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Govt okays MoU between India, Suriname for cooperation in health, medicine

The main areas of cooperation between the two governments include exchange and training of medical doctors, officials, other health professionals and experts

World Coronavirus Dispatch: The case for showing proof of immunity

Trump admin refused Pfizer's offer to get the US more doses, Japan prepares $700 billion stimulus, Thailand uses drones for border surveillance, and other pandemic related news from across the globe

Little co-relation between health spend and Covid-related results: Ind-Ra

While hospitals and beds are essential to manage case load, administrative intervention is a must for mass-scale testing and arresting the spread of the disease, the report says

Govt kickstarts Budget-making exercise; health outlay may get 50% boost

FY22 infrastructure allocation also likely to see significant increase

India's health spend low, needs to be made priority: Niti Aayog's V K Paul

Says competing priorities have subdued it, Calls for raising spend to 8% of budget

Joe Biden wipes away tears during town hall with frontline workers

US President-elect Joe Biden wiped away tears as he heard emotional testimonies from healthcare workers during a virtual town hall on Wednesday

Hotels limp back to normalcy as business travel remains depressed

Recovery still far away; blended average occupancy up 28-30% in current quarter from 18-25% in three months to September

Covid-19 Factoid: India records lowest single-day spike in over 3 months

Belgium has the highest active case ratio in the world while Mexico becomes the 11th nation with over a million cases

Global coronavirus update: Death toll crosses 1.3 mn, says Johns Hopkins

The global tally of deaths due to coronavirus has crossed 1.3 million, according to the latest update by the Johns Hopkins University.

ICMR-Serum Institute Covid vaccine completes enrolment for phase 3 trials

ICMR and SII have further collaborated for the clinical development of COVOVAX (Novavax) developed by Novavax, USA and upscaled by SII

Improving outlook to help P&G Hygiene maintain sales growth momentum

Company's revenues improved by 18 per cent in September quarter compared to over the year-ago quarter, with growth coming from its portfolio of brands.

Pandemic pushes up demand for CT scanners; firms gear up to meet surge

For Siemens, around 50 per cent are first-time buyers, 30 per cent are adding machines for Covid-19

Global Covid-19 cases top 49.7 million, deaths at 1,249,010: Johns Hopkins

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 49.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1,249,010, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Covid-19 Factoid: Total number of cases in the US crosses the 10 mn mark

The US again added more than 100,000 cases yesterday, while Delhi added the most number of cases among all Indian states

AYUSH Ministry's coronavirus 'remedies' lack evidence, add to cwonfusion

These AYUSH recommendations have upset some doctors and made frontline workers' jobs more difficult

Low on staff, motivation: Regulators fail to enforce air quality standards

The study found staff shortages, increased workloads, poor understanding of the health impacts of pollution, poor coordination with related agencies and low levels of motivation

Nokia Mobiles Global VP Ajey Mehta quits to start own venture in healthcare

Mehta was also responsible for overseeing Nokia Mobiles' business in India

People's bodies now run cooler than 'normal' - even in the Bolivian Amazon

Despite the fixation on 98.6 F, clinicians recognize that there is no single universal "normal" body temperature for everyone at all times

West Bengal reports record 3,945 single-day Covid-19 recoveries, 61 deaths

This takes the tally of recoveries to 3,21,873, while the death toll rose to 6,725

Why herd immunity through infection is dangerous, deadly and might not work

A population has achieved herd immunity when a large enough percentage of individuals become immune to a disease