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Calif. top court to consider employer liability for COVID infections
It was the first ruling of its kind. Business groups have said...
Covid vaccines in time saved an estimated 20 million lives in the first year of the rollout: Study
High- and upper-middle income countries accounted for the greatest...
Lawyers expect wave of litigation targeting popular heart drugs in US
Millions of Americans have taken the drugs, which are at the center of a widening recall being overseen by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and have been for decades used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure and other common conditions.A lawyer involved in an effort to combine about 50 lawsuits, including at least 27 by patients who say they contracted cancer by using the recalled medicine, told a U.S. federal court he expects a surge of legal action.
Hannover Re scales back its exposure to coal-fired power plants
Furthermore, the Group has set itself the goal of no longer covering any coal-based risks in connection with power generation in its entire property and casualty reinsurance portfolio from the year 2038 onwards.
General insurance industry logs Rs1.7trillion of premium, private sector insurers gain 5 % market share in 2018-19
According to industry performance figures ,released by the General Insurance Council, the four main public sector insurers, New India Assurance, United India Insurance, National Insurance and Oriental Insurance Company, at Rs 68,719 crore of total premium ,up 1,37 per cent , have ceded five of their market share to the private sector insurers , excluding the stand alone health insurers, which have mobilised a total premium of Rs 81,600 crore,up almost 25 per cnt ,during 2018-19.
US jury sides with J&J in latest Talcum-Cancer claim
Plaintiff Robert Blinkinsop was diagnosed in July 2017 with mesothelioma, a rare cancer of the lining of the lung generally caused by asbestos exposure. Blinkinsop used Johnson’s baby powder daily for personal hygiene from 1977 to 1994 and on his children from 1992 to 1996, his attorney, Mark Bratt, said at trial. He also used the company’s Shower to Shower talc product.
India facing shortage of 600,000 doctors, 2 million nurses: Study
The majority of the world’s annual 5.7 million antibiotic-treatable deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries where the mortality burden from treatable bacterial infections far exceeds the estimated annual 700,000 deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections.
Congress Party promises `Right to Healthcare Act’
The party will work towards improving public healthcare. “We will ensure the poor have access to high quality health care,” he said. The manifesto promised to double expenditure on healthcare to 3% of GDP by 2023-’24 and to enact the Right to Healthcare Act.
Air pollution kills 1.2 mn Indians in a year, third biggest cause of death
Worldwide, air pollution is responsible for more deaths than many better-known risk factors such as malnutrition, alcohol use and physical inactivity, according to the annual report.
IRDA set to allow claim settlement in installments in healh & PA policies
IRDA has favoured the concept of payments of claims in installments in respect of personal accident policies issued by general and health insurers and benefit based health insurance policies issued by all insurers as claims offer an income in the hands of the claimants for a reasonable period of time on the happening of the contingent event insured under an underlying policy.
Diseases cost the African Region $2.4 trillion a year, says WHO
To achieve the health-related SDG targets, countries must invest adequately in the development of resilient national and local health systems to effectively, affordably and efficiently deliver the integrated packages of proven cost-effective interventions contained in relevant programmatic global strategies and plans to target populations in need.
India’s 82 % of the population suffers from high stress levels
It is extremely important to increase awareness about a heart-healthy lifestyle for everyone, and not just for people with existing health problem to reduce the risk of heart disease and improve quality of wellbeing”, says Prasun Sikdar, MD and Chief Executive Officer, Cigna TTK Health Insurance