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Health ministry’s e-initiative clocks 14.17 cr teleconsultations since April 2021
The telemedicine application provides doctor-to-doctor and...
No paucity of funds, asking states to increase expenditure on health and related infra: Mandaviya
Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya said the...
COVID times: Airlines industry awaits guidelines for vaccinated passengers
IATA Regional Director for Airports and External Relations (Asia Pacific) Vinoop Goel said regulations and restrictions related to travel are determined by governments, adding that it hopes that the governments will consider relaxing travel restrictions for vaccinated persons.
Less than 10 pc of world’s population have coronavirus antibodies: WHO Chief scientist
The only way to achieve mass herd immunity is through vaccination, the WHO chief scientist stressed.
According to Swaminathan, the currently approved vaccines offer good protection against severe disease, hospitalization and death from COVID-19. The vaccines’ effectiveness with regard to mild disease and asymptomatic coronavirus infection is still being studied.
Machine learning could aid mental health diagnoses: Study
Patients with depression or psychosis rarely experience symptoms of purely one or the other illness. Historically, this has meant that mental health clinicians give a diagnosis of a ‘primary’ illness, but with secondary symptoms. Making an accurate diagnosis is a big challenge for clinicians and diagnoses often do not accurately reflect the complexity of individual experience or indeed neurobiology.
Insurers have to provide some key info to their health customers twice a year:IRDAI
Among the key information, insurers have to provide to their health insurance customers by 1st June 2021 are-,
-Extent of coverage available by way of available Sum Insured and Cumulative Bonus,
-Number of insured people covered under policy,
– Policy period,
-Number and amount of claim settled (under relevant period), if any,
-Balance Sum Insured and Accrued cumulative bonus available, if any,
-Due date of renewal and premium payment frequency,
– Premium amount due on renewal (to be specified at the time of renewal)
India reports 15,510 new COVID-19 cases, 106 deaths
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took the first dose of Covaxin, India’s homegrown coronavirus vaccine developed by biotechnology firm Bharat Biotech and the Indian Council of Medical Research, addressing hesitancy over the COVID-19 vaccine.
U.S. authorizes Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
The single-shot vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe Covid-19, including against newer variants, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said before giving it a green light.
New healthcare investment policy approved to attract investors: J-K LG
Terming the healthcare sector as imperative for the development of the Union Territory, Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said J&K is spending 2.86 per cent of its GSDP on public health, which is the best in the country.
”Special attention is being paid to three areas – prevention, better treatment and care,” he added.
“Five new medical colleges, two AIIMS, nearly 1,000 healthcare and wellness centres, five new nursing colleges, BSc paramedical course as well as more than 100 per cent increase in medical seats are contributing towards the development and advancement of the healthcare sector in the UT,” he added.
COVID-19 crisis far from over; 3rd wave to be more dangerous: CSIR officia
Cautioning the people and the scientific community against allowing “complacency to set in,” he warned that a third wave would precipitate a far more dangerous situation than the challenge the country had faced so far.
Pvt health insurers offering 80-100 pc discounts on renewal premia for healthy customers
Aditya Birla Health will give a customer up to 100 per cent health returns if the insured earned enough health returns by looking after his/her health by being physically active on a regular basis.
Blood tests offer early indicator of severe Covid: Study
The findings, published in the journal Blood Advances, indicated that five proteins (resistin, lipocalin-2, HGF, IL-8, and G-CSF) that are associated with neutrophils, a type of white blood cell, were elevated in the Covid-19 patients who later became critically ill.