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Karnataka govt approves setting up of 438 ‘Namma Clinics’
''We have permitted the start of 438 U-HWCs called Namma Clinic in...
New ‘alarming’ sub-variant of Omicron in 10 Indian states: Israeli expert
In a series of Tweets, Dr. Shay Fleishon, with the Central Virology...
Coronavirus Spreads To Europe, Three Cases Confirmed In France
“We are in the process of tracing the history of these patients who have tested positive in order to get in touch with the people they have been in contact with,” French Health Minister Agnes Buzyn told reporters..
Non-life insurers can offer standard health policies before April 1
The regulator also said those insurers currently not offering indemnity based health insurance policies will have to offer ‘Aroygya Sanjeevani Policy’ as and when they start selling the former product.
Xi warns Coronavirus ‘accelerating’, China facing ‘grave situation’,Hong Kong declares an ’emergency’
Nearly 300 people were killed by SARS in 2003, a tragedy that left a profound psychological impact on one of the most densely populated places on earth.
Coronavirus: 11 people who returned from China under watch in Kerala, Mumbai
Two people who returned to Mumbai from China have been kept in an isolation ward at Kasturba Hospital, and their blood samples collected to check for the new strain of coronavirus, officials said in Mumbai.
Insys founder John Kapoor sentenced to 5 1/2 years for orchestrating opioid scheme
Kapoor and others were accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to doctors across the United States to prescribe the company’s highly addictive oral fentanyl spray, known as Subsys. The bribes were paid in the form of fees for sham speaking engagements that were billed as educational opportunities for other doctors.
Coronavirus: Thermal screening of flyers from China begins at 7 airports
According to the alert issued by the MoCA, all travellers who have visited China, particularly through Wuhan during the past 14 days and show symptoms of acute onset of fever, cough, shortness of breath should report to the airport health unit.
China’s mysterious respiratory virus spreads to health workers, different countries
“The risk from this virus causing pandemonium has increased because it is spreading from different countries, and we are now seeing that it can be more easily transmitted from person to person,” said Sanjaya Senanayake, associate professor of medicine at the Australian National University. In comparison with SARS, he said, “the one good factor, I guess, at the moment seems to be the low mortality rate.”
Coronavirus: New disease spreading in Asia revives SARS fears
The outbreak has caused alarm because of the link with SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), which killed 349 people in mainland China and another 299 in Hong Kong in 2002-2003.
Passengers from China to be screened for pneumonia in Mumbai
As announced by China, this is a new type of coronavirus, which is different from all other human coronaviruses. The WHO has indicated symptoms like fever, breathing difficulties and chest radiographs showing bilateral lung infiltrates as the causes of pneumonia.
Soybean oil linked to genetic changes in brain, claims study
The team noted the findings only apply to soybean oil — not to other soy products, or to other vegetable oils.