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Niti Aayog member Vinod Paul wants insurance companies to cover organ transplantation
Vinod Kumar Paul, member, Health, Niti Aayog A person after his...
Affordable medicines save Rs 28,000 crore under Janaushadhi Scheme
Launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals, these initiatives...
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...
U.S. House approves bill setting strict cap on insulin costs
Currently, monthly supplies of the life-sustaining medicine average around $375 and can go as high as $1,000, causing some people to skip needed doses More than 34 million people in the United States have diabetes, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Apr-1 Renewals: Re/insurers jack up premiums to cover India Inc’s assets
Devesh Srivastava, CMD, GIC Re Developments in the Indian insurance industry, which is expected reach Rs 2.25 trillion in 2021-22, in the pre-renewal period indicate there have been large premium hikes in aviation, marine, group health and liability business `We...
Punjab to start early breast cancer detection project
Geetha Manjunath, Founder and CEO of Niramai, said “Breast cancer is the largest cancer killer resulting in the deaths of over 90,000 Indian women every year.” Vijay Singla,Health & Family Welfare Minister, Punjab, said that the epidemiological data generated with...