Gomez and collaborators developed a theoretical and a computational model showing that the deformability of a porous material slows the collapse and expansion of cavitation bubbles. This breaks down the classic scaling relation between bubble size and time.
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Race for monkeypox vaccines exposes global health inequality https://ift.tt/V3tD0sq
Effective HIV treatments hit the market in 1996 and soon ended the crisis phase of the AIDS epidemic in Western nations, but it was years later before substantial antiretroviral supplies reached sub-Saharan Africa.
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India to soon get first vaccine against cervical cancer https://ift.tt/V3tD0sq
The most awaited vaccine will be launched by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology Jitendra Singh on Thursday.
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Over 91 % support inclusion of front pack 'high-in' warning label on packaged food https://ift.tt/V3tD0sq
‘High-in’ warning labels were most preferred by the consumers. Such warning labels are considered the most simple and easy to read FOPL design.
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Postgraduate medical admissions delayed further https://ift.tt/V3tD0sq
The ministry has deferred the opening of registration as inspections for many colleges are pending and will likely be completed only by September 15. Colleges may get additional seats after the inspections.
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Active COVID-19 case count drops to 64,667 in India https://ift.tt/Hcn3ub1
A drop of 1,065 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 case count in a span of 24 hours.
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Dr Reddy's, arm tie up with Swiss NGO to treat neglected diseases https://ift.tt/Hcn3ub1
As per the memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreement, DNDi will offer its pipeline of new chemical entities, pre-clinical studies, network and advocacy on these NTDs, while Aurigene will conduct phase-wise clinical studies, research and development, commercial manufacturing of the active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and the finished products;...
NEET UG Answer Key to be released today: How to download, raise objections; important details here https://ift.tt/Hcn3ub1
Answer key and OMR response sheets can be challenged by candidates. The final NEET UG 2022 answer key will be issued after considering the objections.
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NEET UG Answer Key to be released today: How to download, raise objections; important details here https://ift.tt/Hcn3ub1
Answer key and OMR response sheets can be challenged by candidates. The final NEET UG 2022 answer key will be issued after considering the objections.
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Zydus Lifesciences starts Phase IV clinical trials for novel drug 'Desidustat' https://ift.tt/Hcn3ub1
Zydus said Desidustat, sold under the Oxemia trademark, is a prescription drug approved in India for patients with CKD induced anemia, and can be taken only under the advice and guidance of a nephrologist or an internal medicine specialist.
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MCC reschedules NEET PG 2022 counselling to include more seats https://ift.tt/Hcn3ub1
The tentative schedule of NEET-PG Counselling, 2022 is being rescheduled. The candidates are advised to keep in touch with the MCC website for the latest schedule, the Notice read.
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Pune: Despite hybrid immunity, patients contracting Omicron, says National Institute of Virology study https://ift.tt/Hcn3ub1
The serum of patients post reinfection showed substantially high neutralizing antibodies against B.1, Delta and Omicron, as compared to the pre-reinfection period.
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U.S. govt to provide $11 mln for production of monkeypox vaccine https://ift.tt/Hcn3ub1
The Jynneos vaccine is in short supply and U.S. regulators have authorized a method of administration that allows providers to get five doses instead of one from a single vial to expand access.
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India registers 5,439 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 65,732 https://ift.tt/gdJK9Yu
22,031 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 2.64 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 1.70 per cent.
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Indian roads claimed 1.6L lives in 2021, max ever in a year: NCRB https://ift.tt/gdJK9Yu
Road crashes in India claimed 426 lives per day or 18 every hour, which is the highest ever in any calendar year. At close to 1.56 lakh road fatalities recorded during the last year, it surpassed the number of people killed during the pre-pandemic year of 2019, indicating how reducing road deaths remains a big challenge for the government.
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Intranasal vaccines new ray of hope to halt COVID-19 transmission https://ift.tt/gdJK9Yu
For mass vaccinations, one should always look at a whole virion because that is the crux of developing antibodies for any variants which will come up so this Codagenix’s technology seems to be a very nice technology when it's a complete virion, Dr Ashish Sahai, Additional Director, Production (viral vaccines), SII informed while speaking to ETHealthworld...
India registers 7,591 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 84,931 https://ift.tt/ZaPviG0
9,206 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 2.69 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 4.58 per cent.
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Medical fraternity opposes Assam's decision to raise doctors' retirement age from 65 to 70 years https://ift.tt/ZaPviG0
The state cabinet had decided to increase the retirement age of doctors, who are working as faculty members in government medical colleges, to cater to the need of the institutions.
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NEET innerwear row: Re-exam on September 4 https://ift.tt/ZaPviG0
The issue of forcing the girls to remove their innerwear before entering an exam centre in Kollam district on July 17 created a huge uproar across the country.
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Invasive fungal infection seen in some serious H1N1 patients https://ift.tt/ZaPviG0
Aspergillosis is an infection caused by aspergillus, a type of mold found indoors and outdoors. Most of its strains are harmless, but a few can cause serious illness when people with weakened immunity, lung disease or asthma inhale the spores.
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Teaching MBBS in Hindi is a good idea, but where are quality textbooks? ask medical experts https://ift.tt/ZaPviG0
"Books are being prepared in such a manner that technical terms like blood pressure, spine, heart, kidney, liver or other important body parts and related terms are written in Hindi," Sarang said.
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Teaching MBBS in Hindi is a good idea, but where are quality textbooks? ask medical experts https://ift.tt/ZaPviG0
"Books are being prepared in such a manner that technical terms like blood pressure, spine, heart, kidney, liver or other important body parts and related terms are written in Hindi," Sarang said.
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India reports 9,436 new COVID-19 cases https://ift.tt/ZaPviG0
The count of active cases now comprises 0.19 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.62 per cent, the ministry said.
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Time for Covid reality check after 1 mn deaths this year: WHO https://ift.tt/gUV4Gmr
"Given we're in the third year of the pandemic, it's... all the more so tragic given that we have the tools that can prevent these deaths," : WHO's technical lead Maria Van Kerkhove
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More than 22 lakh average precaution doses administered per day: Health Ministry https://ift.tt/gUV4Gmr
Over 8,86,585 special vaccination camps have been organized so far by all the States/UTs. This includes camps at railway stations (4,052), bus stations (8,776), airports (367), schools and colleges (1,11,700), on the way to religious places (4,654) and camps at other places (7,57,036).
