Bill Gates predicts the next COVID19 like pandemic: "The chance of a pandemic is..."

When pressed about global preparedness, Gates was unequivocal: "We're absolutely not" ready for another potential outbreak. His assessment stems from ongoing concerns about worldwide health infrastructure and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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China bans livestock product imports from numerous countries on disease worries

The ban, which also includes processed and unprocessed products, comes after the World Health Organization released information of disease outbreaks in various countries, according to a series of announcements by China's General Administration of Customs dated Jan. 21.

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India, Indonesia sign MOUs for cooperation in health, traditional medicine; renew one on maritime security

Another MoU was signed in the field of Traditional Medicine Quality Assurance between the Pharmacopoeia Commission for Indian Medicine and Homeopathy, which comes under the Ministry of AYUSH and the Indonesian Food and Drug Authority.

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Zoonotic diseases, climate change threaten human health: Former WHO scientist

She said that most health threats today originate from environmental factors and suggested establishing an Environmental Health Regulatory Agency in India.

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Budget 2025: SBI urges higher healthcare spending, uniform GST on medical devices and tax exemptions

The report also noted that the government should consider exempting GST and taxes on term and health insurance premiums, increase the healthcare budget to 5 per cent of GDP, and rationalize GST rates on medical devices to a uniform 5 per cent -12 per cent.

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Income tax in Budget 2025: Why section 80D limit for health insurance premium must be raised and allowed in new tax regime

For general citizens below the age of 60 years, the limit for 80D deduction was raised from Rs 15,000 to Rs 25,000 in budget 2015 and it has not changed since then. For senior citizens the deduction limit was raised from Rs 30,000 to Rs 50,000 in the budget 2018.

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Mysterious illness in J-K: Over 200 people shifted to quarantine centres in Rajouri

Top health officials have identified a common factor among all those who lost their lives in Badhaal village as involvement of the brain and damage to the nervous system.

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