Over 2k of 64k anaemia patients in state have sickle cell disease says health dept

State health minister Banna Gupta distributed pink and blue cards to individuals with sickle cell disease and Ayushman Bharat cards to the beneficiaries. State health minister Banna Gupta along with top officials of the health department was present at the inaugural event of the national mission held at the Kokodaro Health and Wellness Centre here in Kanke.

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Active COVID cases in country dip to 1490

The COVID case tally was recorded at 4.49 crore (4,49,94,281). The national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.81 per cent, according to the health ministry website.

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Preventive health check-ups will witness major disruption with coming of new players: Dr Sushil Shah

Delivering the keynote address at the second edition of ETHealthworld’s India Diagnostics Summit, Dr Sushil Shah, Chairman, Metropolis Healthcare Ltd highlighted that startups, corporate giants, pharmaceutical companies and large hospital chains have ventured into digital pathology which is disrupting the industry, broadly impacting health check-ups, chronic disease and acute disease treatment.

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Benchmarking quality cost and regulation is a must for diagnostics spectrum: Healthcare Leaders

ETHealthworld’s recently concluded India Diagnostics Summit 2023 had many profound speakers who shared their expertise on the issues pertaining to quality, cost, and regulation in the diagnostics spectrum. The eminent speakers who participated in the inaugural discussion laid emphasis on the effective implementation of public-private partnerships, the need to encourage cost-effective quality production in India, clear-cut policy beyond the National Health Mission (NHM) focusing on equity for people who cannot afford it, amongst others.

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Make adequate arrangements to tackle diseases caused by heatwave: UP govt to health dept

Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak issued these instructions during a meeting with all chief medical officers (CMOs) and chief medical superintendents (CMS) of the state's districts on Sunday.

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Health officials on alert after rise in fever cases in Kerala

In June, the state reported a spike in dengue cases compared to the previous months registering 877 cases till now. In May, April, and March the state had reported 530, 127, and 269 cases, respectively.

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Pfizer expects to run out of antibiotic supply soon

Supply of the drug, Bicillin L-A, is expected to be exhausted by the end of this quarter, the company said in a letter to the US health regulator dated Monday. Pfizer's penicillin products have been in shortage since April.

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Cyclone 'Biparjoy': Action plan in place to tackle medical and health emergencies, says Union health minister

The administration has set up shelter homes with rations, meals, and facilities for pregnant women and children. An action plan was put in place yesterday (Monday) for medical and health emergencies.

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Centre 'rejects' AIIMS-D site

The Union ministry of health and family welfare secretary Rajesh Bhushan in his letter to state health department additional chief secretary Pratyaya Amrit in which it was mentioned that the proposed land for AIIMS at Darbhanga is low-lying where earth filling of more than 10 metres is required.

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MoHFW hits back & calls CoWIN data breach reports mischievous; ropes CERT-In

Although the Health Ministry has not shied away from calling its Co-WIN portal completely safe with adequate safeguards in place for data privacy, MoHFW has at the same time roped in the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) to further investigate the alleged data breach and called for a report on the same.

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U.S. government sets penalties on 43 drugs over price hikes

Drugmakers hiked the price of these 43 drugs by more than the rate of inflation and are required to pay the difference of those medicines to Medicare, the federal health program for Americans over age 65.

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MoHFW organises webinar on NAFLD

In view of NAFLD emerging as a growing health concern, the primary objective of this capacity-building webinar organised under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases was to foster knowledge exchange, promote collaboration, and raise awareness about non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and its impact on global health among medical officers in the country.

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Newer heart transplant method could allow more patients a chance at lifesaving surgery

Duke Health researchers said Wednesday that using those long-shunned hearts could allow possibly thousands more patients a chance at a lifesaving transplant, expanding the number of donor hearts by 30 per cent.

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Biotechnology enabling quest for effective TB vaccine

Modern biotechnology has varied applications, especially when it comes to high-burden settings like India, where the current treatment regimen for TB takes a toll on the physical, social, economic, and mental state of an individual affected by this disease. The availability of a TB vaccine would significantly impact global health by reducing the incidence, mortality, and transmission of this infectious disease.

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Beverage lobby differs with WHO on sweeteners

WHO had said non-sugar sweeteners such as aspartame and stevia do not help in weight loss, while increasing risk of certain diseases. Health groups had called for 'restrictive use only' messages on all foods and drinks with artificial sweeteners.

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Active COVID cases in India dip to 3,343

The active cases now comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.81 per cent. As per the Health Ministry data, an overall 202 new coronavirus infections were recorded on Sunday, while the active cases have decreased to 3,343 from 3,502.

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Officials holding sensitive posts for long: Delhi's health dept seeks certificate

The decision came after the vigilance department brought to notice that several officers/officials in the subordinate offices under the health and family department have been on the same post for over three years.

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Pfizer says its experimental antibiotic combo can treat some superbug infections

Deaths from antibiotic-resistant bacteria, also known as superbugs, have been on the rise globally, and health regulators have called for the development of newer treatments as resistance to older antibiotics grows.

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Gambia hires US law firm to consider action on toxic Indian cough syrup, minister says

At least 70 children in Gambia, most under 5 years old, died from acute kidney injury between June and October. Local doctors suspected cough syrups imported from India were the likely culprit, Reuters reported earlier this year, and tests by the World Health Organisation (WHO) confirmed the presence of lethal toxins, sparking a global hunt for contaminated medicines.

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New health indicators to determine well-being: Study

The article explains that this approach can also advance the UN's third Sustainable Development Goal (SDG3): 'to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all'. Though SDG3 targets both health and well-being, its progress is assessed using mortality and morbidity data. Systematically tracking and analyzing human functioning data across populations can guide efforts to achieve the full vision of SDG3.

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