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Govt heightens surveillance on foot-and-mouth disease https://ift.tt/gUV4Gmr
Now, infections have been reported from both districts and we have increased our surveillance and are following the Union ministry’s guidelines: Dr Prashant Suryawanshi
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DRPGMC ranked as 13th top government medical college in India https://ift.tt/gUV4Gmr
The ranking was based on five broad parameters like academic and research excellence, industry interface and placement, infrastructure and facilities, governance; admissions and diversity and outreach : Principal Dr Bhanu Awasthi
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Indian-American researchers develop durable coating that kills Covid virus https://ift.tt/gUV4Gmr
The coating proved deadly to SARS-CoV-2 virus, E. coli, MRSA and a variety of other pathogens. It killed 99.9 per cent of microbes even after months of repeated cleaning, abrasion and other punishment on real-world surfaces like keyboards, cell phone screens and chicken-slathered cutting boards.
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Britain approves Novavax COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid for children aged between 12 and 17 years https://ift.tt/gUV4Gmr
Nuvaxovid, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Novavax, has today been granted an extension to its existing UK approval, for 12- to 17-year-olds. This extension has been authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency.
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33% drop in Covid cases in Aug, but no. of deaths remains same https://ift.tt/gUV4Gmr
This decrease in Covid-19 new case count is considerable and is a good sign, however the number of deaths have not reduced, a total of 14 deaths due to Covid-19 were reported in the entire month of July, but in August so far till 26th, 14 deaths have already been reported.
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Mumbai: National cancer grid goes digital for AI-based care https://ift.tt/gUV4Gmr
entre for Digital Oncology set up at Tata Memorial Hospital, with a donation of Rs 25 crore for a five-year period, will promote the use of digital technologies and tools to improve cancer care across India, said Dr Rajendra Bawde, director of the Parel hospital.
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Pharma cos race to launch anti-diabetic drug Sitagliptin- but is it worth it? https://ift.tt/a2stXBl
When a drug goes off patent, there is a significant price reduction and generics are made available at really competitive prices. However, the law of demand may not necessarily apply in the case of Sitagliptin. The price of Sitagliptin coming down to around 50-70 percent may not necessarily mean that the demand for the drug would increase proportionally.
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Capital Hospital Bhubaneswar gets approval to start PG course https://ift.tt/a2stXBl
On August 14, the health and family welfare department of the state had asked the PGIMER to submit undertakings before the NMC to start the classes of PG courses at this institution.
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Hyderabad: National Medical Council yet to reallot seats, medicos' wait continues https://ift.tt/a2stXBl
They have followed the guidelines and submitted a proposal for the reallocation of 150 seats of TRR Medical College creating supernumerary seats in other existing colleges in the state- which we have approved. The state government is supposed to follow the guidelines for the other two colleges too," said an NMC member
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Active Covid cases in country decline to 90,707 https://ift.tt/a2stXBl
The active cases comprise 0.20 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.61 per cent, the ministry said.
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UP's feat of 1.6mn booster shots finds special mention in WHO report https://ift.tt/a2stXBl
Uttar Pradesh government's feat of administering 1.6 million doses of booster shots of vaccine against Covid across the state in a single day on August 7 has found special mention in a World Health Organisation (WHO) report.
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BioNTech all set to supply new Covid jab 'very soon' https://ift.tt/Hx4sjab
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recently announced that it would decide on applications from BioNTech-Pfizer and Moderna regarding their vaccines adapted for the BA.1 variant of the virus.
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Why PG medical students are victims of an overburdened healthcare system https://ift.tt/Hx4sjab
The Commission has urged the medical colleges to take care of their student s’ mental well-being by addressing such issues, submit action-taken reports and the practice they follow with special mention of cases of suicide, among other challenges.
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Bayer launches Finerenone medication for CKD patients with type 2 diabetes https://ift.tt/Hx4sjab
Finerenone is different to existing CKD in T2D treatments. It acts by blocking mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) over activation, which is thought to contribute to CKD progression and cardiovascular damage.
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Smoking also leads to thicker, weaker hearts: Study https://ift.tt/Hx4sjab
The researchers found that the more people smoked, the worse their heart function became. Some function was restored when people kicked the habit.
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Bayer introduces medication for chronic kidney disease https://ift.tt/Hx4sjab
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Govt asks docs to identify suspected cases of tomato flu to prevent spread https://ift.tt/Hx4sjab
The official said tomato flu is a self-limiting infectious disease as the signs and symptoms resolve after a few days.
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India registers 10,725 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 94,047 https://ift.tt/aL8kxuD
13,084 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 3.20 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 2.73 per cent.
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Indian vaccine makers grab market share from MNCs https://ift.tt/aL8kxuD
A slow but discernible change is visible in the usually staid vaccine market. Indian companies including Serum Institute of India (SII), Biological E and Bharat Biotech are cornering a wider share, growing month on month in an otherwise sluggish industry.
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Nigeria introduces ROTAVAC by Bharat Biotech for immunisation against diarrhoeal disease in children https://ift.tt/aL8kxuD
Rotavirus is one of the leading causes of diarrhoeal disease in the world and is responsible for over 40 per cent of diarrhoea in children. Nigeria currently accounts for 14 per cent of all childhood rotavirus deaths globally, making it the country with the second-highest number of rotavirus deaths in the world. Rotavirus infection causes about 50,000...
Yavatmal medical college set to lose 11 PG medicine seats https://ift.tt/aL8kxuD
NMC had conducted surprise inspection of the VNGMCH, Yavatmal earlier this month. Enough teachers were not present in the college at the time of inspection. Moreover, MRI scan was also not available in the GMCH.
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AstraZeneca may not stay in vaccines, but CEO has no COVID regrets https://ift.tt/aL8kxuD
Production delays, probes by regulators following rare cases of severe side effects, and concerns about its relatively short shelf life compared with other shots have stymied adoption of the company's COVID-19 vaccine.
