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Tedious road to recovery: Covid is also altering people's signatures

Children, too, are experiencing aftereffects such as sleeplessness, fatigue, brain fog

Endemic: Fourth Covid wave unlikely as immunity levels rise, say experts

Steady and stable infection rate with minor fluctuations for four weeks or more is when the disease is in endemic stage.

Covid vax effectiveness declines after 6 months without boosters: Study

The study indicated that vaccines were 94 per cent effective at preventing hospitalisation 50-100 days after receiving the shot but fell to 80.4 per cent 200-250 days later

Centre suggests states, UTs to allow relaxation of Covid restrictions

In the guidelines, sent to chief secretaries of all states and UTs, the centre emphasised that the wearing of masks, social distancing, hand hygiene and ventilation in closed spaces should continue

Covid-19 airborne particles can travel about 200 feet, says US study

Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory estimates that droplets encased in mucus could remain moist for up to 30 minutes and travel up to about 200 feet

Proactive For Her raises $5.5mn in series A round led by Vertex Ventures

Founded by Achitha Jacob in August 2020, Proactive For Her offers evidence-based primary and preventive healthcare services for women across life stages

Kerala records 8,989 fresh Covid cases, 25 deaths in last 24 hours

With 24,757 more people recovering from the virus since Sunday, the total recoveries in the state reached 62,08,837

New polymer coating for clothes may keep Covid, bacteria at bay

Canadian researchers have developed an inexpensive, non-toxic coating for almost any fabric that decreases the infectivity of the virus that causes Covid-19 by up to 90 per cent

167 deaths reported as AEFI after second Covid vaccine dose: Govt

The highest number of 43 fatalities has been reported as AEFI from Kerala, followed by 15 from Maharashtra

Covid numbers still 'absolutely staggering,' says World Health Organisation

Many experts have argued that the pandemic is on its end stage and slowly moving towards becoming an epidemic but WHO has maintained that this is not the end and a more severe variant is expected

Budget wishlist: Here are the key challenges in health care sector

Health care-focused REITs needs to be encouraged to finance infrastructure

Increase fund allocation for adolescents', elderly's health in budget: NGOs

Agewell Foundation found that the budgetary provisions can address the issues concerning them to a larger extent

Health care services offered on flat fee exempt from GST: AAR

The applicant devised a plan for providing health care services for the next 20 years for which a lump-sum amount, say, Rs 10 lakh, will be charged

Mandaviya meets doctors, HCWs who tested Covid positive at AIIMS Delhi

Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday met doctors and health workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi.

More Important Now than Ever: Corporate Wellness with Expert Marco Laterza

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Central control of health care

Decentralised decision-making works better

Eric Paskin on Recovery and Restore Health and Wellness Center

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What is the difference between RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Test?

The new guidelines of govt mandate foreign travelers to have a negative RT-PCR test report before entering India. Let us find out the most common types of tests which help us detect the Covid-virus

Rejuvenating sessions at India's finest retreats for the stressed urban lot

Want some time off to reflect, renew and restore? Visit a meditation retreat or a yoga and mindfulness resort to find your inner zen

With regulatory nods, Niramai's AI/ML-based breast cancer test to go global

Company's solution has been used to conduct over 43,000 screenings in India so far. Niramai's breast cancer test comes at a 20th of the cost of a typical mammography test and detects 20% more cases