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General insurers to take action against errant hospitals, to set up Health Exchange Platform for 100 % cashless settlement of policies

S Prakash, managing director, Star Health and Allied Insurance...

Unilever to introduce mouthwash formulation in India, claims to reduce 99.9 pc corona after rinsing

Unilever Oral Care Research and Development Head Glyn Roberts said, “While we are clear that this is not a cure or proven way to prevent the transmission of coronavirus, our results are promising.”
This technology will be brought to India by Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), Unilever”s arm, in Pepsodent Germicheck Mouth Rinse Liquid, which will be launched in India in December 2020, the company said.

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Indian-American doctor identifies possible COVID-19 treatment

Published online in the journal Cell, the research coming from the lab of Dr Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, an Indian-born researcher working at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee, identified the drugs after discovering that the hyper inflammatory immune response associated with COVID-19 leads to tissue damage and multi-organ failure in mice by triggering inflammatory cell death pathways

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PM Modi holds meet to review India’s Covid vaccination strategy

Modi tweeted that the meeting discussed important issues related to progress of vaccine development, regulatory approvals and procurement. “Reviewed various issues like prioritisation of population groups, reaching out to HCWs (health care workers), cold-chain infrastructure augmentation, adding vaccinators and tech platform for vaccine roll-out,” he said.he prime minister directed that a time-bound plan be laid out for speedy regulatory clearances and timely procurement for early roll-out of the vaccination drive when a Covid-19 vaccine becomes available, an official statement later said.

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