UK set to increase immigration health surcharge from January 2024

The main rate of the immigration health cost for most people will go up from £624 per year to £1,035 per annum. If you're a student or under 18, the cost will go up from £470 per year to £776 per year. The immigration health surcharge must be paid upfront when an applicant submits an application to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.

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Air Pollution: Delhi, neighbours put on alert for health emergency

The advisory says, doctors and other staff at healthcare facilities should be oriented to manage these issues. It also stresses the need to ensure availability of medicines needed to manage acute respiratory, heart-related or brain-related conditions and have adequate oxygen supply, nebulisers and ventilators. The government has asked states to establish and expand surveillance on air pollution-related illnesses, analyse statistics on ailments related to it, and share the findings with state and central agencies for timely action.

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Pakistan: 'Brain-eating amoeba' claims another life in Karachi

As per the health department, a resident of Bufferzone Karachi in the metropolis died due to Naegleria. He had been suffering from fever and headaches for the last three days, said the spokesperson of the Sindh Health Department.

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Delhi: Poor air quality affects mental development of children, say health experts

Voicing concerns over the declining air quality in the national capital, Dr Neeraj Kumar Gupta, Head of Pulmonology Department at Safdarjung Hospital, Delhi, said, "The people living in Delhi have to breathe in the air quality, which has reached a very poor category, which may cause serious diseases."

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Antibiotics for common childhood infections not effective in large parts of world: Study

According to a study led by the University of Sydney, many antibiotics recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) showed less than 50 per cent efficacy in treating children disorders such as pneumonia, sepsis (bloodstream infections), and meningitis. The findings show that global antibiotic guidelines are out of date and must be modified.

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Study reveals improving deep sleep can help avoid dementia

The study, led by Associate Professor Matthew Pase, from the Monash School of Psychological Sciences and the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health in Melbourne, Australia, and published today in JAMA Neurology, looked at 346 participants, over 60 years of age, enrolled in the Framingham Heart Study who completed two overnight sleep studies in the time periods 1995 to 1998 and 2001 to 2003, with an average of five years between the two studies.

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Delhi hospitals witness spike in emergency patients as air pollution increases: AIIMS

A study conducted by the top four hospitals on the relationship between rising pollution and emergency cases coming to hospitals showed that deteriorating air quality has a severe impact on human lungs and overall health. The study that was conducted between 2017 and 2019 included the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi; Kalavati Saran Children's Hospital; Vallabhbhai Chest Institute; and the National Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases Hospital.

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