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Fear of side-effects major reason for low vax rates: Health services https://ift.tt/aL8kxuD
Borkar said people are also under the impression that the disease has disappeared and have refrained from taking the third dose. The people now consider Covid as a mild illness, he added.
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India registers 8,586 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 96,506 https://ift.tt/0C8NASV
9,680 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 3.31 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 2.19 per cent.
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Hosp corporatisation denies healthcare access to poor: CJI https://ift.tt/0C8NASV
Highlighting the "growing and unchecked" corporatisation of the country's healthcare system, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Tuesday said the profit-driven approach of hospitals denies the poor access to healthcare.
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Union Health Secretary addresses National Workshop on ‘Roadmap for Cancer Treatment’ https://ift.tt/0C8NASV
Bhushan pointed that the pandemic has taught us that health is not the exclusive responsibility of only the Union Health Ministry but jointly addressed by various Ministries at the Centre and through state governments. He added that health cannot reside only at the tertiary healthcare centres, but has a huge footprint in the primary and secondary levels...
Maharashtra to get 12 medical colleges but existing ones short staffed https://ift.tt/0C8NASV
“The Maharashtra Public Service Commission has recommended five candidates for appointment as deans. We are in the process of setting up a special board for expeditious filling of vacant posts” Mahajan said.
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NHA issues hardware guidelines for state level healthcare institutions implementing ABDM https://ift.tt/0C8NASV
ABDM will simplify the processes and increase ease of living by connecting the digital health solutions of hospitals and other health facilities across the country with each other.
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Drugs for Hepatitis C may reduce symptoms of PTSD https://ift.tt/0C8NASV
The researchers surprisingly discovered that several novel direct-acting antiviral (DAA) drugs used to treat hepatitis C virus infection were related to a reduction in PTSD symptoms during an initial exploratory analysis among a national cohort of VA patients. The results were released in the Biological Psychiatry journal.
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'Rising Monkeypox cases will not lead to HIV', says top ICMR scientist https://ift.tt/0C8NASV
"The ICMR is extending the laboratory network for enhancing the capacity. We are in process of developing serological assays and working towards vaccine as per the expression of interest released by ICMR," she said.
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India registers 8,586 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 96,506 https://ift.tt/0C8NASV
9,680 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 3.31 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 2.19 per cent.
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Quack 'treating' patients for 20 years in Vellore district held https://ift.tt/87w3oX5
Police arrested a 42-year-old quack, who had passed only Class X, but was practising medicine for the past 20 years by setting up a clinic in his house in a village near Veppankuppam in Vellore district. The arrested was identified as S Narasimman from Mandhaiveli village in DC Kuppam in the district.
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Heart inflammation 11 times higher among the unvaccinated after Covid: Oxford study https://ift.tt/87w3oX5
This dataset totaled nearly 43 million people, which included more than 21 million who had received a booster dose of any of the Covid-19 vaccines. Nearly 6 million people tested positive for Covid-19 infection either before or after Covid-19 vaccination during the study period.
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PGIMER's committee plans to take 25 acre of land in Sarangpur for its MBBS campus https://ift.tt/87w3oX5
Sangrur is the first satellite centre of PGIMER which has come up where the screening OPD centre had been functional for a while. Sarangpur which is close in proximity is the second such satellite nearer to the institute.
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PGIMER's committee plans to take 25 acre of land in Sarangpur for its MBBS campus https://ift.tt/87w3oX5
Sangrur is the first satellite centre of PGIMER which has come up where the screening OPD centre had been functional for a while. Sarangpur which is close in proximity is the second such satellite nearer to the institute.
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PM Modi to inaugurate hospitals in Punjab and Haryana https://ift.tt/87w3oX5
PM will visit Haryana and Punjab on August 24 to inaugurate and dedicate two important healthcare initiatives.
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Covid mRNA vaccines safe in patients with heart failure: Study https://ift.tt/87w3oX5
For the study, the team included 50,893 unvaccinated patients with heart failure in 2019 and 50,893 patients with heart failure in 2021 who were vaccinated with either of the two mRNA vaccines.
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Covid raises brain disorder, epilepsy risks in kids months later: Lancet https://ift.tt/87w3oX5
Just after the emergence of the delta variant, increased risks of ischaemic stroke, epilepsy or seizures, cognitive deficit, insomnia, and anxiety disorders were observed, compounded by an increased death rate.
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India registers 9,531 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 97,648 https://ift.tt/87w3oX5
11,726 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 3.59 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 4.15 per cent.
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PM to open mega hospital with hi-tech centralised automated lab; to have 7-storey research block https://ift.tt/miy0xKt
The new super speciality hospital will initially open with 500 beds and is expected to be fully operational in a phase-wise manner in the course of the next five years. The hospital with 81 specialities, once fully operational, is billed to be the largest private hospital in Delhi-NCR and the country, its officials said.
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Tertiary level centres to come up for treatment of people exposed to chemical, nuclear attacks https://ift.tt/miy0xKt
It is aimed at managing medical emergencies arising out of incidents such as the Bhopal gas tragedy, Visakhapatnam HPCL refinery blast, Tughlaqabad gas leak, Kanpur ammonia gas leak and other industrial accidents, official sources told the media agency.
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ICMR planning sero-survey among contacts of monkeypox patients https://ift.tt/miy0xKt
According to WHO, monkeypox is a viral zoonosis -- a virus transmitted to humans from animals -- with symptoms similar to smallpox although clinically less severe. Monkeypox typically manifests itself with fever, rash and swollen lymph nodes and may lead to a range of medical complications. It is usually a self-limited disease with symptoms lasting...
Sundargarh medical college gets approval of National Medical Commission https://ift.tt/9uksDfO
Spread over 21 acres, the six-storey 500-bed super speciality hospital is equipped with advanced classrooms and laboratories in various departments for imparting quality teaching and conducting practicals. It has an adequate number of ICU beds, advanced diagnostic labs, modern operation theatres and its own oxygen plant. The hospital promotes use of...
"Impossible", says Dolo 650 manufacturer on allegations of its Rs 1000 crore marketing budget https://ift.tt/9uksDfO
"It is impossible for any company to spend Rs 1000 cr on the marketing of a brand which did 350 cr in the Covid year. That too when Dolo 650 comes under NLEM (price control)," said Jayaraj Govindaraju, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Communication, Micro Labs Limited while speaking to the media agency.
