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Risk to public health from the avian influenza A (H5N1) virus remained low: WHO
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday...
Health Ministry rolls out new referral guidelines for hospitals
These 'Guidelines for Inter-Departmental Referral (within...
Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya launches Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Mandaviya informed ``a total of 170 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered already throughout the country. Indradhanush is for a universal vaccination which is accessible and received justifiably by all" New Delhi:...
Alzheimer’s-like changes seen in COVID-19 patients’ brains
People who die of severe COVID-19 have brain abnormalities that resemble changes seen in Alzheimer's disease - accumulation of a protein called tau inside brain cells, and abnormal amounts of the protein beta-amyloid that accumulates into amyloid plaques - small...
Not everyone is male or female – the growing controversy over sex designation
But sex designation is not as simple as a glance and then a check of one box or another. Instead, the overwhelming evidence shows that sex is not binary. To put it another way, the terms “male” and “female” don’t fully capture the complex biological, anatomical and...
Indians cough up Rs 74,000 cr for Covid tests in 2 years, says NGO
"Considering an average of Rs 1000/test, Indians have been compelled to spend over Rs 74,000-crore only for Covid-19 tests, with private labs netting the major portion of the loot," Grahak Bharati Founder-President Barrister Vinod Tiwari told IANS Mumbai: In the past...
Britain’s pandemic modellers say future large waves of COVID possible
The Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling, Operational sub-group (SPI-M-O) said the emergence of new viral variants was the biggest unknown factor in the medium-to-long term, along with waning population immunity and changes in mixing patterns LONDON: There...
Global Covid caseload tops 390.5 mn, deaths surge to more than 5.72 mn
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 76,344,963 and 901,288, according to the CSSE The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (41,952,712 infections and 500,055 deaths), followed by Brazil...
SC asks states to pay Covid death compensation to families in 10 days
The top court reiterated that applications seeking compensation should not be rejected on technical grounds and if any technical glitch is found, the states concerned should give them opportunity to cure defects as the ultimate goal of the welfare state is to provide...
SBI Gen join hands with CanKids to support cancer affected children with medical facilities.
On World Cancer Day, SBI General, announced that it has joined hands with CanKids, the National Society for Change for Childhood Cancer in India, an NGO working across the entire spectrum of childhood cancer care. This partnership will help the children suffering from...
Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies can transform cancer care in India: WEF
Citing results of a study published in an American science journal, JCO Global Oncology, World Economic Forum (WEF) said cancer rates are rising rapidly across India and one in nine of the country's 1.3 billion citizens will develop the disease during their lifetime...
Steep rise in cancer cases in Agra, say doctors
According to health experts at government hospitals in Agra, there is a 50-60 per cent rise in the number of oral cancer patients. Tobacco, tooth powder-based on tobacco, smoking and alcohol were among the primary reasons for the disease, they said. “If we compare...