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Food pantries can reduce food insecurity, improve students' health: Study

While food insecurity is a national concern in the US, college students are four times more likely than the general public to be food insecure

Startups selected in Accelerator prog to work on healthcare, agri solutions

15 startups selected in government's supported product accelerator programme for innovators developing solutions will soon start working towards solutions in healthcare, agriculture domains

Healthcare is among key focus areas of govt: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Union Civil Aviation and Steel Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday said that healthcare has been one of the key focus areas of the Modi government

T-Hub, Atal Innovation Centre pick 17 startups for healthcare innovation

Technology incubator T-Hub on Friday announced the launch of the third cohort of the Atal Innovation Centre (AIC) T-Hub Healthcare programme with 17 startups in the healthcare sector

Amid rising Covid concerns, Tamil Nadu readies with oxygen, hospital beds

The Tamil Nadu health department is readying itself for any surge in Covid-19 cases after the new variant, Omicron BF7 was detected in the country

As Covid-19 cases fall, Indians drag feet to get their booster shots

Less than 30,000 booster doses daily in December, vaccine coverage flat for two months

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Pope Francis wrote resignation note in case of health impediment

Pope Francis has revealed in an interview published on Sunday that shortly after being elected pontiff in 2013 he wrote a resignation letter in case medical problems impede him from carrying out his duties. Speaking to the Spanish newspaper ABC, Francis said he gave the note to Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, who then was the Vatican secretary of state. The pontiff added that he presumes that the prelate currently in that Vatican No. 2 role, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, now has the written instruction. Francis, who turned 86 on Saturday, had surgery in 2021 to repair a bowel narrowing and has been hobbled by knee pain that for months saw him use a wheelchair. Lately, he has increasingly used a cane instead of the wheelchair to get around in public. Asked what happens if health issues or an accident suddenly leaves a pope unable to do his job, and whether there should be a rule for such instances, Francis replied, In practice there is already a rule. I have already signed my renunciation," .

Possible neural link between early life trauma and eating disorder: Study

Research has revealed how a pathway in thebrain that typically provides signals to stop eating may be altered by early life trauma

Healthcare should transform to patient-centric: Karnataka Health Minister

Emphasizing on transformation in the healthcare sector, Karnataka Health Minister said that healthcare should be shifted from doctor-centric to patient-centric and hospital-centric to home-centric

US Prez Biden urges veterans to seek health benefits under new law

President Joe Biden urged military veterans on Friday to take advantage of new healthcare opportunities under legislation that he signed in August. He promoted the aid as he visited a Delaware National Guard facility named for his late son, Beau. It's one of the most significant laws in our history to help millions of our veterans who are exposed to toxic substances during their military service," he said. The law, known as the PACT Act, helps veterans get screened for exposure to things like Agent Orange, which was used for deforestation during the Vietnam War, and burn pits, where trash was destroyed on military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. The administration has been hosting scores of events around the country to draw attention to the new benefits. More than 730,000 veterans have already received screenings, according to the White House. Beau Biden, the president's elder son, served as a major in the Delaware National Guard. He died of brain cancer in 2015, and the president h

DCGI approves Biological E's 14-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

PCV14 may be administered to infants 6, 10 and 14 weeks of age in 3 doses

Search underway for medical transport plane that crashed off Hawaii coast

All Hawaii Life Flight transports have been temporarily paused as a standard procedure, report

Covid global health emergency hopefully ends next year, says WHO chief

He added, however, that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the culprit behind the Covid-19 pandemic, will not go away

Vaccine against cervical cancer to be included by mid-2023: NTAGI chief

India would be in a position to roll out the indigenously developed Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) against cervical cancer for girls in the age group of 914 under the National Immunisation Programme by mid-2023, NTAGI chairperson Dr N K Arora said. The CERVAVAC vaccine is likely to be launched by the Serum Institute of India (SII) in April next year and will be available at a much lower price than the international vaccines available in the market, Prakash Kumar Singh, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs at the SII said on the sidelines of the South Asia meeting on HPV here. The vaccine has received the DCGI's approval and been cleared by the government advisory panel National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) for use in the public health programme, Dr Arora told PTI. At present, the country is fully dependent on foreign manufacturers for the vaccine. Three foreign companies manufacture the HPV vaccine out of which two firms sell their vaccines in India. .

Indian Embassy, Nepal govt sign MoUs for projects in education, healthcare

The Embassy of India and Nepal government's Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration signed a Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) for undertaking three projects in Nepal

South Sudan declares measles outbreak; reports 2,471 cases, 31 deaths

'South Sudan has witnessed repeated outbreaks of measles since 2021 primarily due to the interrupted routine immunisation services'

Drug trials on human tissues, cells made in labs soon; new rules in offing

Pre-clinical trials of new drugs could soon be done on human tissues and cells developed in laboratories and not just on animals as the Union Health Ministry is working on bringing in amendments to the New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019. A recent draft notification to amend the rules stated that alternative technology platforms such as human organ on chips, micro-physiological systems and other in vitro or cell-based assays can be used prior to and in conjunction with animal testing to establish the safety and efficacy of new drugs before human clinical trials. Pre-clinical tests are important for establishing the safety and efficacy of investigational drugs. In September, the US Congress approved a landmark FDA Modernization Bill that allows a pharmaceutical drug developer to use alternative methods -- including cell-based assays, organ on chips, micro-physiological systems and other human biology-based test methods -- for establishing the safety and effectiveness of new or

11% of Covid cases that needed hospitalisations had lung scarring: Study

Up to 11 per cent of Covid cases that needed hospitalisation had lung scarring which may be irreversible and could get worse over time, according to a study conducted in the United States. The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, sought to determine the percentage of COVID-19 patients, with various degrees of severity, discharged from hospital who had a type of fibrotic lung damage, known as interstitial lung disease, that requires follow-up care. Interstitial lung disease refers to a broad group of diseases that are characterized by lung scarring, including idiopathic lung fibrosis. This scarring makes it difficult to breathe and get oxygen into the bloodstream. Lung damage caused by this may be irreversible and get worse over time. "We estimated that up to 11 per cent of hospitalised Covid patients had fibrotic patterning after recovery from the acute illness," said corresponding author Iain Stewart, an advanced research fellow (Rayne

Deadly Covid variants still transmissible between species, finds study

Computer simulations showed there is a still significant risk of mammalian cross-species infectivity