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Riskcovry, an insurtech infrastructure platform, has launched the...
COVID-19: Active cases cross 4,000 mark, 5 fresh deaths reported in last 24 hours
Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr...
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...
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...