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CAG set to conduct comprehensive audit of country's health sector

Current approach to be based in common parameters, goals and analysis, as opposed to earlier exercises done on the basis of some research or state-specific issues

Health Ministry sends high-level team to UP for dengue management

The team will collaborate with the State health authorities in instituting public health measures for Dengue management in Firozabad, Agra and Etawah districts

Biden administration extends Covid public health emergency till Jan 11

The Biden administration said on Thursday that the COVID-19 public health emergency will continue through January 11 as officials brace for a spike in cases this winter. The decision comes as the pandemic has faded from the forefront of many people's minds. Daily deaths and infections are dropping and people many of them maskless are returning to schools, work and grocery stores as normal. The public health emergency, first declared in January 2020 and renewed every 90 days since, has dramatically changed how health services are delivered. The declaration enabled the emergency authorisation of COVID vaccines, testing and treatments for free. It expanded Medicaid coverage to millions of people, many of whom who will risk losing that coverage once the emergency ends. It temporarily opened up telehealth access for Medicare recipients, enabling doctors to collect the same rates for those visits and encouraging health networks to adopt telehealth technology. Since the beginning of thi

Health ministry releases dos and don'ts to prevent contracting monkeypox

It also underlined that anyone can catch the virus if they have had prolonged or repeated contact with an infected individual.

This needle-free vaccine fights Covid variants better than traditional ones

Due to the constantly emerging new Covid-19 variants, the currently available vaccines may not be as effective

Monkeypox can spread irrespective of sexual orientation, race: WHO

Stigma and discrimination can be as dangerous as any virus, says WHO Director General

Half of India's states do not have a district hospital in each district

Delhi and Kerala have 3 district hospitals per district; Uttar Pradesh has two. Telangana has one hospital for five districts

India working on indigenous kit to test monkeypox as cases on the rise

At present, 15 VRDLs are equipped to test for monkeypox, including the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune

Transgenders in UP to get access to govt-run old age home facility

In a laudable gesture, the Yogi Adityanath government has decided to allow transgenders to avail the facility of old age homes run by the government

Country spearheaded fight against Covid under Modi's leadership: Mandaviya

The country also developed a "robust and strong mechanism to counter the public health issues," he said.

Govt docs agitation affects health services in Nagaland for second day

Members of Nagaland in-Service Doctors' Association have taken mass casual leave to press their demand for increase in the superannuation age of government medical practitioners from 60 to 62 years

Emergency healthcare provider CIPACA gets recognition, award

Emergency healthcare provider - CIPACA - on Friday said it has been awarded the Best ICU Growth Partner for rural hospitals in recognition of the disruptive model

Covid-19: Kerala sees 1,836 new cases, four deaths in last 24 hours

Ernakulam district reported the most number of patients (350) followed by Thiruvananthapuram (287) and Kollam (163)

Sputnik Light: SEC recommends permission for phase 3 trial as booster dose

The DCGI had on February 4 granted emergency use permission to Sputnik Light vaccine in India, subject to certain regulatory provisions

Covid-19: Kerala records 7,780 fresh cases, 18 deaths in last 24 hours

'As the number of recoveries were more than the new cases, the active cases dropped below one lakh to 85,875'

ICMR DG among 32 candidates in contention for post of AIIMS director

The incumbent, Randeep Guleria, slated to retire on March 23

Covid-19: Delhi records 586 cases, four deaths; positivity rate at 1.37%

The number of daily cases in Delhi has been on the decline after touching the record high of 28,867 on January 13

Covid vaccines have reached just half of world population: Report

The data shows that less than 11 per cent of people have received at least one dose against Covid in low-income countries

Govt health expenditure share in GDP increases from 1.15% to 1.35%

There has been an increase in the share of government health expenditure in the total GDP of the country, according to the National Health Account Estimate report

Interface between health training, communities must: Mansukh Mandaviya

Special focus is being provided to the states with an inadequately trained workforce, the minister said