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IOA planning medical insurance and pension for former Olympians
"The IOA is committed to taking athlete-centric steps, and one of...
Group Mediclaim Policies: No claim can be denied for non- availability of details of members, says IRDAI
A policyholder can access information on unclaimed amounts with any...
Media report on excess Covid deaths in India ‘purely speculative’: Govt
In written reply to a question, Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said the international magazine in its report in January 2022 speculated excess deaths than the official number of COVID-19 fatalities "The report was purely speculative that made...
Why cage-free eggs becoming norm: It’s what people want
The change marks one of the animal welfare movement's biggest successes after years of battles with the food industry. The transition has cost billions of dollars for producers who initially resisted calls for more humane treatment of chickens but have since fully...
Covid-19 pandemic: Era of restrictions is fast coming to an end
Expanding home-testing, improving ventilation in public buildings, increasing efforts to track mutations and developing better vaccines and drugs that can work against a broad range of variants and other diseases are all part of the toolkit. Soumya Swaminathan, chief...
Pandemic has not ended as more variants expected:WHO chief scientist
Soumya Swaminathan,chief scientist,World Health Organization, "Our expectation is that the acute phase of this pandemic will end this year, of course with one condition, the 70 percent vaccination (target is achieved) by mid this year around June, July," Tedros...
NHA announces integration of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission with Aarogya Setu app
People can use their Ayushman Bharat Health Account number to link their existing and new medical records, including doctor prescriptions, lab reports, hospital records and also share those with health professionals and health service providers New Delhi: The National...
New India’s net profit at Rs 493 crore, pays Rs 866 crore of Covid claims in Q3 FY2022
Atul Sahai, CMD, New India Assurance Atul Sahai, the outgoing CMD of NIA, said,`` The company is focused on pursuing profitable growth and has been performing exceedingly well in recent times. But Covid-Pandemic claims worth Rs 866 crore impacted the bottom line...
Health apps could support older adults with their health : Study
"Now that most older adults have at least one mobile device, health-related apps can provide an opportunity to support their health-related behaviours, manage their conditions and improve health outcomes," said Pearl Lee, M.D., M.S., a geriatrician at Michigan...
Wellx.ai partners with INSTANDA to launch digital health covers for UAE
Vaibhav Kashyap, CoFounder & CEO of Wellx.ai: “The mandatory nature of medical insurance in the UAE and state of overall health of citizens and residents called for a new type of insurance. Wellx.ai exists to enable insurers to embrace their responsibility as a...
Most patients had heart or kidney ailments: Report on Covid deaths in Delhi
Among those who died after contracting coronavirus infection, and were found suffering from co-morbid conditions, patients with heart ailments accounted for 20 per cent of the cases, and those with kidney diseases 19 per cent, as per the report New Delhi: Out of the...
WHO: Global COVID-19 case counts decline 17 per cent in latest week
"The prevalence of the omicron variant has increased globally and is now detected in almost all countries," WHO said. "However, many of the countries which reported an early rise in the number of cases due to the omicron variant have now reported a decline in the...