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'Vaccine nationalism' could spawn new variants, warns medical expert

Attempts by developed nations to monopolise the production of coronavirus vaccines and hoard them, a phenomenon described as 'vaccine nationalism', could weaken the fight against the pandemic and lead to spawning of new virus variants with vaccine resistance, a leading medical expert has warned. This assumes significance in the wake of the massive spread of Omicron and detection of a new COVID-19 variant in France, temporarily named as 'IHU'. "The narrow, self-centric, behaviour may not only turn out to be epidemiologically self-defeating and clinically counterproductive, but is also bound to prolong the pandemic by perpetuating the spread of the contagion in and across unprotected populations," according to Prof (Dr) Yatish Agarwal, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi. If the majority of the world population goes unvaccinated, the toll taken by COVID-19 illness will continue to wreak havoc, Prof Agarwal writes in an article that appears in the ...

Third wave of Covid-19 here, doctors and nurses brace up yet again

The pandemic has taken a physical and emotional toll on frontline workers but they are carrying on with resilience

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Health index needs a rejig

Statsguru: Six charts that explain the state of Indian healthcare

Analysis shows that UP did not show any gains in most parameters concerning health outcomes

Sensex sheds 503pts, Nifty ends at 17,368; financials slip, Tega jumps 60%

The BSE Midcap index was down 0.5 per cent, while the Smallcap index was up 0.2 per cent

Portea's Meena Ganesh on the evolving home healthcare in India

The past two years have been transformative for the home healthcare industry, says Meena Ganesh, co-founder, Portea. She says her focus is on developing a strong tech ecosystem to manage patients

Apollo Hospitals sees 4-fold jump in profit to Rs 267.4 cr in Sept quarter

The healthcare major on Friday reported an over fourfold jump in its consolidated net profit

Govt gave nod to 157 new medical colleges since 2014: Health Ministry

"On completion, nearly 16,000 undergraduate medical seats would be added" said the Union Health Ministry.

Veera Health raises $3mn in funding led by Surge, Global Founders Capital

Digital health startup for women offers nutrition therapy, lifestyle coaching and doctor support.

To use artificial life support, or not to

Throw in the financial consequences and you know that your loved ones will be under tremendous pressure if they have to make this decision

French companies pledge support for India's health infrastructure

The Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI) has raised over EUR 6.1 million (Rs 55 crore) from French companies based in India to support its ongoing fight against the Covid pandemic.

PM Modi chairs meeting to review National Digital Health Mission

Chairing a high-level meeting on Thursday to review the National Digital Health Mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that it will bring ease of living for citizens as they can avail a large number of health services via it. The PMO said Modi directed that steps be expedited to expand operations under the NDHM, noting that the platform's utility to the citizens will be visible only by way of enabling them across the country to avail of services like tele-consultation with a doctor, availing services of a lab, transferring test reports or health records digitally to the doctor and paying digitally. He asked the National Health Authority, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Electronics & IT to coordinate efforts in this direction. Modi had announced the launch of NDHM during his Independence Day address in 2020. Since then, the digital modules and registries have been developed and the mission has been rolled out in six Union Territories. So far, nearly 11.9 lakh Health .

HC asks Centre, Delhi govt, MCDs to give accommodations to health workers

The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the Centre, Delhi government and municipal corporations to provide accommodations to all the health workers

International Nurses Day 2021: A day for health workers helping us in Covid

May 12 is the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.

Harsh Vardhan says India, US have strong collaboration in public health

India and US have developed strong collaboration in the area of public health which extends to enhancing co-operation and support in the unprecedented times of Covid-19, Dr Harsh Vardhan said

Covid negative test before vaccination may help reduce India's caseload

Most recover from Covid quite easily and it is important for people to not stress.

Medical oxygen requirement increased 7 times; met 60% demand: Inox Air

According to industry figures, the pre-Covid demand for liquid medical oxygen before the pandemic was 700 tonne per day across the country

Cred boss, Unacademy co-founder, others back healthcare startup Onsurity

The startup which began its journey last Feb has on boarded 700 SMEs as healthcare partners

India registers 17,921 fresh coronavirus cases, 133 related deaths

India's Covid-19 tally rose to 11,262,707 with 17,921 fresh cases being reported in a day, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday

India records over 18,000 new Covid cases for 3rd day, 97 fresh fatalities

New cases of coronavirus infection in India were recorded above 18,000 for the third consecutive day taking the tally of Covid-19 cases to 11,229,398