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WHO: World coronavirus cases fall 24%; deaths rise in Asia https://ift.tt/bqvInaG
At a press briefing Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said reported coronavirus deaths over the past month have surged 35%, and noted there had been 15,000 deaths in the past week.
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Facebook bans major US anti-vaccine group https://ift.tt/bqvInaG
Meta spokesperson Aaron Simpson told the media agency that the group's accounts at Facebook and Instagram were shuttered on Wednesday. The ban came after repeated violations of Meta's misinformation rules.
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India registers 15,754 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 1,01,830 https://ift.tt/bqvInaG
15,220 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 3.90 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 3.47 per cent.
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Gujarat high court: Priority to only Gujarat domicile for organ transplant irrational https://ift.tt/bqvInaG
A division bench of Gujarat high court on Thursday dismissed the state government's appeal against a single judge's direction to the authorities to register a person, who does not have a Gujarat domicile certificate but is in dire need of kidney transplant, in the list of organ recipients.
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92 lower-income countries achieve 50 per cent COVID-19 vaccination coverage https://ift.tt/bqvInaG
Lower-income countries have made remarkable strides, particularly in the last six months. In January 2022, coverage across the 92 AMC-supported countries stood at 31 per cent on average, with 34 countries below 10 per cent. Today only 10 countries – all representing fragile and conflict settings with complex systemic challenges – remain below 10 per...
'Serious issue': SC on Dolo-650 makers spending Rs 1K cr as freebies on docs for prescribing tablet https://ift.tt/bqvInaG
The plea contended that it is high time that the lacuna in ensuring the right to health is urgently filled up by an appropriate legislation. The plea added that there are abundant examples that show how corruption in the pharmaceutical sector endangers positive health outcomes and puts patients' health at risk.
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Revamped CoWIN platform incorporating UIP to be launched in September https://ift.tt/bqvInaG
The current purpose of recording COVID-19 vaccination and issuing certificates will continue on the platform. Once the UIP is included on the platform, the entire vaccination system including records will get digitised, easing the tracking of beneficiaries.
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Top Aussie official to visit IHNA campus in Kerala https://ift.tt/EsRANHS
This will be the first ever visit to a nursing education institute by a Trade Commissioner outside Australia. At the campus, Wade will take part in the graduation ceremony of the first batch of IHNA's internationally acclaimed Online Courses for all those who arrive in Australia.
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Monkeypox infections rise 20% to over 35K cases, 12 deaths: WHO https://ift.tt/EsRANHS
Almost all cases are being reported from Europe and the Americas, and nearly all cases continue to be reported among men who have sex with men. It underscores the importance for all countries to design and deliver services and information tailored to these communities that protect health, human rights and dignity, the WHO chief said, imploring countries...
Studies to see if mutations behind monkeypox spread: WHO https://ift.tt/EsRANHS
On Friday, the WHO renamed the groupings as Clade I and Clade II respectively, to avert the risk of geographic stigmatisation. It also announced that Clade II had two sub-clades, IIa and IIb, with viruses within the latter identified as being behind the the current global outbreak.
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India registers 12,608 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 1,01,343 https://ift.tt/EsRANHS
16,251 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 4.20 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 3.48 per cent.
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‘Excess glucose in blood linked to mucormycosis’ https://ift.tt/EsRANHS
In Covid-19, hyperglycaemia or an excess of glucose in the blood, irrespective of pre-existing diabetes, and steroid use have been identified as having the closest association with the occurrence of the dreaded mucormycosis fungal infection, regardless of hospitalisation.
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Breast milk from human milk banks: COVID-19 infection proof https://ift.tt/EsRANHS
ETHealthworld spoke to experts on the safety of milk from human milk banks for infants, the challenges they faced during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic and how protocols were followed to ensure safe milk was available to infants in need.
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106 deaths per lakh population in Delhi attributable to PM2.5 pollution: Report https://ift.tt/EsRANHS
The report summarizes data on air pollution exposures and associated health impacts in 7,239 cities (with minimum population of 50,000) from 2010 to 2019. It combines ground-based air quality data with satellites and models to produce air quality estimates for cities around the world.
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Sanofi trial failure ends development of breast cancer treatment amcenestrant https://ift.tt/EsRANHS
A trial dubbed AMEERA-5, which was testing amcenestrant on women with newly-diagnosed advanced breast cancer, was stopped early because an independent monitoring panel found no signs of it working. "All other studies of amcenestrant, including in early-stage breast cancer (AMEERA-6), will be discontinued," Sanofi said.
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World's biggest cities face worst air quality: Report https://ift.tt/97xs3Y8
In 2019, 1.7 million deaths linked to PM2.5 exposure occurred in the 7,239 cities included in the analysis, with cities in Asia, Africa, and Eastern and Central Europe seeing the greatest health impacts.
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Delhi's COVID 19 positivity rate hits record high in last 7 months at 19.20 pc https://ift.tt/97xs3Y8
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday said 90 per cent of Covid-19 patients at city hospitals are doubly vaccinated and only 10 per cent took a precautionary dose.
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India and US did more than any other country in fight against Covid-19, says top White House health official https://ift.tt/97xs3Y8
"I can't think of two nations that have done more to vaccinate and protect their own populations, and to donate and support and vaccinate and protect the world than India and the United States," Dr Ashish Jha said in his remarks at a reception hosted by India's ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu.
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Centre working with states to strengthen multi-tier health infra network: Mandaviya https://ift.tt/97xs3Y8
He assured that Government of India is committed to supporting States/UTs in their efforts towards providing accessible, affordable, quality and equitable public healthcare services to the citizens. He also reviewed the progress of national COVID19 vaccination campaign with specific focus on precaution dose under COVID Vaccination Amrit Mahotsav.
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Tough fight likely for MBBS seats https://ift.tt/97xs3Y8
On July 18, the Medical Assessment and Rating Board of the National Medical Commission, the apex body regulating medical education in India, called for applications from the state for starting new colleges or increasing the number of seats for undergraduate medical courses for the academic year 2023-24.
