Sushmi Dey
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Govt plans to reduce prices of critical drugs on August 15
India News: In a move that is expected to bring relief to many patients by bringing down cost of healthcare, the Centre may announce a crucial decision on August → Read More
4 crore eligible beneficiaries yet to get first Covid jab in India
India News: An estimated four crore eligible people are yet to initiate Covid vaccination in the country as on July 18, even as the government has made vaccinatio → Read More
India crosses 200-crore Covid-19 vaccine doses mark
India News: NEW DELHI: India achieved a major landmark as Covid-vaccinations crossed 200 crore doses on Sunday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulating ci. → Read More
Covid vaccine: Government to give free boosters from tomorrow for 75 days
India News: So far, less than 1% of the target population of 77.1 crore in the 18-59 age group has been administered the precaution dose. However, 25.84% of the 1 → Read More
Centre reduces gap between 2nd & booster doses of Covid vaccine to 6 months from 9
India News: In a move that is expected to enhance coverage of booster or “precaution dose” against Covid-19, the health ministry has reduced the gap between the → Read More
Can BCG boosters check TB's spread? ICMR to find out
Science News: In a move that can be crucial in tuberculosis elimination, ICMR's apex TB research institute plans to start a BCG booster trial among kids and adolesc → Read More
Experts: GST on hospital beds will burden middle class
India Business News: NEW DELHI: Patients seeking high-end care at private hospitals may have to shell out more as the GST Council has recommended levying 5% tax without in. → Read More
Centre concerned over increasing Covid cases in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, 3 other states
India News: Even as Maharashtra and Kerala have 60% of total active cases of Covid-19, the Centre is concerned over rapidly increasing cases in states like Delhi → Read More
Type 1 diabetes rising among kids: National study
India News: NEW DELHI: At a time when the pandemic has disproportionately hit people with diabetes, the ICMR on Monday released a guidance document for the manage. → Read More
Covid-19: 80% in 15-18 age group have got first vaccine dose
India News: India has vaccinated over 80% of adolescents between 15-18 years age with at least the first dose of Covid vaccine, crossing another major milestone → Read More
CGHS payment delay worries private hospitals
India News: rivate hospitals have raised concerns over delay in payment for treating patients under government’s Central Government Health Services (CGHS) scheme. → Read More
Government puts ports, airports on alert over rising cases of monkeypox
India News: NEW DELHI: Amid rising cases of monkeypox in several countries, India has stepped up surveillance and asked its port and airport officers to be vigila. → Read More
WHO's estimates based on assumptions are flawed
India News: And why rush to publish mortality statistics when member countries are still grappling with the pandemic? → Read More
‘At 2.4 million in 2019, India led world in pollution deaths’
India News: While ambient air pollution alone may have led to nearly 1.7 million deaths in India in 2019, fatalities attributed to traditional sources of pollutio → Read More
Nearly one billion people globally denied access to assistive products: Report
India News: NEW DELHI: Nearly one billion people globally are denied access, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, even as more than 2. → Read More
Govt mulls reducing gap between second dose and booster dose for those travelling abroad
India News: The health ministry is considering a proposal to reduce the gap between the second dose of Covid vaccine and the precaution dose to three months for → Read More
WHO Covid toll report flawed and unacceptable, say states
India News: Health ministers of several states, including Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Punjab where non-BJP parties are in office, have unanimous → Read More
India’s Covid toll 47 lakh, says WHO; govt slams report
India News: India and the World Health Organization are at loggerheads over the latter’s new estimates of 47 lakh excess deaths in the country due to the Covid-19 → Read More
Covid: Just over a lakh out of 66 lakh eligible people in 18-44 age group have taken third shot
India News: Hospitals say though 18-59 years is a large cohort and opening up of the booster dose for this segment was seen as a major positive decision, the dema → Read More
43.6 lakh children, 11 lakh pregnant women vaccinated under govt's Indradhanush programme
India News: NEW DELHI: Even as routine immunisation suffered a major slowdown due to Covid-19 pandemic, the government recently identified and covered 43. → Read More