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Karnataka govt simultaneously launches 114 'Namma Clinics' across State

The Karnataka government on Wednesday simultaneously launched 114 'Namma Clinics', which would provide primary healthcare services to vulnerable sections, especially the urban poor and daily wage workers, across the state. The Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai inaugurated a Namma Clinic at Bhairidevarakoppa in Hubballi of Dharwad district in the presence of Health Minister K Sudhakar, among others. Twelve types of health services will be available at these centres free of cost, and each clinic will consist of a medical officer, a nurse, lab technician, and a Group D employee, an official statement had said earlier. Health Minister K Sudhakar said the government is working to operationalise all 438 Namma Clinics across the State as announced earlier and all the remaining ones will be functional by January-end. A total of 243 of Namma Clinics will be functioning under the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) area, and work is underway to make them operational for public service by

Study finds climate change can cause itchy eyes, runny nose

Researchers have discovered how the contiguous United States' two most common allergies, oak and ragweed pollen, would vary due to climate change

AIIMS to get digi library to streamline procurements, increase transparency

To increase transparency and streamline procurement process, the AIIMS administration here has decided set up a digital library on which all supply and work orders will be made public from April 1 next year. The Procurement Digital Library - a repository of all the supply and work orders -- will ensure transparency and reduce the burden of RTI's related to procurement at the institute, according to an office memorandum issued on December 9. "The data on this PDL shall also be helpful to other government institutions for benchmarking their engineering and stores procurement against AllMS procurement trends, prices and specifications," the OM issued by AIIMS Director Dr M Srinivas said. All supply and work orders shall be mandatorily uploaded on the PDL as soon as the order is issued to the vendors, it said. The reference to last purchase price and consumption pattern for similar items available on the stores digital library shall be placed on record in the e-file while seeking ...

AIIA inks agreements with international institutions for promoting Ayurveda

In a bid to promote Ayurveda across continents, the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Medical Sciences, Cuba, and extended the agreement with Rosenberg European Academy of Ayurveda (REAA), Germany, for five more years to take forward collaborative programmes. The agreements were signed on the sidelines of the 9th World Ayurveda Congress and Arogya Expo. The MoU with Havana-based University of Medical Sciences was signed between Cuban Ambassador to India Alejandro Simancas Marin and Dr Tanuja M Nesari, the director of AIIA. The extension of collaboration with REAA was initiated by the academy's director Mark Rosenberg and Dr Nesari. With these collaborations, Delhi-based AIIA, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of AYUSH, has 15 international partners and 35 national partners under its collaborative activities, Dr Nesari said. These partnerships come at a time when there is a big acceptance of Ayur

Adults who address stress are able to avoid negative health results: Study

A new study has found that younger adults who take preemptive steps to respond to stress are better able to avoid those negative health outcomes

Lessons from Covid: Pharma firms turn attention to adult vaccination

Vaccine companies have warmed up to the idea of adult vaccines for other diseases such as pneumonia, flu and shingles as well

Union Minister Pawa stresses on patient service referral system

Union Minister Bharati Pravin Pawar on Sunday said there is a need for an organised patient referral service system at various levels of the health care system in Odisha. The Union Minister of state for Health and Family Welfare, who visited AIIMS, Bhubaneswar here, said the daily footfall in the premier hospital is about 10,000 which puts a lot of burden on the facility. Pawar suggested various measures to address the daily huge footfall and patient waiting time for various services. While emphasizing on the need for an organized patient referral service system at various levels of the health care service system, she said in order to build such a type of robust patient referral criterion, there is requirement of a collaborative approach between AIIMS and other state-run health care institutions. She cited the example of effective COVID management during pandemic through a sound referral system across the country. During her visit, the Union Minister inaugurated a multi-utility .

Maharashtra records 50 new coronavirus cases, one death in 24 hours

Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 50 new coronavirus cases, 58 recoveries and one fatality, the health department said in a bulletin. The state's COVID-19 case tally rose to 81,35,757, and death toll reached 1,48, 407. The state had recorded 23 cases and zero fatality on Monday. Mumbai recorded six cases and one fatality on Tuesday. Pune city recorded eight cases. The case fatality rate stands at 1.82 per cent. There are 431 active cases in the state now. As many as 58 patients recovered from coronavirus infection, taking the cumulative recoveries in the state to 79,86,919. The recovery rate in the state stands at 98.17 per cent. Maharashtra's coronavirus figures: New cases: 50; Fatality: 1; Active cases: 431; New Tests: 8,075.

Maternal Mortality Ratio dips to 97 in 2018-20 from 130 in 2014-16

Maternal Mortality Ratio has declined from 130 per lakh live births in 2014-16 to 97 per lakh live births in 2018-20, according to a special bulletin released by the office of the Registrar General of India. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya attributed the improvement to the Narendra Modi government's various healthcare initiatives. Maternal mortality in a region is a measure of the reproductive health of women in the area. Many women of reproductive age die due to complications during and following pregnancy and childbirth or abortion, the Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2018-20 said. The present bulletin provides the level of maternal mortality for the period 2018-2020. According to World Health Organization, "Maternal death is the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from ...

