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One in two medical prescriptions issued in India deviated from standard guidelines Study
The researchers found that among the 475 prescriptions they deemed...
Delhi High court upholds 50% warning label size 0n Pan Masala packages
A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan dismissed a...
Biological E. COVID shot gets India emergency approval for 12-18 age group
India has so far only started vaccinating children aged 15 and above. According to government figures, more than 76 million children between 15 and 17 have been inoculated mainly using Covaxin BENGALURU: Indian vaccine maker Biological E. Ltd said on Monday its...
AIA Launches “AIA One Billion” to engage a billion people to live healthier, longer, better lives by 2030
The pandemic has increased people's awareness of the importance of health and wellness. Yet populations in Asia are seeing an increase in lifestyle-related diseases, accounting for more than 70 per cent of all deaths SINGAPORE: AIA Group Limited (AIA) today...
New study finds better treatment for Parkinson’s disease
In Parkinson's disease, nerve cells that produce dopamine progressively die. Since the 1960s, doctors have relied on medication to replace the missing dopamine, but it is notoriously difficult to fully control symptoms as the disease progresses Parkinson's disease is...
Beazley expands miscellaneous medical liability offering to Asia Pacific
The product includes cover for medical malpractice (claims made), professional indemnity (claims made), public liability (claims made and occurrence) and product liability (claims made) Simgapore: Specialist insurer Beazley has enhanced its healthcare offering in Asia...
Regular international flights likely to resume from March 15
"Regular International flights is likely to resume from March 15. The Guidelines for International Arrivals, which came into effect from February 14, will be followed at airports for the passengers of these flights," an official source said New Delhi: Regular...
Low Budget allocation to healthcare: Fin secy says it is primarily states’ responsibility
Finance Secretary T V Somanathan Finance Secretary T V Somanathan said the Centre provides for some ''cross-cutting health infrastructure'' and also spends on the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, which helps people from lower strata of the society to access...
Global Covid-19 caseload rises to 422.8 mn, fatalities at 5.88 million
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 78,457,081 and 934,951, according to the CSSE The second worst hit country in terms of cases is India (42,780,235 infections and 510,905 deaths), followed by Brazil...
WHO calls for cooperation to face of common threats from Covid-19 pandemic
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,Director-General,World Health Organization Tedros recalled that 70,000 people were dying each week from a preventable and treatable disease; that 83 per cent of the population in Africa was yet to receive a single Covid-19 vaccine dose; and...
Omicron subvariant BA.2 may cause severe disease, lab study suggests
"Neutralisation experiments show that the vaccine-induced humoral immunity fails to function against BA.2 like BA.1," the authors of the study said The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant is not only faster at spreading, but may also cause more severe...
‘Deltacron’ is real, more cases pop up in the UK
Several "recombinant" variants have been detected in the pandemic, but they have not led to any serious outbreaks. Scientists say it is "rare" for these to occur, but when they do the variant is normally "less fit" than its rivals and easily outcompete London:...