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Tough fight likely for MBBS seats https://ift.tt/97xs3Y8
On July 18, the Medical Assessment and Rating Board of the National Medical Commission, the apex body regulating medical education in India, called for applications from the state for starting new colleges or increasing the number of seats for undergraduate medical courses for the academic year 2023-24.
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BCG vaccine for tuberculosis protects diabetics from COVID-19: Study https://ift.tt/97xs3Y8
The BCG vaccine is an avirulent tuberculosis strain Mycobacterium bovis historically given to protect against tuberculosis and, since its introduction in 1921, has been the most widely administered vaccine in the history of medicine. The BCG-vaccinated group also displayed protective effects against other infectious diseases, including fewer symptoms,...
Pfizer CEO tests positive for COVID https://ift.tt/pdrG4v3
Bourla said he had started a course of the company's oral COVID-19 antiviral treatment, Paxlovid, and was isolating and following all public health precautions.
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India logs 15,040 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 1,11,252 https://ift.tt/pdrG4v3
15,040 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 4.79 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 4.15 per cent.
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Variant-adapted COVID vaccine wins first approval in Britain https://ift.tt/pdrG4v3
The UK medicines regulator (MHRA) approved the so-called bivalent vaccine made by U.S. drug company Moderna as a booster for adults.
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Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 nasal vaccine completes clinical development of phase III trials and booster doses https://ift.tt/pdrG4v3
The intranasal vaccine, BBV154 may produce local antibodies in the upper respiratory tract which may provide the potential to reduce infection and transmission, the company stated.
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India reports 14,917 Covid cases https://ift.tt/0zyfcYC
The active cases account for 0.27 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.54 per cent, the ministry said. An increase of 647 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,36,23,804, while the...
Southern hemisphere to get first mRNA vaccine facility https://ift.tt/0zyfcYC
The project will be based at one of Australia's largest universities, Monash, and will produce 100 million vaccine doses a year for Covid-19, influenza and other diseases.
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PM Modi commends citizens coming together to fight COVID-19 https://ift.tt/0zyfcYC
The fight against COVID-19 was an example of this common consciousness where citizens came together, PM said in his ninth Independence Day address
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PM Modi's 9th Independence Day address likely to focus on the health sector https://ift.tt/0zyfcYC
This year August 15 marks the 75th anniversary of India's independence, with the government launching the ‘Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ campaign.
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Lupin rationalising product portfolio in US to overcome price erosion impact: CEO https://ift.tt/0zyfcYC
Lupin feels that there is a more sustainable higher margin opportunity in the complex products space, Gupta said. She, however, asserted that Lupin will not vacate the oral solids segment.
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16 new medical colleges to be set up in Punjab: Bhagwant Mann https://ift.tt/0zyfcYC
The chief minister said the students aspiring to pursue medical education will no longer have to go to countries like Ukraine. On the contrary, these students will be provided quality medical education in these medical colleges, the chief minister said.
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Drug makers Glenmark, Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy's recall products in US https://ift.tt/0zyfcYC
As per the US health regulator, a class II recall is initiated in a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
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LIC keen to re-enter mediclaim segment, awaiting regulatory clarity: Chairman https://ift.tt/0zyfcYC
Mediclaim policies, which are indemnity-based health plans, are the best-selling health insurance products in the country. However, in 2016, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) had asked life insurers to withdraw indemnity-based health plans from the market. Life insurers since then have been allowed to offer only fixed...
8 firms express interest in developing monkeypox vax https://ift.tt/0zyfcYC
According to the source, of the total 31 bids, eight companies have submitted the EOI for the vaccine development while 23 firms showed interest towards the development of kits.
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Fifth monkeypox case in Delhi, but all others out of hospital https://ift.tt/styrN6Z
The previous four cases have all been discharged from the hospital, which were all locally transmitted. Of the four, one patient was from Delhi and the remaining three were of Nigerian origin.
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LNJP study finds Omicron sub-variant BA 2.75 is the dominant strain in Delhi https://ift.tt/styrN6Z
India reported 15,815 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours with a daily case positivity rate of 4.36 percent, stated the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. The active caseload in the country now stands at 1,19,264 accounting for 0.27 percent of the total cases.
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Delhi reports 5th case of monkeypox https://ift.tt/styrN6Z
Sample of a 22-year-old woman was tested positive on Friday and she is currently under observation in LNJP hospital.
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Pharma sales rise in June after a 2-month slump https://ift.tt/styrN6Z
Pain, gastroenterology, respiratory, and anti-infectives were the growth drivers during June, which registered overall sales of Rs 15,687 crore.
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First synthetic embryos: the scientific breakthrough raises serious ethical questions https://ift.tt/styrN6Z
In the latest study, the scientists started with collections of stem cells. The conditions created by the external uterus triggered the developmental process that makes a fetus. Although the scientists said we are a long way off synthetic human embryos, the experiment brings us closer to a future where some humans gestate their babies artificially.
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India reports nearly 16,000 new Covid cases, 68 deaths https://ift.tt/styrN6Z
The country's COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.54 per cent, the health ministry said. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 4.36 per cent, while the weekly rate was 4.79 per cent. The case fatality rate stands at 1.19 per cent. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has risen to 4,35,93,112, according to the ministry.
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US sees a silent spread in undiagnosed polio cases https://ift.tt/DmvgAcV
Polio is a very contagious viral disease. About 3 in 4 people infected with polio don't have symptoms, but they're still capable of spreading the virus to others, according to the CDC. Only a relatively small number, about 1 in 200 infected people, become paralysed. A few of those who are paralysed die because they can't breathe.
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At 16,561, India reports minor surge in Covid cases https://ift.tt/DmvgAcV
The recovery of 18,053 patients in the last 24 hours took the cumulative tally to 4,35,73,094. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.53 per cent. Meanwhile, the Daily Positivity rate has also risen to 5.44 per cent, while the Weekly Positivity Rate currently stands at 4.88 per cent.
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One entrance: UGC plan to merge NEET, JEE into CUET https://ift.tt/DmvgAcV
UGC chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar told the media agency that as per the proposal, instead of appearing for the four subjects — mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology — in three entrance exams, students can take the exam once and be eligible for and explore different fields of study.
