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Abbott faces criminal investigation over baby formula, says report

The Michigan plant came to national attention in 2022 after FDA, while fielding reports of infants sickened by formula produced there, found strikingly unsanitary co

Digital healthcare provider MediBuddy lays off around 200 employees

MediBuddy, an end-to-end digital healthcare platform in India, has laid off 8 per cent of its workforce, around 200 people, across all departments as a restructuring exercise

Medical value travel key to address disparities in healthcare system: Govt

One of the highlights of three days meeting was a side event on Medical Value Travel

Union Budget 2023: Experts don't expect surprises in social sector outlay

While experts believe that provision for various social schemes may go up, the sector is unlikely to see any major announcements

Budget wishlist: Pharma, healthcare industries seek simplified regulations

Fortis Healthcare MD & CEO Ashutosh Raghuvanshi said increased policy support is required to encourage, facilitate medical value travel to India

Cipla launches diagnostic device, says it will provide results in minutes

Cippoint offers parameters to test for cardiac markers, diabetes, infectious diseases, fertility

Over 100 mn records linked digitally to Ayushman Bharat Health Account

Over 300 million citizens have generated their unique Ayushman Bharat Health Accounts (ABHA) so far

Germany to scrap Covid mask rule mandate in long-distance transport

Germany will soon drop a mask mandate on long-distance trains and buses, one of the country's last remaining COVID-19 restrictions, the health minister said on Friday. The mandate will be dropped on February 2, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach announced in Berlin. Other European countries already have scrapped mask mandates in public transport, and Lauterbach faced increasing pressure to follow suit in recent weeks. Masks remain mandatory in doctors' practices, while masks and negative tests are still required to enter hospitals and nursing homes. Rules for local transportation are a matter for Germany's 16 state governments, and an increasing number have dropped or are dropping their mask mandates. Some also have scrapped rules requiring infected people to isolate at home. The long-distance transportation rules were scheduled to end on April 7, though legislation allows for them to be suspended earlier if the situation is better than expected. After one of Germany's top virologis

A chance to reclaim the health of humanity

India's presidency of G-20 is a unique opportunity for the global community to build a consensus around a guiding philosophy that collaboration has a much higher value than competition in healthcare

Global cyberattacks rise 38% with healthcare most targeted in India: Report

The top three most attacked industries in 2022 were Healthcare, Education/Research, and Government/Military

Vaccines only for those with comorbidities, uninfected, say experts

Warning against unnecessary and irrational use of vaccines, the report emphasised that vaccination should be recommended only for those with comorbidities or those who have never had Covid-19

Shortage of healthcare workers may rise to 10 mn by decade-end: WEF study

The shortage of healthcare workers globally could rise to 10 million by the end of the decade, affecting access to care, inequities and treatment of mental health, a new report said on Monday. Launched in the run-up to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2023 in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos, the report said the rise in healthcare spending has fast-tracked progress in telehealth, vaccines and precision medicine, but businesses and policy-makers must tackle worker burnout and boost access to health. It also cited a case study from India, the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), launched by the Union Ministry of Family and Health Welfare, to enable the world's largest digital health landscape. "Given ABDM is envisioned to digitise the entire healthcare environment in the country, its success relies on its adoption by all players. "Thus far, the adoption of ABDM has been a key challenge, which has been limited and staggered mainly due to data interoperability, ...

Healthcare edtech start-up Virohan raised $7 mn from Blume Ventures

Company's omnichannel platform trains students in allied healthcare programmes

AIIMS can achieve excellence through superior quality care: Health Minister

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Sunday stressed on providing superior quality of clinical care, the highest standards of medical education and cutting-edge research at all AIIMS for them to transform into institutes of global excellence. Addressing the sixth meeting of the Central Institute Body (CIB) of all new AIIMS in Bhubaneswar, he asked representatives of all AIIMS to learn from other institutes of national importance like the IITs and IIMs. CIB is the highest decision-making body of all AIIMS for matters related to finance, infrastructure, vacancy, recruitment, enforcement of policies, challenges and procurement. The agenda of Sunday's meet was to review compliance with decisions taken in earlier CIB meetings. "This CIB is not only for review of the compliance of earlier decisions but is also a 'Chintan Shivir' for pooling in insights, fresh ideas, innovative thoughts and suggestions based on rich experience and expertise of all participants," Mandaviya said. He sai

Health sector Rajasthan govt's biggest priority, says CM Ashok Gehlot

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday termed the health sector "biggest priority" of the state government. Ninety per cent people of Rajasthan are covered under the Chief Minister Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme, Gehlot said asserting that the state ranks first in the country in providing health insurance to the common man. Only 41 per cent people in the country have health insurance coverage, he claimed. The chief minister was addressing the National Dentist Training Workshop organised by the Rajasthan State Dental Council at the SMS Medical College here on Sunday. He said the awareness of people towards their health has increased with time. In this sequence, the importance of dentistry has also increased. He said that a budget of Rs 100 crore has been allocated for the development of state-of-the-art facilities in the Jaipur Dental College. Along with this, a dental college is also going to be opened in Jodhpur. The chief minister said there has been unprecedented

'Health budget should be increased by 30-40% to sustain growth'

After Covid, the healthcare sector has become one of the key areas for the budget allocations as industry looks towards the Centre's intervention to make healthcare affordable and accessible to all

China could bring down potential death toll to less than 200,000: Study

The researchers said that without the "flatten the curve" strategy, more than 1.27 billion people would be infected within three months and 1.49 million people would die within half a year

We aim to be one of India's top CDMO, API players: Advent's Shweta Jalan

'Suven alone has multiple engines of growth across all segments and a strong pipeline of Phase 3 and late Phase 2 molecules'

Covid or common cold? What to do if you have symptoms this Christmas

Along with Covid, northern hemisphere countries including the US and the UK are currently seeing or have recently seen large increases in influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and the common cold

India reports 196 new Covid infections, active cases rise to 3,428

India logged 196 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases marginally increased to 3,428, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,77,302). The death toll stands at 5,30,695 with two fatalities reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.56 per cent, while the weekly positivity was pegged at 0.16 per cent, the ministry said. It said 35,173 tests for detection of Covid have been conducted in the last 24 hours. The active cases comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate increased to 98.80 per cent, the ministry said. An increase of four cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,41,43,179 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.19 per cent. According to the ministry's website, 220.05