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Can med for rare disorder SMA be made available at lower price in India: SC to drug manufacturer
During the hearing on Friday, the bench was told by senior advocate...
WHO initiates a new global coordination mechanism for health emergencies
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO The two-day...
CAG flags deficiencies in implementation of IEC plan in AB-PMJAY
"The NHA did not provide any details and records about a comprehensive Information, Education and Communication(IEC) plan and its implementation status at the Central level. In the absence of these details and records, audit could not verify whether IEC activities...
Israeli computational model predicts breast cancer risks
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women around the world, after lung cancer. While steadily on the decline over the last several decades, the chances are that 1 in 39 women, or 2.5 per cent, will succumb to the disease Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv...
Free services at government hospitals in Maharashtra from Tuesday
Among other things, common tests and screenings such as X-ray, ECG, blood tests and CT scans will be free. If medicines are not available at the OPD, they shall be purchased locally (by the hospital) and given to patients, the order said Mumbai: Free treatment and...
NHA and IRDAI hold workshop to help insurers integrating with ABDM and NHCX
Speaking about the outcomes from this workshop, CEO, NHA said – “This Accelerator Workshop was a first-of-its-kind focused initiative for ABDM adoption in the insurance sector. The large number of entities who got successfully integrated demonstrate the power of...
Australia: Private health insurance is set for a shake-up
Under the proposed changes, people who pay the 2 per cent surcharge would also no longer receive any rebate, which currently reduces premiums by about 8 per cent for people earning USD 108,001-USD 144,000 Sydney: Private health insurance in Australia is under review,...
Increase in organ transplants post Covid, govt says
In 2022, organ transplants reached 16,041 -- a 31 per cent annual increase from 2021, Minister of State for Health SP Singh Baghel said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. New Delhi: There has been an increase in organ transplants post COVID-19, according to...
What’s in vapes? Toxins, heavy metals, maybe radioactive polonium
Alexander Larcombe, Australian medical researcher If you asked me what’s in e-cigarettes, disposable vapes or e-liquids, my short answer would be “we don’t fully know”. The huge and increasing range of products and flavours on the market, changes to ingredients when...
Report sounds alarm over increase in suicides among elderly in US
In 2022, 10,433 people, above the age of 65, died by suicide and in 2021, the number was 9,652. The provisional estimates released today indicate that suicide deaths further increased in 2022, rising from 48,183 deaths in 2021 to an estimated 49,449 deaths in 2022, an...
Switch to clean fuels could lower exposure to PM2.5, premature deaths: Study
The transition, however, is challenging and affected by income, education, household size, fuel availability, location, and other sociodemographic factors, the study said Shifting to clean fuels from polluting solid ones could significantly lower personal exposure to...
Bihar to get real-time AQM reports from all 534 blocks from next month
The Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) in association with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, has already installed indigenously developed sensor-based AQMs in 432 blocks, covering 33 districts, in the state Patna: The Bihar government is all set...