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One entrance: UGC plan to merge NEET, JEE into CUET https://ift.tt/DmvgAcV
UGC chairperson M Jagadesh Kumar told the media agency that as per the proposal, instead of appearing for the four subjects — mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology — in three entrance exams, students can take the exam once and be eligible for and explore different fields of study.
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Omicron strains 20-30 pc more infectious: INSACOG to review data of genomic surveillance of COVID variants https://ift.tt/DmvgAcV
According to the bulletin issued on July 11 by INSACOG, Omicron and its sub-lineages continue to be the dominant variant in India.
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India registers 16,561 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 1,23,535 https://ift.tt/DmvgAcV
18,053 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 4.88 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 5.44 per cent.
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Clinical trial registry 'doesn't exist', 'ghost staff' runs tests https://ift.tt/z69B4mR
The existing staff of CTRI also have not been given any further extension, but the supposedly non-existent ghost staff has registered over 1,060 clinical trials from July 1 till August 5. Even as the government fights the regularisation of the staff who have been running CTRI for the last 16 years, CTRI continues to receive hundreds of applications...
North Korea declares victory over COVID, suggests leader Kim had it https://ift.tt/z69B4mR
Analysts said although the authoritarian North has used the pandemic to tighten social controls, its victory declaration could be a prelude to restoring trade hampered by border lockdowns.
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Centre plans to include SII's qHPV vaccine against cervical cancer in national immunization programme https://ift.tt/z69B4mR
"The health ministry is planning to roll out qHPV for girls aged 9-14 years under the National Immunization Programme. The roll out may take up to six months," a source told the media agency.
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NMC urges medical colleges to take care of PG students' mental health, well-being https://ift.tt/z69B4mR
Dr Vijay Oza, president of the Post-Graduate Medical Education Board, NMC, said it has received grievances from PG students (resident doctors) stating they are under stress due to long working hours, no weekly offs, non-sanctioning of leaves during emergency etc.
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India reports 16,299 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 1,25,076 https://ift.tt/z69B4mR
19,431 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 4.85 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 4.58 per cent.
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US FDA detects probable human carcinogens in certain samples of Sitagliptin https://ift.tt/uG9MDQH
To avoid a shortage and help ensure patients have access to an adequate supply of the medicine, FDA will not object to the temporary distribution of Sitagliptin containing NTTP above the acceptable intake limit of 37 ng per day, and up to 246.7 ng per day.
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New test can tell how much immunity you have against COVID-19 https://ift.tt/uG9MDQH
US researchers have developed an easy-to-use test that can predict the degree of immune protection people have against COVID-19, either from vaccination, infection, or a combination of the two.
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Corbevax approved as precaution dose for adults vaccinated with Covaxin, Covishield https://ift.tt/uG9MDQH
India's first indigenously developed RBD protein subunit vaccine Corbevax is currently being used to inoculate children in the age group of 12 to 14 years under the COVID-19 immunisation programme.
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Universal vaccination is required to stop future COVID-19 waves: Research https://ift.tt/uG9MDQH
"These repeated pandemic waves have been driven by new VOCs that erode prior immunity from either infection or vaccination, increase transmissibility or a combination of both," explains study author Wan Yang, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology at Columbia Mailman School.
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Ashoka University announces Science Advisory Council led by Professor K Vijay Raghavan https://ift.tt/uG9MDQH
The objective of this initiative is to build Ashoka University into a hub of high-quality scientific research and help stimulate research across India, addressing important problems that face the world today. The council will help build collaborations and forge partnerships with research institutions in order to raise resources to further enhance research...
India registers 16,047 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 1,28,261 https://ift.tt/uG9MDQH
19,539 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 4.90 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 4.94 per cent. The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,25,081 COVID-19 tests being conducted.
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'New zoonotic virus hits China, 35 infected' https://ift.tt/uG9MDQH
A new type of animal-derived Henipavirus has so far infected people in Shandong and Henan provinces of China, official media in Beijing reported on Tuesday.
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Is Sitagliptin opportunity making Indian oral antidiabetic drug market competitive? https://ift.tt/YM0Bd5U
Sitagliptin -- the diabetic drug opportunity is being chased by many players in the market today. Who gets into the doctor’s pen first and manages to stay for a long time is something one should wait and watch to see. Almost all therapies and the majority of the market players have shown a strong positive value and volume growth.
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Ivermectin, blood washing, ozone: how long COVID survivors are being sold the next round of miracle cures https://ift.tt/YM0Bd5U
Health researchers admit there are few evidence-based treatments for long COVID. In the face of such uncertainty, people with debilitating symptoms can be tempted by unproven options such as "blood washing", stem cell infusions and ozone treatments. Some despairing people with long COVID say they are willing to try any therapy if there's hope it improves...
Germany confirms first monkeypox case in a child https://ift.tt/YM0Bd5U
Less than three months after the first monkeypox case in Germany was confirmed, a total of 2,916 cases have been reported to the RKI. Almost all of the cases are male, with only seven cases in females.
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Uploading Covid vax certificate on Suvidha portal may soon not be necessary for int'l passengers https://ift.tt/YM0Bd5U
"The Civil Aviation Ministry recently sought inputs from the Union Health Ministry for removing the provision which requires international passengers to upload the COVID-19 vaccine certificate or the RT-PCR negative report on the Air Suvidha portal citing inconvenience faced by travellers," the sources said.
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Pfizer to acquire sickle cell drugmaker GBT for $5 bn https://ift.tt/YM0Bd5U
With the agreement, Pfizer, one of the top makers of Covid-19 vaccines, acquires GBT's Oxbryta to treat the potentially fatal blood disorder that primarily affects people of African, Middle Eastern or South Asian descent.
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India reports 12,751 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 1,31,807 https://ift.tt/YM0Bd5U
16,412 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 4.69 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 3.50 per cent.
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Impractical to levy low fee for medical courses: Private institutes to Madras high court https://ift.tt/YM0Bd5U
A group of deemed universities and self-financing medical colleges has told the Madras high court that it is impractical to collect just the government-college fee for 50% of seats in these institutions. They were opposing a February 3 office memorandum issued by the Union government's National Medical Commission (NMC) insisting that the fee for 50%...
