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NEET UG Scrapped: IMA President Welcomes NTA Decision, Aspirant Says Two Years Of Hard Work Wasted
The NEET UG cancellation fuels frustration among lakhs of medical aspirants. The officials have appealed to students to rely only on official information.
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Video: Dog Carries Human Leg, Shimla Hospital Says Staff Forgot To Lock Door
Investigation into the shocking video of a stray dog walking around with a human leg between its jaws near a hospital in Shimla has revealed gross negligence in disposing of medical waste
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Long Covid And Alzheimer's Might Be Driven By Similar Changes In The Brain, Says New Study
A new study from New York University finds that long Covid and Alzheimer's may share biological pathways, with choroid plexus changes linked to brain inflammation, waste clearance issues, and cognitive decline.
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80% Of Bangladesh's Health Budget Is Wasted, Says General Secretary Of Private Hospital
Bangladesh's healthcare system has become capable of meeting the majority of domestic demand, but chronic mismanagement and poor planning are draining nearly four-fifths of the sector's public spending.
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Coca-Cola, Pringles, Nutella Among 2,000 Items Recalled Over Rodent Contamination Risk In US
Handling or consuming the affected items could lead to illnesses such as Salmonella infection or leptospirosis.
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Viruses On Plastics May Fuel Antibiotic Resistance, Warn Researchers
Plastics entering natural environments quickly become coated with microbial biofilms called the 'plastisphere', known to be hotspots for antibiotic resistance genes, the team, including researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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When Madhubala Asked Her Sister To "Not Waste Money" On Her Medical Treatment: "She Was Reduced To A Skeleton"
Madhubala's illness was discovered on the sets of Bahut Din Huye(1954), where the actress spat out blood while brushing her teeth
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"Medical Seats Should Not Go To Waste When Country Faces Shortage Of Doctors": Supreme Court
Precious medical seats should not go to waste when the country was facing acute shortage of doctors, the Supreme Court on Friday said and directed the authorities to hold fresh counselling for filling up the vacant seats.
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China's Covid Mass Testing Mantra Is Building A Waste Mountain
Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste that has become the environmental and economic levy of a zero-Covid strategy.
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Massive Volumes Of Covid Hospital Waste Threaten Health, Environment: WHO
Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the COVID-19 pandemic have piled up to create tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste, threatening human health and the environment, a World Health Organization report said.
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Video Shows Madhya Pradesh Plant Washing Used Covid Safety Kits For "Resale"
In a shocking case of violation of Covid protocols, a video reportedly from Madhya Pradesh's Satna district shows used Covid safety gears being washed for resale by a bio-waste disposal plant.
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US, Japan, EU Space Agencies Will Host Hackathon to Study COVID-19 Impact on Environment
Space agencies of the US, EU, and Japan are organising a hackathon aimed at studying the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the environment.
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Covid - Treat The Second Wave As An Emergency
Today, as the fear of a second wave engulfs us, it seems we have learnt nothing from how the world wasted February 2020, allowed COVID-19 to spread. Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned yesterday that if we did not act fast, this time rural India could be severely hit and if that were to happen our medical system would collapse.
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Safety Gear, Medical Waste Float In Chhattisgarh's Flooded COVID-19 Ward
A few hours of heavy rain on Friday flooded a government hospital's COVID-19 isolation ward in Chhattisgarh, where coronavirus cases have been on rise since September. The rain also disrupted the hospital's power supply forcing the staff to shift nine patients - six of them suspected to have Covid and three in need of oxygen - to another floor.
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Segregation Of Covid Waste Must To Avoid Coronavirus Spread: NGT
Segregation of COVID-19 biomedical waste from other biomedical waste is a must to avoid further spread of the infection and its adverse impact on public health, a bench of the National Green Tribunal headed by its Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said. The court added that mass awareness must be created on the subject through the Doordarshan a...
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NEET UG Scrapped: IMA President Welcomes NTA Decision, Aspirant Says Two Years Of Hard Work Wasted
The NEET UG cancellation fuels frustration among lakhs of medical aspirants. The officials have appealed to students to rely only on official information.
-
Video: Dog Carries Human Leg, Shimla Hospital Says Staff Forgot To Lock Door
Investigation into the shocking video of a stray dog walking around with a human leg between its jaws near a hospital in Shimla has revealed gross negligence in disposing of medical waste
-
Long Covid And Alzheimer's Might Be Driven By Similar Changes In The Brain, Says New Study
A new study from New York University finds that long Covid and Alzheimer's may share biological pathways, with choroid plexus changes linked to brain inflammation, waste clearance issues, and cognitive decline.
-
80% Of Bangladesh's Health Budget Is Wasted, Says General Secretary Of Private Hospital
Bangladesh's healthcare system has become capable of meeting the majority of domestic demand, but chronic mismanagement and poor planning are draining nearly four-fifths of the sector's public spending.
-
Coca-Cola, Pringles, Nutella Among 2,000 Items Recalled Over Rodent Contamination Risk In US
Handling or consuming the affected items could lead to illnesses such as Salmonella infection or leptospirosis.
-
Viruses On Plastics May Fuel Antibiotic Resistance, Warn Researchers
Plastics entering natural environments quickly become coated with microbial biofilms called the 'plastisphere', known to be hotspots for antibiotic resistance genes, the team, including researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
-
When Madhubala Asked Her Sister To "Not Waste Money" On Her Medical Treatment: "She Was Reduced To A Skeleton"
Madhubala's illness was discovered on the sets of Bahut Din Huye(1954), where the actress spat out blood while brushing her teeth
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"Medical Seats Should Not Go To Waste When Country Faces Shortage Of Doctors": Supreme Court
Precious medical seats should not go to waste when the country was facing acute shortage of doctors, the Supreme Court on Friday said and directed the authorities to hold fresh counselling for filling up the vacant seats.
-
China's Covid Mass Testing Mantra Is Building A Waste Mountain
Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste that has become the environmental and economic levy of a zero-Covid strategy.
-
Massive Volumes Of Covid Hospital Waste Threaten Health, Environment: WHO
Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the COVID-19 pandemic have piled up to create tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste, threatening human health and the environment, a World Health Organization report said.
-
Video Shows Madhya Pradesh Plant Washing Used Covid Safety Kits For "Resale"
In a shocking case of violation of Covid protocols, a video reportedly from Madhya Pradesh's Satna district shows used Covid safety gears being washed for resale by a bio-waste disposal plant.
-
US, Japan, EU Space Agencies Will Host Hackathon to Study COVID-19 Impact on Environment
Space agencies of the US, EU, and Japan are organising a hackathon aimed at studying the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the environment.
-
Covid - Treat The Second Wave As An Emergency
Today, as the fear of a second wave engulfs us, it seems we have learnt nothing from how the world wasted February 2020, allowed COVID-19 to spread. Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned yesterday that if we did not act fast, this time rural India could be severely hit and if that were to happen our medical system would collapse.
-
Safety Gear, Medical Waste Float In Chhattisgarh's Flooded COVID-19 Ward
A few hours of heavy rain on Friday flooded a government hospital's COVID-19 isolation ward in Chhattisgarh, where coronavirus cases have been on rise since September. The rain also disrupted the hospital's power supply forcing the staff to shift nine patients - six of them suspected to have Covid and three in need of oxygen - to another floor.
-
Segregation Of Covid Waste Must To Avoid Coronavirus Spread: NGT
Segregation of COVID-19 biomedical waste from other biomedical waste is a must to avoid further spread of the infection and its adverse impact on public health, a bench of the National Green Tribunal headed by its Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said. The court added that mass awareness must be created on the subject through the Doordarshan a...
