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Argentina's Covid-19 death toll tops 30,000 after 345 new fatalities

Buenos Aires remains the worst hit province in the South American nation

Mexico coronavirus update: Death toll rises by 495 to surpass 90,000

The number of fresh coronavirus cases jumped by 5,595 in the same time

Jordan's coronavirus caseload exceeds 60,000 after 3,087 fresh infections

The country's death toll from the virus climbed by 32 to 700

Iran records its worst daily Covid-19 death toll; Iraq's tally over 460,000

Iran on Wednesday said 415 people died in the past 24 hours due to Covid-19.

Ziqitza Healthcare Ltd. - Asia's largest private EMS company expanded its Corporate Wellness portfolio in India

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Fortis to add 1,300 new beds in existing facilities in the next 2-3 years

Company to also launch a digital solution for all healthcare needs and plans to rope in partners

Fortis Hospital inaugurates 250-bed multispecialty facility in Chennai

Fortis already operates a 170-bed multispecialty hospital in the city

With 83,000 new cases US sets Covid infection record; deaths near 224,000

In the southern Idaho city of Twin Falls, St. Luke's Magic Valley Medical Center said it would no longer accept children because it is overwhelmed with coronavirus patients

Mouthwashes, oral rinses may inactivate human coronavirus, shows study

A recent study conducted at Penn State College of Medicine suggests that certain oral antiseptics and mouthwashes may have the ability to inactivate human coronaviruses

USFDA approves Remdesivir as first Covid-19 therapy amid WHO reservations

Approval unlikely to increase prices immediately as Gilead has said licenses are royalty-free until the end of the health emergency

Financial, physical health emerge as top stressors amid Covid-19: Study

: Financial and physical health has emerged as the top stressor for Indians ahead of relationship and family amid the COVID-19, according to a survey. Nine out of 10 Indians say financial health has a profound impact on their well-being, the survey by digital wealth management platform Scripbox revealed. The survey on Wealth & Well-being', aimed to understand investor behaviour and sentiment amid the coronavirus, was conducted ahead of World Savings Day celebrated on October 31. Amid the pandemic, Indians have been the most stressed because of their physical health (54 per cent) followed by financial health (46 per cent) ahead of family (28 per cent) and relationships (23 per cent), according to the findings. Nearly 50 per cent save zero to 20 per cent, and 20 per cent save between 20 and 30 per cent of their income, the study said. "Indians are also recklessly safe with their savings with a majority preferring fixed income products such as PPF, LIC and other ...

Why is Modi still so popular even as India fails to fight coronavirus

In the absence of significant national opposition, voters have been willing to give Modi a very long leash

Siemens Healthineers to invest Rs 1,300 cr in India innovation hub

The company also said it has plans to hire an additional 1,800 digital tech experts in the next 10 years

Apollo launches clinics to help patients with post-Covid health effects

A number of sudden deaths in post-COVID patients have been reported and most of these are attributed to acute cardiac events

Tech, healthcare firms seen to be attractive IPO investments going ahead

With markets flush with liquidity, the number of companies going public in the quest for funds were on the rise globally, during July-Sept quarter, and investor interest has been adequately responsive

Actor Soumitra Chatterjee's health improves, doctors plan to make him walk

Doctors said the octogenarian was administered "rigorous" physiotherapy to help him improve quickly and they are planning to read out stories to him, besides continuing his music therapy

Antibodies fade quickly in recovering Covid-19 patients, study finds

Antibody levels in the blood of COVID-19 patients drop rapidly during the weeks after their bodies have cleared the novel coronavirus, and symptoms have subsided, according to a study. In the absence of approved, effective treatments for COVID-19, some hospitals have been treating patients with severe symptoms with blood plasma from recovering patients. If convalescent plasma is ultimately shown to have a clear benefit, the new study published in the journal mBio concluded that it needs to be collected during a specific window of time after recovery. However, recovering patients can't donate blood until at least 14 days after symptoms have subsided, to give the body time to clear viral particles. "We don't want to transfuse the virus, just transfuse the antibodies," said Andres Finzi at the University of Montreal in Canada. "But at the same time, our work shows that the capacity of the plasma to neutralise viral particles is going down during those first weeks," Finzi said. The s

'Mumbai, Delhi has a third the Covid deaths per million than DC, Madrid'

K. Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India speaks on the current trajectory of Covid-19 cases in India, treatment and vaccines for the disease

Industry leaders to participate in UAE-India Healthcare Conference 2020

The importance of countries cooperating in the medical sector and how affordable, worldclass services could be made available to the common man would be among the topics in focus during the virtual UAE-India Healthcare Conference 2020' on Monday. The webinar is being hosted by the Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate General of India in Dubai, in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and Invest India. Policy makers, medical industry leaders and top executives of allied sectors -- private and public -- from the two nations will exchange ideas on how best India and the UAE can collaborate to deliver accessible, affordable and worldclass healthcare to its people, according to an official statement on Sunday. The pandemic has highlighted the need for deeper engagement between health systems as the world today is more inter-dependent and connected and people travel and work in multiple geographies. Indian Ambassador to the UAE Pavan ...

PM Modi to address Grand Challenges Annual Meeting over Covid-19 on Monday

The meeting is being organised for accelerating progress across the Sustainable Development Goals in the post-pandemic world and ways to manage the Covid-19 challenge