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NE needs more Ayush colleges, Centre keen to support: Sonowal
“Career opportunities in the Ayush sector for professionals of all disciplines have increased dramatically during recent years. Consequent to these efforts, faith in the Ayush systems has been restored among communities worldwide,” Sonowal said.
Strengthening health emergency security systems top priority: WHO
“The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges. No country globally was prepared enough to deal with an emergency of this scale. It is critical that lessons from the ongoing pandemic are used to inform our efforts to strengthen health security systems,” said Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director WHO South-East Asia, at the Seventy-Fourth Regional Committee meeting.
Stalin’s new healthcare scheme to be implemented throughout Tamil Nadu
The Chief Minister had said that the scheme was part of the 7 point programme of the DMK government that envisioned “an enhanced quality of life for all”. The Healthcare professionals, including doctors and nurses would screen people for diabetes and hypertension that are generally not properly noticed in the villages of the state. It also involves screening of kidney ailments and other congenital diseases in children and will be followed up through routine hospital treatment.
Rise in anxiety, depression cases during 2nd wave of COVID: Experts
“During the COVID-19-induced lockdown, we received distress calls from patients and their families about issues of anxiety, depression, and self-harm. Even among youngsters, we are seeing a lack of sense of purpose and a rise in self-harming tendencies,”Dr Sameer Malhotra, Director and Head, Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences, Max Hospital
Four factors that increase the risk of vaccinated people getting COVID
Immune fitness typically reduces with age. Long-term medical conditions may also impair our response to vaccination. Older people or people with compromised immune systems may therefore have lower levels of vaccine-induced protection against COVID-19, or may see their protection wane more quickly. It’s also worth remembering that the most clinically vulnerable received their vaccines first, possibly over eight months ago, which may heighten their risk of experiencing a breakthrough infection due to protection waning.
PM Modi chairs review meeting on COVID-19 situation in India
As per the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the meeting was done to review India’s present situation regarding the pandemic and the vaccination drive.
Unvaccinated Punjab govt employees to be sent on forced leave after Sept 15
This strong measure, an official statement said, was announced by Singh to protect the people of the state from the disease, and to ensure that those who are vaccinated do not have to pay the price for continued vaccine hesitancy of those who are not.
Sweeping new vaccine mandates for 100 million Americans
“We’ve been patient. But our patience is wearing thin, and your refusal has cost all of us,” President Joe Biden said, all but biting off his words. The unvaccinated minority “can cause a lot of damage, and they are.”
After 9/11, one student’s mission became healthcare for all disaster victims
Years later, she understood the full health impact of 9/11 as some fellow students got cancer and her own asthma worsened, she said. Many first responders and those in the area who survived the initial destruction of the World Trade Center later developed diseases that have been linked to the toxic dust that was stirred up. In 2006, Nordstrom started StuyHealth, an advocacy focused on helping young adults get access to the same healthcare that first responders received.
Pandemic increasing risk factors for suicide, UN health agency warns
Globally, one in 100 deaths is by suicide, making it among the leading causes of death worldwide and the fourth leading cause of death among 15- to 29-year-olds, after road traffic accidents, tuberculosis and interpersonal violence.
“Suicide is an urgent public health problem and its prevention must be a national priority,” said Renato Oliveira e Souza, head of the Mental Health Unit at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).