religions, sparks huge controversy around the world where just a handful of countries allow the practice and some equate it with murder. The Cuban Roman Catholic Church was not immediately available for...
Number of new Covid cases increased 52% globally in past one month: WHO
WHO said over 118,000 new COVID-19 hospitalisations and over 1600 new intensive care unit (ICU) admissions have been recorded, with an overall increase of 23 per cent and 51 per cent, respectively, globally Geneva: The number of new COVID cases increased by 52 per...
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission ensures robust patient data security measures: NHA
Vikram Pagaria, joint director of the mission under the National Health Authority, highlighted that around 2,50,000 health facilities have been connected so far under the ABDM run by the NHA. Pagaria said that under this mission, there is no question of the patient's...
New psychological intervention ‘EASE’ to help adolescents affected by distress
1 in 7 adolescents globally experience mental health conditions, which mostly go unseen and untreated. EASE is the first WHO-UNICEF psychological intervention to address the critical shortage of mental health care for adolescents experiencing distress Geneva: The...
No plan to make Covid testing mandatory at airports as of now, say health ministry sources
There is also no increase in hospitalisation rates and COVID-19 is an incidental finding in people hospitalised due to other medical conditions New Delhi:There is no plan so far to make RT-PCR testing for COVID-19 mandatory at airports for travellers, Union health...
JN.1 variant is fast spreading; vulnerable for older people with multiple comorbidities: Health expert
"JN.1 is a fast-spreading variant, it could go into the next tier of the population, which is the vulnerable age group, older people and also people with multiple comorbidities. In such individuals, their underlying conditions can destabilise and could result in their...
SAT upholds Irdai’s decision to cancel TPA E-Meditek’s license
The Irdai order lists 13 charges against E-Meditek. These charges are with respect to empanelment of fake hospitals and payment of claims pertaining to these hospitals, payments and servicing of fictitious and fraudulent insurance claims, unexplained dealing in cash...
AI in healthcare ‘double-edged sword’, can fool clinicians with data: Study
Given the very real life and death risks of clinical decision-making, researchers and policymakers are taking steps to ensure AI models are safe, secure and trustworthy -- and that their use will lead to improved outcomes New York: AI models in health care are a...
WHO classifies ‘low’ risk JN.1 coronavirus strain as ‘variant of interest’
The United Nations agency said current vaccines continue to protect against severe disease and death from JN.1 and other circulating variants of the COVID-19 virus Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday classified the JN.1 coronavirus strain as a...
292 fresh COVID-19 cases, three deaths in Kerala
On Tuesday, state Health Minister Veena George had said that despite the increase in COVID cases in Kerala, there was nothing to be concerned about as the state was well prepared to handle the virus infection Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala reported 292 fresh COVID-19...