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Proportion of unmarried youth rising, finds govt survey
India's population, which reached 1,211 million in 2011 and is...
India’s first case of monkeypox reported from Kerala
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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
Bayer must pay $80 mn in Monsanto roundup cancer trial, says US Jury
In the trial’s second phase, Hardeman’s lawyers were able to present previously excluded internal documents allegedly showing the company’s efforts to influence scientists and regulators about the widely used product’s safety.
Jobs, healthcare, drinking water top priorities for voters: Survey
According to the survey, better employment opportunities (46.80 per cent), better healthcare (34.60 per cent) and drinking water (30.50 per cent) were the top three priorities of the voters at the all-India level,
Fathers-to-be who smoke may harm their babies
“Fathers are a large source of second hand smoke for pregnant women, which appears to be even more harmful to unborn children than women smoking themselves, Smoking is teratogenic, meaning it can cause developmental malformations. The association between prospective parents smoking and the risk of congenital heart defects has attracted more and more attention with the increasing number of smokers of childbearing age,” said Jiabi Qin, from Central South University in China
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WHO panel for strong international governance on human genome editing
“Gene editing holds incredible promise for health, but it also poses some risks, both ethically and medically. ” says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.
TB: world’s top infectious disease killer
TB is the world’s top infectious disease killer, claiming 4 500 lives each day. The heaviest burden is carried by communities facing socio-economic challenges, those working and living in high-risk settings, the poorest and marginalized.Since 2000, 54 million lives have been saved, and TB deaths fell by one-third. But 10 million people still fall ill with TB each year, with too many missing out on vital care.
US Jury finds Roundup Weed Killer causes Cancer
The case was only the second of some 11,200 Roundup lawsuits to go to trial in the United States. Another California man was awarded $289 million in August after a state court jury found Roundup caused his cancer, sending Bayer shares plunging at the time. That award was later reduced to $78 million and is on appeal.