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Health Ministry rejects reports on excess Covid-19 mortality in India
Using data collected from over 7.65 lakh individuals, researchers,...
Global tech outage disrupts industries, highlights risks of interconnected world
A software update by global cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike appeared...
GST rate for COVID-19 medicines pegged at five percent GST: govt
"At present, Goods and Services Tax (GST) on health insurance services is levied at standard rate, i.e., 18 per cent. Specific health insurance schemes catering to the needs of economically weaker sections of the society and differently abled, such as Rashtriya...
China sends military, doctors to Shanghai amid COVID-19 outbreak
Shanghai will conduct city-wide nucleic acid testing on Monday. The city on Monday reported 425 confirmed and 8,581 asymptomatic domestically transmitted cases, the highest daily increases since the latest outbreak, bringing the total number of COVID-19 infections in...
WHO suspends Covaxin supply to UN agencies
A statement issued by WHO on Saturday said the suspension is in response to the outcomes of its post EUL (emergency use authorisation) inspection held between March 14–22, 2022 and the need to conduct process and facility upgrade to address recently identified GMP...
NHA invites all stakeholders to join hands in building Unified Health Interface
Under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), NHA invites contributors to participate in the open development of digital health protocols New Delhi: The National Health Authority (NHA) invites contributors and developers from the open community, especially those...
Indian Govt’s initiatives to control incidence of obesity
682 District NCD (Non-Communicable Diseases) Clinics, 191 District Cardiac Care Units, and 5408 Community Health Center NCD Clinics have been set up in the country As per the National Health Profile 2020, the prevalence of obesity among adult females (18+ years of...
NMC recommends replacing Hippocratic Oath with ‘Maharshi Charak Shapath’
According to new guidelines, "Modified 'Maharshi Charak Shapath' is recommended when a candidate is introduced to medical education." The guidelines also recommend a 10-day yoga "foundation course", beginning June 12 every year and culminating on the International...
Russia registers nasal version of Sputnik V, world’s first nasal vaccine against COVID-19
"Laboratory tests show the Sputnik V protects against the Omicron in its ordinary injection form, and it will certainly be efficient in the nasal form," he added, according to TASS Moscow: Russian Health Ministry has registered the nasal version of Sputnik V, the...
New COVID-19 variant: No need to push panic button, but keep close watch, says TIGS Director
"It is unfortunate that a certain section of the society seems to be eager to declare that the pandemic is over. People should take care by using masks, administering vaccines as per rules and boosters wherever allowed and avoiding unnecessary clustering in crowded...
New COVID mutant ‘XE’ found in UK, more transmissible than Omicron sub-variant: WHO
Recombinant variants are not an unusual occurrence, particularly when there are several variants in circulation, and several have been identified over the course of the pandemic to date. As with other kinds of variant, most will die off relatively quickly," Professor...
Scientists publish the first complete human genome of world’s 7.9 billion people
"Generating a truly complete human genome sequence represents an incredible scientific achievement, providing the first comprehensive view of our DNA blueprint," Eric Green, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the U.S. National...