WHO weighs up AI risks and benefits for healthcare

The WHO has been examining the likely dangers and benefits posed by AI large multi-modal models (LMMs), which are relatively new and are quickly being adopted in health.

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Genotyping can detect COVID variants more rapidly: Lancet study

The researchers said genotyping allowed COVID variant information to be more rapidly detected and communicated to frontline health protection professionals at the height of the pandemic.

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India logs 305 new COVID-19 cases

India saw a single day rise of 305 new cases of COVID-19, while the number of active cases of the infection has declined to 2,439, the health ministry said on Thursday. Three deaths -- one each from Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat -- have been reported in a span of last 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.

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Insurance cover under Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme likely to be doubled

The Union health ministry is also planning to double the beneficiaries to 100 crore under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) to include Kisan Samman Nidhi recipients, construction workers, non-coal mine workers and ASHA workers in the next three years.

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Indian Army signs agreement to provide cancer treatment to ECHS beneficiaries

MSCI, a renowned Cancer Hospital, has entered into this partnership to facilitate Cashless and Capless Medical Treatment to beneficiaries under the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) across the State of Mizoram which includes ECHS beneficences of Assam Rifles at CGHS rates, read an official statement.

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What is Disease X? WHO panel to debate on deadly virus that could kill 20 times more than COVID-19

The cause of mysterious Disease X is currently unknown, yet it is considered a serious microbial threat. The World Health Organization added Disease X in 2017 to a short list of pathogens deemed a top priority for research, alongside known killers like Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Ebola.

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88 more samples +ve, JN.1 now dominant Cov strain in state

State health department sources said these cases have been isolated from about 135 samples sequenced so far since December-end at the Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani.

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