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FLiRT Covid variants: No need for panic or extra caution, say experts
"Overall, there is no need for panic or extra caution, nor is there...
ACKO launches ambulance-booking feature on App
In partnership with Red Health, ACKO, the tech-first insurer, has...
What’s inside Biden’s $1.85T social and climate measure
US President Joe Biden' ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE CHANGE — Clean energy tax credits would receive USD 320 billion worth of funding. These credits over 10 years would help businesses and homeowners shift to renewable energy sources for electricity, vehicles and...
Covid boosters cleared for all US adults as FDA widens access
“We have absolutely no chance in the current situation to control the pandemic without providing boosters to everyone,” BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin told reporters during a visit to Washington last week. “ US regulators on Friday opened up COVID-19 booster shots to all...
Only 1.2% of world’s top firms make substantial climate disclosures-Arabesque
Health and technology services companies were the worst offenders, with more than 70% making no disclosures, Arabesque’s analysis showed, while energy companies were among those giving the most information. Little more than one percent of 5,000 big companies globally...
India, with less than $2k per capita income, showed it’s possible to transform public health: Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar "We had a transformation in the health sector and we have shown by a combination of digital tools and greater production capacity that it is possible for a country which has a per capita income of less than USD 2,000 to reach out...
State of play of India’s healthcare sector exposed by COVID-19
More than 60% of all healthcare spending in India is out of pocket, much higher than Brazil's about 27% and about 11% for the United States New Delhi: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced India to urgently try and revitalise its health infrastructure, especially after a...
India’s first portable wireless spirometer for early diagnosis of COPD, Asthma launched
Currently, COPD( Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder ) remains the second most common cause of death in India after heart diseases, where India alone bears 32 per cent of the global COPD burden," reads the company statement. On World COPD Day, India's first...
Fauci says boosters for all key to U.S. reaching COVID-19 endemic level
Dr. Anthony Fauci "To me, if you want to get to endemic, you have got to get the level of infection so low that it does not have an impact on society, on your life, on your economy,People will still get infected. People might still get hospitalized, but the level...
WHO and partners unite for Day of Action for Cervical Cancer Elimination
Last year, just 13 per cent of girls aged nine to 14 globally were inoculated against HPV, while some 80 countries – representing around two-thirds of the global cervical cancer burden – have yet to introduce vaccination. UN: With more than 300,000 women dying from...
Dengue cases spike in Delhi: 20-25 patients being admitted daily at LNJP Hospital
As many as nine people have died this year due to the vector-borne disease, stated the report by Anti Malaria Operations (HQ), South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC). Delhi has recorded the highest number of dengue cases this year as compared to the previous years...
India temporarily shuts five coal-fired power plants around New Delhi
Delhi, among the world's most polluted capital cities, battles chronic winter smog every year as a drop in temperatures trap deadly pollutants from coal-fired plants outside the city, fumes from vehicles, and open burning of garbage. New Delhi: India has temporarily...