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71% Indians not able to afford healthy diet: CSE Report
The diet of an average Indian lacks in fruits, vegetables, legumes,...
UP reports first suspected case of monkeypox, samples testing at NIV Pune
"Samples of a five-year-old girl have been collected for testing...
Indian Millennials prefer buying larger Health Cover:Policybazaar
The latest trend of shifting preference towards buying policies with higher sum insured is in sharp contrast to the millennial buying trends five years back, when Rs. 3 lakhs and 2 lakhs were the most sought after health cover marks.
Life expectancy in India down by 2.6 years due to air pollution: Study
“The deadly tally broken up by diseases shows that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) due to air pollution at 49% is responsible for close to half of deaths, followed by lung cancer deaths at 33 per cent, diabetes and ischaemic heart disease at 22 per cent each and stroke at 15 per cent. It is disturbing how COPD, lung cancer and ischaemic heart disease dominate the dubious tally,” it said.
Govt plans to re-introduce National Medical Commission Bill
After its introduction in the Lower House of parliament in 2017, the Bill, which aimed at replacing the Medical Council of India Act, 1956 and included the contentious provision of a “bridge course” to allow practitioners of alternative medicines to pursue allopathy, was referred to a Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee following massive protests from the medical fraternity.
Union Health Harsh Vardhan Minister hits back at Kejriwal over Ayushman Bharat
“PMJAY insurance cover of Rs. 5 lakh per year is good. In 8 months of implementation of PMJAY, only 10 families out of almost 10.74 crore families have exhausted this cover,” the Union Health Minister asserted.
No New Cases of Nipah in Kerala, Infected Patient’s Condition Improving, Says Harsh Vardhan
According to the World Health Organisation, Nipah virus infection is a newly emerging disease that can be transmitted from its reservoir (natural wildlife host), the flying foxes (fruit bats),to both animals and humans.
More than 1 million new curable sexually transmitted infections every day
Timely and affordable testing and treatment are crucial for reducing the burden of STIs globally, alongside efforts to encourage people who are sexually active to get screened for STIs. WHO further recommends that pregnant women should be systematically screened for syphilis as well as HIV.
U.S. Judges Grapple with Youths’ Constitutional Challenge to U.S. Climate Policy
The young people argue that government officials have known for more than 50 years that carbon pollution from fossil fuels causes climate change and that policies promoting oil and gas deprive them of their constitutional rights.
Avoid tea, coffee and alcohol, stay indoors: Govt issues advisory as India sizzles under heatwave
“Person feeling unwell, especially old aged, young children, pregnant women, those with pre-existing medical conditions, and outdoor workers, should be immediately shifted to a cooler place, put on minimum clothing, be sponged with cold water, applied ice packs wrapped in cloth, and transported to nearest health facility,” the advisory said.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan Writes to CMs of Delhi, Odisha, Telangana & Bengal; Urges Them to Join Ayushman Bharat
Urging the states to join the scheme, the minister said they would gain in terms of resources, national portability, state-of-the-art technological platforms, implementation systems and world-class analytics systems at no additional cost.They would also benefit from a well-proven fraud monitoring-and-control system and the exchange of key learnings and best practices of other states towards equitable healthcare, he added.
Nipah virus resurfaces in India’s Kerala after killing 17 last year
India’s national health and wildlife ministries are working to test and identify bats with the virus, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in New Delhi.“There is no need for panic,” he told reporters.