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Sweltering heat directs attention at ‘disappearing’ spring in country
Such extreme heat has wide-ranging consequences on public health,...
WHO members approve steps to bolster health regulations for pandemics
Yuanqiong Hu, a senior legal and policy advisor at Doctors without...
India logs 2,86,384 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours
Under the ongoing nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive, over 163.84 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far New Delhi: India logged 2,86,384 new COVID-19 cases and 573 deaths in the last 24 hours, stated the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on...
‘Each dose of Covishield, Covaxin may cost Rs 275 after regular market nod’
As of now, Covaxin is priced at Rs 1,200 per dose while Covishield costs Rs 780 in private facilities. The prices include Rs 150 service charge. Both the vaccines are only authorised for emergency use in the country New Delhi: The price of Covishield and Covaxin, the...
U.S. Labor Dept withdrawing COVID vaccine rule for large employers
President Joe Biden unveiled in September several regulations aimed at increasing the U.S. adult vaccination rate, which currently stands at about 74%, according to government data, among the lowest for developed nations. The rules sparked legal challenges by...
Budget 2022: Insurers urge higher 80 C investment limit; cut in GST on health products
"The industry has long pending expectations from the policy makers for incentivizing people to get life insurance by giving a separate deduction limit of minimum Rs 1 lakh for insurance premium payment under Section 80C," Tarun Rustagi Chief Financial Officer Canara...
WHO-US EPA partnership to unravel linkage between health and climate change
Five year agreement recognises the increased environmental and public health risks from the warming global climate and prioritizes environmental justice WHO estimates that 24% of all global deaths, and 28% of deaths among children under five, are linked to the...
Over 1.2 mn people died from drug-resistant infections in 2019: Study
The new Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance report, published in The Lancet, revealed that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) was directly responsible for an estimated 1.27 million deaths and associated with about 4.95 million deaths. The study analysed data from...
India logs 3,06,064 new COVID-19 cases; daily positivity rate over 20 pc
The ministry has said that India's active caseload currently stands at 22,49,335. It accounts for 5.69 per cent of the total cases.The government data shows that 439 people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours New Delhi: India on Monday reported a decline in...
End of Covid-19 pandemic in Europe ‘plausible’ after Omicron: WHO
"It's plausible that the region is moving towards a kind of pandemic endgame," Hans Kluge told AFP, urging nonetheless caution due to the virus' ability to mutate The Covid-19 pandemic has entered a new phase with the Omicron variant, which could infect 60 percent of...
Omicron in community transmission stage in India, dominant in metros reporting surge: INSACOG
“Omicron is now in community transmission in India and has become dominant in multiple metros, where new cases have been rising exponentially. BA.2 lineage is in a substantial fraction in India and S gene dropout based screening is thus likely to give high false...
Airlines to supermarkets: Living with Covid is tough in gridlocked economy
Still, as the pandemic persists into its third year, it’s becoming clearer by the day that a return to economic normality is some way off. The global economy is now split between those countries living with the virus and China’s dogged pursuit of Covid-zero From...