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Medical negligence: Police rely on state medical council’s opinion in absence of law
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Insurtech for assessing medical risk and cost of care raises $1.5mn
i3 Systems is an Indian AI product company for insurers, to estimate the medical risk and cost of care. The products work seamlessly on digital and unformatted data in complex healthcare and financial documents. The startup plans to use the funds to advance technology that enables seamless adoption of their product across all repetitive business processes in the BFSI industry.
Alok Agarwal, CFO, Reliance Industries and Zhooben Bhiwandiwala, president, Mahindra Partners are co-investors in i3 systems along with Unitus Ventures
Serum Institute pauses COVID-19 vaccine trials in India
“We are reviewing the situation and pausing India trials till AstraZeneca restarts the trials,” SII said in a statement.
SC extends relief on NPAs after govt tells interest issue being looked into
The top court was hearing a batch of pleas which have raised the issue of interest being charged on instalments which were deferred during the moratorium period due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
General insurers can issue e-policies till March,2021:IRDAI
Now, all motor, health insurance policies,fire insurance policies, all package insurance policies issued to individuals and all miscellaneous policies issued to individuals where the sum insured does not exceed Rs. 5 crore,can be issued through digital/electronic mode.
Battery-Powered face mask seeks to fight Covid and foggy glasses
LG Electronics’ PuriCare Wearable, which comes in one size and weighs as much as a pair of ski goggles, features two fans and high-efficiency particle air filters that clean air coming in and exhaled breath going out.
As authorities increasingly urge the public use of face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, manufacturers have turned their attention to making such gear more comfortable without compromising safety.
Coronavirus capable of invading brain:Study
According to the paper, which was led by Yale immunologist Akiko Iwasaki, the virus is able to replicate inside the brain, and its presence starves nearby brain cells of oxygen, though the prevalence of this is not yet clear.
Young children carry higher levels of coronavirus:Study
It has also previously been shown that children with high viral loads of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are more likely to spread the disease.
“Thus, young children can potentially be important drivers of SARS-CoV-2 spread in the general population,” the authors wrote.
AstraZeneca suspends leading COVID-19 vaccine trials after a participant’s illness
The vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, has been described by the World Health Organization as probably the world’s leading candidate and the most advanced in terms of development. The suspension dims prospects for an early rollout amid reports that the United States was aiming for a fast-track approval before the November presidential election.
First batch of Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V released into public
“The first batch of the ‘Gam-COVID-Vac’ (Sputnik V) vaccine for the prevention of the new coronavirus infection, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia, has passed the necessary quality tests in the laboratories of Roszdravnadzor (medical device regulator) and has been released into civil circulation,” the ministry said in a statement.
India’s child mortality rate declined between 1990 and 2019: UN
However, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in major disruptions to health services that threaten to undo decades of hard-won progress toward eliminating preventable child deaths.