ICMR recommends avoiding antibiotics for low-grade fever, issues guidelines

ICMR found in a survey that a large number of patients were no longer benefitting from the use of certain antibiotics as they have developed anti-microbial resistance to them

Chhattisgarh sees three COVID-19 cases, six recoveries; active tally now 20

Chhattisgarh on Friday reported three COVID-19 cases at a positivity rate of 0.16 per cent, taking the tally to 11,77,722, while the death toll remained unchanged at 14,145, an official said. The recovery count increased by six and stood at 11,63,557, leaving the state with 20 active cases, he said. "Durg accounted for two cases and Balodabazar one. With 1,846 samples examined during the day, the tally of coronavirus tests in the state went up to 1,87,94,096," he added. Chhattisgarh's coronavirus figures are as follows: Positive cases 11,77,722, new cases 3, death toll 14,145, recovered 11,63,557, active cases 20, today tests 1,846, total tests 1,87,94,096.

Govt has identified AMR as key priority in national health policy: Centre

The government has identified antimicrobial resistance as a key priority in its national health policy and a series of initiatives have been taken to build systems to counter it, Union minister Bharti Pawar said on Friday. Pawar was delivering India's national statement at the third Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on AMR at Muscat in Oman. The minister of State for Health said India's example of prioritizing the development and implementation of state action plans for containment of AMR is a best practice that can be further discussed and emulated by other countries, a Union Health Ministry statement quoting the minister said. Pawar elaborated that India's National Action Plan for containment of AMR (NAP-AMR) was officially released on April 19, 2017. The Delhi Declaration on AMR, which is an inter-ministerial consensus, was signed at the launch of NAP-AMR, by the ministers of the concerned ministries pledging their whole-hearted support in AMR containment. She emphasized

MP sees lone Covid-19 case, no death; recovery count rises by six

Madhya Pradesh on Sunday reported one COVID-19 case, which took the tally to 10,54,888, while the death toll remained unchanged at 10,776, an official said. The recovery count increased by six to touch 10,44,091, leaving the state with 22 active cases, the official informed. With 2,902 samples examined during the day, the number of coronavirus tests in MP went up to 3,01,98,008, he added. Coronavirus figures in MP are as follows: Total cases 10,54,881, new cases One , death toll 10,776, recoveries 10,44,091, active cases 22, number of tests so far 3,01,98,008.

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Active Covid-19 case load drops below 1,000 in Tamil Nadu: Health Dept

Tamil Nadu has reported 104 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the overall tally to 35,93,023, the Health department said on Tuesday. There were no fresh fatalities and the death toll remained unchanged at 38,048 a medical bulletin said here. As many as 169 people recovered in the last 24 hours, aggregating to 35,54,067 leaving 908 active infections. Chennai added 26 new COVID-19 cases, Chengalpet and Kanyakumari 10 each while the remaining cases were spread across districts. Dharmapuri, Kallakurichi, Karur, Mayiladuthurai, Perambalur, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Tenkasi, Thanjavur, Theni, Thirupathur and Thiruvarur recorded zero new cases each. The state capital leads among districts with 216 active infections and overall 7,92,898 coronavirus cases. A total of 8,126 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, pushing the cumulative number of tests so far to 6,98,41,367, the bulletin said.

Chhattisgarh records 9 coronavirus cases, no new death; active tally at 103

Chhattisgarh on Tuesday reported nine new COVID-19 cases at a positivity rate of 1.04 per cent, taking the overall tally to 11,77,645, while no fresh death linked to the infection was registered in the state, an official said. The death toll remain unchanged at 14,144. The recovery count stood at 11,63,398 after 22 people recovered during the day, leaving the state with 103 active cases, he said. Durg led with 7 cases followed by 2 in Dhamtari district. No new coronavirus cases were reported in 26 of the 28 districts, said the official. With 862 swab samples examined during the day, the tally of coronavirus tests carried out so far in the state went up to 1,87,57,478, he added. Chhattisgarh's coronavirus figures are as follows: Positive cases 11,77,645, new cases 9, death toll 14,144, recovered 11,63,398, active cases 103, total tests 1,87,57,478.

Mumbai logs 44 new COVID-19 cases, zero fatality; active tally at 396

Mumbai on Tuesday recorded 44 new coronavirus cases that raised the tally of infections to 11,54,478, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said. As per a bulletin issued by the civic body, the death toll remained unchanged at 19,741 and the count of recoveries reached 11,34,341 after 83 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours. There has been a slight rise in infections, as the city had reported 25 cases on Monday. With a positivity rate of 98.2 per cent and doubling rate of 12,014 days, the city now has 396 active cases, the bulletin said. As many as 3,769 swab samples were tested in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of tests conducted in the state to 1,84,87,127, it said.

How a SARS-CoV-2 virus protein damages the heart tissues, study finds

Scientists have identified the mechanism behind how SARS-CoV-2 virus damages the heart tissue. People infected with COVID-19 are at a significantly higher risk for developing inflammation of the heart muscle, abnormal heart rhythms, blood clots, stroke, heart attacks, and heart failure for at least a year after infection, compared to those who have not been infected with the virus, said the study. The scientists, who are from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, US, then used a drug to reverse the toxic effects of the SARS-CoV-2 virus protein on the heart. "Our research shows that individual SARS-CoV-2 proteins can each do major damage to specific tissues in the body similar to what has been found for other viruses like HIV and Zika," said senior author Zhe Han. Their findings, based on research with fruit flies and mouse heart cells, were published in Nature Communications Biology. Although scientists around the world rapidly developed vaccines and medications to lessen the ..

Researchers find out new treatment for inflammatory bowel diseases

Inflammation of the intestine occurs in people with inflammatory bowel illnesses, which can thicken the gut wall and result in a potentially fatal blockage of the intestinal tube

Research finds adult survivors of cancer have higher bone fracture risk

Adult cancer survivors, particularly those diagnosed within 5 years and/or have a history of chemotherapy, have an increased risk for bone fractures