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GST on cigarettes tobacco aerated beverages may be hiked to 35 pc GST Council decision on Dec 21
"The GoM has agreed to propose a special rate of 35 per cent on...
wefox agrees to sell insurance carrier to a group of Swiss companies led by BERAG
wefox has agreed to sell the insurance company to a group of Swiss...
4.21 cr hospital admissions authorised under PM-JAY till Dec 14: Govt
Under Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs), comprehensive need-based healthcare services covering maternal and child health services and non-communicable diseases, including free essential drugs, diagnostics and teleconsultation services, are provided...
AI-derived digital marker to measure characteristics of heart disease in patients : Study
According to the study, the model, which the researchers termed a ''digital marker'', incorporated hundreds of different clinical features from the electronic health record, including vital signs, laboratory test results, medications, symptoms, and diagnoses, and...
Monkeypox declining globally since mid-August: Govt
''While the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared outbreak of monkeypox disease as a public health emergency of international concern on July 23, 2022, the global trajectory of monkeypox continues to show a declining trend since mid-August, 2022,'' Pawar said New...
Patients’ health data is not shared with insurance, pharma firms without consent: Govt
Responding to a question on whether patients' health data is shared with insurance and pharmaceutical companies under the Health Data Management (HDM)policy, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the HDM policy is a guidance document which sets out the minimum...
Health Minister Mandaviya to review Covid situation Wednesday amid spurt in cases in US, China
Health Ministry on Tuesday urged all states and Union territories to ramp up the whole genome sequencing of positive samples to keep track of newer variants In a letter to states and UTs, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said such an exercise will enable timely...
Sundaram Finance and Care Health enter into corporate agency agreement
Sundaram Finance and Care Health Insurance have entered into a corporate agency agreement today. With this association, Sundaram Finance will offer Care Health's specialised and innovative range of health insurance solutions to its loyal and increasing base of...
Govt hospitals have to treat patients irrespective of residence, can’t insist on voter ID: Delhi HC
The petitioner claimed although all state funded hospitals are obliged to provide free treatment to any person approaching them, people possessing voter ID cards of Delhi were given "quick treatment" and outsiders were handed "long dates for check-up" at the hospital...
‘I don’t trust it:’ Vaccine hesitancy lingers even as China COVID cases surge
Officially, China's vaccination rate is above 90%, but the rate for boostered adults drops to 57.9%, and to 42.3% for people aged 80 and above, according to government data, prompting warnings that the country could see over 1.5 million deaths after lifting curbs such...
China’s cities battle first wave of COVID surge as wider spread looms
A sharp surge in deaths would test authorities' efforts to move China away from endless testing, lockdowns and heavy travel restrictions, and realign with a world that has largely reopened to live with the disease. BEIJING: Hearses bearing the dead lined the driveway...
Global cholera surge likely accelerated by climate change, warns WHO
"The situation is quite unprecedented, for not only we are seeing more outbreaks, but these outbreaks are larger and more deadly than the ones we have seen in past years," said Philippe Barboza, WHO Team Lead for Cholera and Epidemic Diarrhoeal Diseases "This...