Lucknow: King George's Medical University to increase 10 postgraduate seats https://ift.tt/Tnz3BRi
Officials said that the Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) reviewed the institute's request for increasing seats in July. And after assessing the number of teachers, their experience, publications and other infrastructure, it approved 10 seats for the academic year 2022-23. Now, these seats will be valid for three years.
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Skin-like computing chip analyses health data with brain-mimicking AI https://ift.tt/Tnz3BRi
Rather than working like a typical computer, the chip, which is called a neuromorphic computing chip, functions more like a human brain that is able to both store and analyse data in an integrated way.
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India registers 16,167 new COVID-19 infections, active cases stand at 1,35,510 https://ift.tt/Tnz3BRi
15,549 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 4.64 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 6.14 per cent.
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MGM gets approval to increase PG seats https://ift.tt/Tnz3BRi
The consent was granted after an inspection from MPMSU officials in this regard. The MGM authorities had applied with the National Medical Commission (NMC) for increasing MD medicine seats to 35 from existing 14.
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'Heal in India': Govt plans interpreters, special desks at 10 airports for ease of overseas patients https://ift.tt/Tnz3BRi
The Health Ministry, in collaboration with the National Health Authority, has developed a multi-lingual portal which would be a one-stop shop for services provided by medical travel facilitators and hospitals with an interface for foreign patients. The portal is also likely to be launched on August 15.
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Ring vaccination may not be effective against monkeypox: Study https://ift.tt/Tnz3BRi
"EPRV with a third-generation smallpox vaccine was well tolerated and effective against Monkeypox but did not completely prevent breakthrough infections," the researchers wrote in the paper posted online.
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New Covid-like rapid test to spot cancers, heart disease more easily https://ift.tt/Tnz3BRi
CrisprZyme builds on CRISPR diagnostic tests, which use RNA, the messenger that helps create proteins, to detect biomarkers in biological fluids like blood or urine.
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Pune: ICMR-NIV reveals Monkeypox virus strain A.2 in two UAE-returned travellers https://ift.tt/Tnz3BRi
The study also mentioned the details about both the cases where a 35-year-old male and 31-year-old male from UAE tested positive for Monkeypox. Both the cases had no traces of sexual contact. The background of the first male revealed a history of similar lesions amongst his friends and contact with a suspected Monkeypox case.
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Reallocate seats to medicos, solve issue fast: TJUDA https://ift.tt/f8XZmI3
Around 590 affected students from the three colleges have given representations to the university, health authorities and even the national medical council.
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Japan approves Covaxin booster dose for travellers: Bharat Biotech https://ift.tt/f8XZmI3
According to Bharat Biotech, Covaxin is formulated uniquely such that the same dosage can be administered to adults and children alike, for primary and booster doses, making it a universal vaccine.
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Active Covid cases in country increase to 1,34,933 https://ift.tt/f8XZmI3
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 5.02 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.63 per cent, according to the ministry. The active cases comprise 0.31 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.50 per cent.
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Amid rise in Covid cases, Centre asks Delhi & 6 states to fucus on testing, vaccination https://ift.tt/f8XZmI3
Delhi has contributed 8.2 per cent of India's weekly new cases in the week ending August 5 and has also recorded 1.86 times increase in average daily new cases from 802 in the week ending July 29 to 1,492 in in the week ending August 5.
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Omicron, sub-lineages circulating predominantly in India: Sources https://ift.tt/f8XZmI3
The national capital on Friday recorded 2,419 new COVID-19 cases, which is the highest in six months. India recorded as many as 19,406 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. The tally of COVID-19 cases is now at 4,41,26,994 including 1,34,793 active cases. Active cases account for...
More than 196.89 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses provided to States, UTs https://ift.tt/f8XZmI3
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID-19 vaccination started on January 16, 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from June 21, 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more...
Persecuted minorities from Pak get chance to practise medicine in India; NMC invites applications https://ift.tt/Ow7sX4b
The NMC had formed a group of experts in June to frame guidelines for a proposed test to enable the medical graduates among the persecuted minorities from Pakistan, who migrated and took Indian citizenship, to acquire permanent registration for practising medicine here.
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U.S. administers over 7,300 Novavax vaccine doses - CDC https://ift.tt/Ow7sX4b
The CDC in July recommended Novavax's two-dose vaccine for individuals aged 18 and above, hoping that the protein-based shot would find acceptance among people uncomfortable with the new messenger RNA technology-based Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc vaccines.
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LNJP hospital conducts study on Covid variant amid surge in cases https://ift.tt/Ow7sX4b
A senior consultant at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Dr Dhiren Gupta, said people who don't get tested themselves timely and don't follow COVID-appropriate behaviour land up with trouble. "Some of the people don't follow COVID appropriate behaviour, people get them tested only when they land up in trouble," Dr Gupta said.
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Centre holds meeting of experts on Monkeypox https://ift.tt/Ow7sX4b
According to existing 'Guidelines on Management of Monkeypox Disease' issued by the Centre, any person having a history of travel to affected countries within the last 21 days presenting with an unexplained acute rash and symptoms like swollen lymph nodes, fever, headaches, body aches and profound weakness is to be considered to be a 'suspected case'.
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1 in 8 patients develop long Covid symptoms: Lancet https://ift.tt/Ow7sX4b
The researchers found that several symptoms were new or more severe three to five months after having Covid-19, compared to symptoms before a Covid-19 diagnosis and to the control group, suggesting these symptoms can be viewed as the core symptoms of long Covid.
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INSACOG to review genomic surveillance weekly data today amid rising Covid-19 cases https://ift.tt/Ow7sX4b
According to the bulletin issued on 11 July by INSACOG, Omicron and its sub-lineages continue to be the dominant variant in India, "BA.2.75 subvariant has acquired more mutations in spike protein and other genes of the SARS-CoV-2," and it also mentioned that the variant is being closely monitored.
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National body nod to 5 new medical colleges in West Bengal, admission likely to start this year https://ift.tt/Ow7sX4b
The NMC has asked the principals of the newly set up medical colleges to give an undertaking that all necessary infrastructure following the NMC guidelines will be set up.
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Govt issues draft guidelines to improve working conditions of nurses in healthcare institutions https://ift.tt/vwgksDE
According to the draft guidelines, all healthcare establishments have to ensure adequate infrastructure and well-equipped work stations in all units or wards to enable efficient functioning of the nursing staff.
