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US surgeon general urges cancer warnings for alcoholic drinks
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said alcohol consumption...
No cause of concern in India over China HMPV surge, says govt
As a precautionary measure, the government said the number of...
Daily Covid cases cross 6000-mark in India, positivity rate at 3.39 pc
New Delhi: India has logged 6,050 fresh coronavirus cases, the highest in 203 days, while the active cases have increased to 28,303, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday. On September 16 last year, 6,298 cases were recorded. The death toll has...
XBB.1.16 accounting for 38.2% of COVID-19 infection in India, says INSACOG bulletin
A few BA.2.10 and BA.2.75 sublineage was detected in some part of the country whereas XBB was the most prevalent sublineage of the Omicron variant. The INSACOG said globally, nearly 3.7 million new cases and 26,000 deaths have been reported in the last 28 days New...
Non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension leading cause of death, suffering in India, says report
Commenting on the annual report, Apollo Hospitals Group Chairman Dr Prathap Reddy said, ''Preventive healthcare needs to become a national priority. Over the past 3 decades, NCDs have become the leading cause of death and suffering, contributing to 65 percent of...
Health for all: WHO calls for urgent efforts to bridge gaps accentuated by Covid
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh,Regional Director for South-East Asia,WHO ''In 2017, around 299 million people in the South-East Asia region faced catastrophic health spending, and an estimated 117 million people in the region were pushed or further pushed below the...
Andhra Pradesh CM launches family doctor scheme to take services to doorstep
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy observed that the State brought in revolutionary reforms in healthcare with one primary health centre serving every 2,500 people and the family doctor programme...
Indian general insurance industry’s prm rises 16.50 % to Rs 2,56 trillion in fy2022-23, pvt sector captures 61.56% market share
Though, the actual figures are yet to be known for the whole year, this the second year, when the health business will be largest portfolio of the industry, followed by motor and crop At the end of Fy 2022-23, the four public sector general insurers, NIA,United India...
Climate change can lead to global outbreaks in dengue, Chikungunya: WHO
These diseases, that spread from mosquitoes to people, are causing an increasing number of outbreaks worldwide, with climate change, deforestation and urbanisation being some of the major risk factors, that allow mosquitoes to adapt better to new environments and...
Covid infection accelerates dementia progression, India study shows
The research, published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports, found that participants with all subtypes of dementia experienced rapidly progressive dementia following infection with SARS-CoV-2.Insights into the impact of COVID-19 on human cognition has so far...
Cases of substandard pharma products: Pharmexcil talking to authorities abroad to retain confidence
This assumes significance on the backdrop of two recent incidents of alleged cough syrup adulteration/sub-standard items found in products exported to Gambia and Uzbekistan New Delhi: Cases of substandard pharma products: Pharmexcil talking to authorities abroad to...
India reports 4, 435 coronavirus cases in 24 hours, highest in past six months
In the wake of rising COVID-19 cases in India, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said that Omicron's sub-variant which is circulating in the country has not led to an increase in hospitalisations and there is no need to worry. New Delhi: A total of...