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Case study highlights hidden health risks of prolonged exposure to pigeons
Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis results from inflammation, brought...
Union Health Minister J P Nadda reviews Ayushman Bharat and Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
J P Nadda,Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Scheme has...
Covid-19 health emergency could be over this year, says WHO
Dr. Michael Ryan said “we may never end the virus” because such pandemic viruses “end up becoming part of the ecosystem.” But “we have a chance to end the public health emergency this year if we do the things that we’ve been talking about,” he said. The worst of the...
After supply, logistics emerges as biggest threat to global vaccination programs
Developed countries are getting to the point where they are choosing to live with Covid and treat it as endemic, their hospital systems insulated by higher vaccination rates. But logistical issues continue to bedevil the rollouts of poorer countries, becoming one of...
Decision on COVID vaccination for children between 12-14 yrs yet to be taken by Health Ministry
Dr NK Arora, Chairman of COVID-19 working group of NTAGI, said that looking at the current pace of the vaccination, India may begin inoculating children in the age group of 12-14 years in March. About 46 percent of adolescents aged 15-18 years have received their...
India should adopt risk-based approach not blanket bans to contain Covid: WHO India head
''WHO does not recommend a blanket travel ban, nor complete restriction of people's movement. In many ways, such blanket approaches can be counterproductive. India with its diversity in population distribution and geographic spread, the risk-based approach remains the...
Sanctioned Rs 50,000 compensation to each of 68,370 claims for COVID-19 deaths: Guj govt tells SC
The state government had said that it received 89,633 claim forms (applications) seeking compensation for COVID-19 deaths, out of which 58,840 claims have been settled and the amount has been disbursed to applicants New Delhi: The Gujarat government has told the...
Govt seeks applications for a new IRDAI member(Non-Life)
TL Alamelu, member(Non-Life), IRDAI will be retiring on May 6,2022 after completing her three-year tenure New Delhi: The government on Monday has asked for applications to appoint a new member (Non-life), in Hyderabad based IRDAI. The current member(Non-Life),TL...
India’s Gennova developing Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine
The source said Gennova on Friday separately submitted to India's drug regulator phase 2 trial data for its original mRNA vaccine candidate. The government said last year that product was found to be "safe, tolerable, and immunogenic" in the participants of an initial...
Increase fund allocation for adolescents’, elderly’s health in upcoming budget: NGOs
Population Foundation of India, asked for a substantial increase in budget allocations for health, nutrition and education and skill building of adolescents in the forthcoming Union budget 2022-23. New Delhi: NGOs have urged the government to increase the allocation...
India’s economy set to improve over next 12 months: PwC Annual Global CEO Survey
''99 per cent of CEOs in India believe India's economic growth will improve over the next 12 months, with 94 per cent of India CEOs being optimistic about global economic growth improving over the next 12 months as against 77 per cent of global CEOs,'' it said. New...
India’s billionaire count at 142 in 2021, 84% households see income decline in Pandemic: Oxfam India report
More than 4.6 crore Indians, meanwhile, are estimated to have fallen into extreme poverty in 2020 (nearly half of the global new poor according to the United Nations Moreover, the pandemic set gender parity back from 99 years to now 135 years. Women collectively lost...