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India registers 20,551 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 1,35,364 https://ift.tt/vwgksDE
21,595 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 4.64 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 5.14 per cent.
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Intas & Dr Reddy's in race with PEs to buy US' Athenex https://ift.tt/vwgksDE
Athenex, which is into the development of cell therapies to treat cancers, had hired investment advisory firm Cowen Inc to run a formal process to find a buyer. "A formal process has started and the first round of offers have come in," said one of the people. "Intas and Dr Reddy's are the two Indian firms in the race at present. A transaction could...
U.S. regulators defend requiring more data on monkeypox drug https://ift.tt/vwgksDE
To win approval, SIGA Chief Scientific Officer Dennis Hruby estimates it will likely take a 500-patient, placebo-controlled clinical trial in the United States.
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NMC sanctions two new medical colleges at Porbandar and Godhra https://ift.tt/vwgksDE
A total five new medical colleges are proposed in the state of which two have been given the NMC nod. The other three proposed medical colleges are at Rajpipla, Navsari and Morbi.
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EU says Novavax COVID shot must carry heart side-effect warning https://ift.tt/vwgksDE
"We will work with the relevant regulators to assure our product information is consistent with our common interpretation of the incoming data," U.S. vaccine developer Novavax added.
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India registers 19,893 new COVID-19 cases, 53 deaths, active cases decline to 1,36,478 https://ift.tt/lsb7kew
20,419 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 4.64 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 4.94 per cent.
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Delhi reports 4th Monkeypox, India’s tally at 9 https://ift.tt/lsb7kew
A 31-year-old Nigerian woman is tested positive for monkeypox the first woman in the country to test positive for the zoonotic disease.
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Rectal pain & penile swelling new symptoms of monkeypox, doctors suggest isolation for 3 weeks https://ift.tt/lsb7kew
A BMJ study said that these symptoms are different from those during the previous outbreak.
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Meta sued for using tracking tool to access patients' data for ads https://ift.tt/lsb7kew
Meta (formerly Facebook) has been sued for violating patient privacy with a data tracking tool in the US.
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Aurobindo Pharma AP unit gets 3 USFDA observations https://ift.tt/lsb7kew
Aurobindo Pharma on Tuesday said the US health regulator has issued Form 483 with three observations after inspecting its manufacturing facility at Pydibhimavaram in Andhra Pradesh.
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Aurobindo Pharma AP unit gets 3 USFDA observations https://ift.tt/lsb7kew
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India registers 17,135 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 1,37,057 https://ift.tt/lsb7kew
19,823 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 4.67 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 3.69 per cent.
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Govt panel recommends Corbevax as booster for adults vaccinated with Covishield, Covaxin https://ift.tt/ZyuA3IP
The COVID-19 Working Group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) made the recommendation in its 48th meeting held on July 20, an official source told PTI.
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CEO Adar Poonawalla says SII conducting research to find monkeypox vaccine https://ift.tt/ZyuA3IP
The ICMR on July 27 invited expression of interest (EOI) proposing to handover the virus strain to interested Indian vaccine manufacturers, pharma companies and in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) for developing an indigenous vaccine and diagnostic kits. Meanwhile, a task force on monkeypox has been constituted to closely monitor the emerging situation in the...
Delhi reports 3rd monkeypox case, 8 confirmed in India https://ift.tt/ZyuA3IP
As more cases of monkeypox are being detected Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Health Minister said not to allay fears over the zoonotic disease and informed that India had already begun preparations to combat the contagious disease. There is no need to panic, patients need to be isolated and family members of the patient need to maintain distance from...
Bharat Biotech expects regulator's nod for intranasal COVID-19 vaccine in Aug https://ift.tt/ZyuA3IP
The Drug Controller General of India gave its nod to conduct clinical trials for BBIL's intranasal vaccine as booster dose. Separately, the DCGI also granted permission to the firm to conduct phase-3 clinical trial to compare the immunogenecity and safety of BBV-154 (intranasal) with Covaxin. This trial has been permitted to be conducted at nine sites.
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Overlapping crises accelerating health inequality: WHO https://ift.tt/ZyuA3IP
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that overlapping crises of Covid-19, inflation and cuts to foreign aid by wealthy countries are accelerating health inequality and disrupting health services.
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SII tells Centre it can supply 1 crore doses of qHPV vaccine against cervical cancer by December https://ift.tt/ZyuA3IP
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had on July 12 granted market authorisation to SII to manufacture qHPV.
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India registers 13,734 new COVID-19 cases, active cases decline to 1,39,792 https://ift.tt/ZyuA3IP
17,897 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 4.79 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 3.34 per cent.
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Chain smoker to get insurance claim for cancer treatment https://ift.tt/ZyuA3IP
An insurance company's arguments to reject a chain smoker's lung cancer treatment claim went up in smoke as a consumer court in Rajkot ordered it recently to reimburse him the entire bill within a month.
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Monkeypox can heal itself but will cause more deaths: WHO https://ift.tt/F7csaJz
The latest monkeypox outbreak which was first reported in May, has since spread to 78 countries with more than 18,000 cases, according to the WHO's last update on July 28.
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Pharma cos ready plans for monkeypox medicines https://ift.tt/F7csaJz
Domestic drug companies having the capability of manufacturing anti-retrovirals and anti-virals are readying plans to manufacture anti-virals and other medicines which may be effective for monkeypox, industry experts informed.
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'Growing concern' of Monkeypox in India? https://ift.tt/F7csaJz
The concern of the monkeypox virus is ebbing in India as a 22-year-old youth who died in Thrissur (Kerala) had tested positive for monkeypox, days after he returned from the UAE. The new zoonotic virus is seen as exasperation among many, as the outbreak has been declared a global health emergency by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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No takers for 40 super speciality seats despite zero percentile rider https://ift.tt/F7csaJz
Candidates who appeared and qualified in NEET 2021 said that of the 748 seats still vacant in the country, majority are in private colleges where the fees are very high - about 50 lakh per annum (1.5 crore for the three-year course). Just about 100 to 150 are in government colleges in surgical and non-clinical branches.
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