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Haryana govt committed to provide better health facilities: CM Khattar
The number of doctors will be raised from 13,000 at present to 28,000 in Haryana, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday asserting that the state government is committed to provide better health facilities to its citizens. The chief minister was addressing the second convocation at the OP Jindal Auditorium at Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha on Saturday. He announced a grant of Rs 81.5 crore for Maharaja Agrasen Medical College, Agroha. In this project, Rs 25 crore will be spent for construction of various facilities in medical college, Rs 17 crore for hostel construction, Rs 23 crore for the purchase of various equipment and Rs 16.5 crore for other resources, he stated. In order to provide the benefit of Ayushman Bharat scheme to more poor families by the government, the annual income slab of BPL families has been increased to Rs 1.80 lakh, the chief minister said. "After this the number of BPL families will increase from 10 lakh to about 22 lakh. All these famili
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Monkeypox virus can linger on common household items, shows US govt study
Though it's not yet clear if that can spread the monkeypox infection, according to a government study
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Data story: India logs 12,608 new cases of Covid-19; 72 more deaths
India has added 91,868 cases in the past 7 days
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Data story: India logs 9,062 new Covid-19 cases, death toll at 527,134
India has added 95,559 cases in the past 7 days
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US President Biden signs major climate change and health care law
US President Joe Biden signed into law a sweeping bill to lower health care costs and address climate change, representing a key win for Democrats in Congress
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Lack of treatment guidelines hampering monkeypox care globally, study shows
A dearth of high quality, up to date clinical guidance on monkeypox may be hampering effective and safe treatment of the infection around the world, according to a review
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Monkeypox can now spread to animals from humans, health officials warn
Health officials are warning people who are infected with monkeypox to stay away from household pets, since the animals could be at risk of catching the virus
Raju Srivastava still on ventilator, condition 'slowly' getting better
There is a slight improvement in the condition of popular comedian-actor Raju Srivastava, who continues to remain in the ICU on life support, his business manager said
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Medicine from sky: Arunachal gets drone-based healthcare services
Arunachal Pradesh on Monday successfully launched the first flight of drone service - 'medicine from the sky' from Seppa to Chayang Tajo in East Kameng district
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Data story: India records 8,813 new Covid-19 cases, lowest in 63 days
India has added 102,544 cases in the past 7 days
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Data story: India adds 14,917 new Covid cases, active tally at 117,508
India on August 15 reported an increase of 647 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 117,508
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Free education, healthcare are not freebies: Arvind Kejriwal on I-Day
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asserted that free education and healthcare are not freebies and said if people are given access to them, India can become the top country in the world
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Eight firms express interest in developing monkeypox vaccine to ICMR
ICMR has received 31 bids from manufacturers showing interest in developing vaccine and diagnostic kits against the monkeypox virus after the medical body floated the Expression of Interest (EOI)
N Korea moves toward pre-Covid normalcy; lifts mask mandate, eases curbs
North Korea has lifted a face mask mandate and eased anti-virus curbs as the country moves toward normalcy after declaring victory in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic
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Data story: India adds 15,815 new Covid cases, 68 deaths in 24 hours
India has so far administered 2,077,162,098 vaccine doses
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Data story: India adds 16,561 new Covid cases, death toll at 526,928
India has added 115,969 cases in the past 7 days
Omicron 20-30% more infectious: INSACOG to review data of Covid variants
Amid rising COVID cases in the national capital and other States, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) will review the data of genomic surveillance of COVID-19 variants
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Monkeypox can become endemic; here's how it can be stopped in its tracks
Since May of this year, more than 26,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported worldwide prompting the World Health Organisation to declare it a public health emergency
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Health experts feel Covid-19 cases in Delhi are mild but underreported
"It seems as if the coronavirus next wave has already started as a huge number of cases are coming and most of them are underreported"
Still possible to control monkeypox outbreak, says former FDA chief
Former US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) chief Scott Gottlieb said that the response to the virus has to be wider to control it, though.