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Centre on alert over respiratory, seasonal influenza cases amid Covid-like HMPV outbreak in China
The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) under the Union...
ICMR proposes revised version of National Essential Diagnostics List
The district-level hospitals must facilitate CT scan, MRI,...
NHAI to provide hospitalisation insurance cover to road accident victims on all four arms of the Golden Quadrilateral stretch: Gadkari
Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari Replying to a separate question, Gadkari said the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has envisaged a cashless treatment facility on all four arms of the Golden Quadrilateral stretch -- Delhi-Mumbai,...
New medicine found for treatment of heart failure, sleep apnea: Study
"These findings have real potential for improving the wellness and life expectancy of almost 200,000 people living with heart disease in Aotearoa New Zealand," said Professor Paton. A new medicine is showing promise in treating heart failure, a common ailment linked...
China cuts medical benefits for seniors due to cash shortage
In the longer term, the "grey hair movement" is indicative of a fundamental issue facing the Chinese government, how to care for a rapidly ageing society where 400 million people, or 30 per cent of the population, will be 60 or older by 2035. China's public health...
Remain cautious and wear mask, focus should be on clinical cases: Experts on Covid surge in Delhi
'The rise in Covid cases is led by the new variant ''Our focus should be on looking for clinical cases rather than laboratory-tested cases.For India, there is a 30-fold increase in cases but the daily deaths have not increased in that proportion. We should not worry...
Philips expects to reach recall settlements this year
The company recalled millions of breathing devices and ventilators used to treat sleep apnea in 2021 because foam used to dampen noise from the devices might degrade and become toxic, carrying potential cancer risks. Dutch health technology company Philips expects to...
Licences of 18 pharma firms cancelled for manufacturing spurious drugs, 26 issued show-cause notices
An official source said that the action has been taken against 76 companies in the first phase of a special drive against the manufacture of spurious drugs New Delhi: In a major crackdown against the manufacture of substandard drugs, central and state regulators...
Expenses of Management(EoM): IRDAI fixes at 30% for general insurers,35% for health insurers
Premium in Rs, crore The new limit on EoM will be effective from April 1 The general and health insurers have to ensure that their expenses of management are within the allowable limit on the overall basis. Where the insurer has exceeded the allowable limits of...
Women having their own source of income are more likely to own insurance:ICICI Lombard Report
Sanjeev Mantri, executive director, ICICI Lombard General Insurance said, “As data shows only a small percentage of women in India consider general insurance a priority. This highlights the need for more awareness and education on general insurance among women in...
IRDAI removes caps on commissions paid to intermediaries within Expense of Management(EOM)
The government last Sunday has notified the new regulations, as approved by insurance regulator IRDAI , on the removal of cap on payment of commission to the intermediaries Oveall limit of Expense of Management(EoM) for the insurers will be fixed by insurance...
610 cases of Covid’s new variant XBB1.16 found in India: INSACOG data
The highest number of Covid cases caused due to this variant has been found in Maharashtra and Gujarat at 164 each, followed by 93 Telangana and 86 in Karnataka, according to INSACOG data. A total of 610 cases of Covid's XBB.1.16 variant, which might have been behind...