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Covid-19 continues cause excess mortality in US and UK, says Swiss Re
Report suggests potential excess mortality in the general...
Maha ends Rs3000 cr health insurance contract with United India in 2 months without any notice and reasons
United India Insurance, which has been the health insurer to...
Experts say no need to panic as monkeypox less contagious, rarely fatal
The Union Health Ministry had last week reviewed the functioning of health screening of international travellers arriving in India at airports and ports "The virus causes mostly mild illness. It is less contagious and requires close personal contact with symptomatic...
Medical tourism sector getting back in health with higher inflow of patients than pre-Covid times
Cost-effectiveness and the presence of good hospitals in India make the country a preferred destination for many international patients, according to experts New Delhi: Thirty-year-old Iraqi national Mohsin Ali (name changed), a victim of war, is undergoing treatment...
A 34-year-old Delhi man with no history of foreign travel testes positive for monkeypox
“The patient is stable and recovering. There is no need to panic. The situation is under control.We have made a separate isolation ward at LNJP. Our best team is on the case to prevent the spread and protect Delhiites,” Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted...
UN health agency declares monkeypox a global emergency
"In short, we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly through new modes of transmission about which we understand too little and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said...
Odisha’s health budget doubled in 3 years: Patnaik
The budget provision during the 2019-20 financial year was more than Rs 6,800 crore and it rose to over Rs 12,000 crore this fiscal, Patnaik said. Odisha Chief Minister added that our objective is to provide quality and affordable health care to all the 4.5 crore...
Japanese Encephalitis claims 1 more life in Assam; toll reaches 38
Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is the leading cause of viral encephalitis in Asia. It is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that belongs to the same genus as the dengue, yellow fever and West Nile viruses Guwahati: The death toll due to Japanese Encephalitis in Assam rose...
African swine fever reported in two Kerala farms
The disease was confirmed among pigs of two farms in the district after the samples were tested at the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases in Bhopal "Now the test result has confirmed the infection. Directions have been issued to cull 300 pigs of the...
IRDAI empowers insurers to expand their hospital networks for cashless health cover
While specifying the criteria, the board of insurers among other things should consider the minimum manpower and healthcare infrastructure facilities, said the IRDAI The insurers have to also publish the board approved empanelment criteria in their website from...
Kerala issues SOP for treatment, isolation of monkeypox cases
Kerala Health Minister Veena George, in a release, gave details of the SOP which is to be followed by all private and government hospitals The risk of infection is high through close physical or direct skin-to-skin contact or sexual intercourse with an infected person...
Climate crisis increases the severity of drought in Delhi and London
Christian Aid has warned that without action to cut emissions and better management of freshwater resources, the toll will be felt acutely by the poor. The 10 cities featured in the report, are Sydney, Harare, Sao Paulo, Phoenix, Beijing, Kabul, New Delhi, Cape Town,...