Page 18 - Health Care

DATA STORY: India adds 86,498 cases; death toll goes past 350,000-mark

India has so far administered 236,198,726 vaccine doses. That is 814.57 per cent of its total caseload, and 16.96 per cent of its population

103 people have died so far due to black fungus in Andhra Pradesh: Official

Black Fungus has so far claimed 103 lives in Andhra Pradesh, Principal Secretary (Health) Anil Kumar Singhal said here on Monday.

Joe Biden turns to Barack Obama to help boost health care enrollment

Joe Biden turned to his old boss, Barack Obama, to help him encourage Americans to sign up for Obamacare health care coverage during an expanded special enrollment period in the pandemic

Life sciences firm Bayer launches consumer health division in India

The division will strengthen Bayer's presence in India

Education Minister Nishank admitted to AIIMS with post-Covid complications

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank" was admitted to the AIIMS on Tuesday morning due to post-Covid complications

India reports fewest daily new Covid cases in 50 days; deaths below 3,000

India reported 127,510 new infections- its lowest total in 50 days - while 2,795 more succumbed to the pandemic in 24 hours

Andaman and Nicobar coronavirus update: 21 new cases, 1 fresh fatality

The Covid-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 7,005 on Tuesday, while the Union territory's coronavirus death toll reached 115

Mizoram coronavirus update: State reports 312 new cases in 24 hours

Mizoram has reported 312 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Department of Information and Public Relations, Mizoram, informed on Tuesday

Ladakh coronavirus update: 165 new cases, 105 recoveries reported

The Union Territory of Ladakh reported 165 fresh Covid-19 cases, 105 recoveries and two deaths on Monday, as per the Department of Information and Public Relations, Leh.

Chhattisgarh coronavirus update: State records 2,163 new cases, 32 deaths

The state's Covid-19 count rose to 9,71,463, while the death toll increased to 13,048

Vaccinating people only long-term solution to Covid crisis in India: Fauci

America's top public health expert Dr Anthony Fauci has called for a scale-up in manufacture of coronavirus vaccines both domestically and globally to fight the deadly pandemic

India could see 1 million Covid-19 deaths by August 1, says Lancet

The editorial in the medical journal has quoted Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation data

India's pharma market rebounds in April, clocks 51.5% sales growth

Low base of April 2020, pick-up in demand for Covid-19 drugs major contributors to growth

Hospitals to reap the benefits of RBI's health care liquidity injection

While top hospital chains reported an average borrowing cost of 9.8% in H1FY21, loans under the special RBI liquidity window for the health care sector are expected to come at around 6%

Cognizant reports good numbers in Mar quarter, revises revenue guidance

Net income for the first quarter of CY21 was $505 million, up 37%

Health care infrastructure is India's only pain point: USISPF's Mukesh Aghi

In an interview with Shreya Nandi, Aghi talks about the global task force on pandemic response and how it plans to support India

Covid-19: No time wasted in allocating relief material, govt clarifies

Says high-burden states with higher caseload are a priority

SpiceXpress airlifts 700 oxygen concentrators from Guangzhou to New Delhi

SpiceXpress, the air cargo arm of SpiceJet, on Monday transported 700 oxygen concentrators from Guangzhou (China) to New Delhi amid acute shortage of medical oxygen in the country in the wake of massive spike in the number of Coronavirus infection cases pan-India. The airline has airlifted more than 4,400 oxygen concentrators from the USA, Hong Kong, Singapore and China in the last two weeks, SpiceJet said in a release. The B737 freighter aircraft, carrying 700 oxygen concentrators, landed in Delhi at 10 am on Monday, it said. SpiceXpress had on April 24 airlifted 800 oxygen concentrators followed by another consignment of 1,000 oxygen concentrators on April 28 from Hong Kong to Delhi. These oxygen concentrators had been ordered by SpiceHealth for emergency use and distribution across India. With a network spanning 63 domestic and 50 international destinations and a fleet of 19 cargo planes, SpiceXpress is capable of flying over 600 tonnes of cargo daily to domestic and internatio

Amid Covid, Swiggy announces 4-day work week for employees for month of May

The policy applies to about 5,000 full-time Swiggy employees spread across the country

Covid-19 second wave: Can India find a way out of its health nightmare?

The health system in India has broken down, with scarcities in everything from hospital beds to oxygen, says Virologist Shahid Jameel in an interview with Bobby Ghosh