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Systemic Lapses In Blood Bank Regulations Lead To HIV Infections Among Thalassaemic Children In India
The recent spread of the AIDS causing virus to thalassaemic children due to blood transfusion lapses needs reforms and regulations.
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Screening For Depression Under Government Primary Healthcare May Save Up To Rs 482 Billion: Study
Screening for depression in government primary healthcare can save billions, improve mental health outcomes, and strengthen India's public health system
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Why Doesn't India Report Air Quality (AQI) Measure Beyond 500?
The air quality index (AQI) is a public health tool designed to communicate air pollution levels or the quality of air in simple terms.
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Health, Quality In Focus In Andhra Pradesh's New Liquor Policy
The Andhra Pradesh government is set to introduce a new liquor policy from September 1, with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu emphasising a shift in focus from revenue generation to public safety.
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Universal Vaccines Could Reshape How We Fight Future Outbreaks
Every year, the race begins anew. Scientists scramble to track mutating viruses, pharmaceutical companies reformulate vaccines and public health systems brace for another season of jabs and logistics.
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Why Chronic Loneliness Is As Dangerous As Smoking: Debunking Myths From Facts
In this article, we will debunk common myths surrounding chronic loneliness and explore the scientific facts that make it a public health concern just as serious as smoking.
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Harvard and Google Created the Most Detailed Map of Brain Using AI
In a landmark achievement, Harvard University and Google have developed the most detailed brain map ever created. This innovative project focused on a cubic millimeter of human cerebral cortex, a sample taken during an epilepsy surgery in 2014. Over a decade, biologists and machine-learning experts meticulously mapped approximately 57,000 cells and...
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watchOS 10 for Apple Watch Brings Widgets, Watch Faces, Mental Health Tracking, More
Apple announced watchOS 10 today at WWDC 2023. The latest wearable operating system will be available for developers starting today, while a public rollout is expected sometime this fall.
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Explainer: What Will Happen If China Relaxes Zero-Covid Curbs
China has started taking steps to ease its zero-COVID policy, fuelling a mix of relief and worry as the public waits to see the health consequences, and impact on the medical system, of a full-blown exit.
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Omicron Surge Strains Canada's Hospital System, Hits Health Workers
After a year as an emergency department nurse at a busy Toronto hospital in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Aimee Earhart called it quits last week. "We're just burnt out all the time," Earhart said.
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What Polio Taught This Nation Leading Europe's Covid Vaccination Drive
Spain has become a leader of Europe's virus vaccination drive against Covid-19, due to a deep trust in the public health system and close-knit family ties that encourage people to get the jab to protect relatives.
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Amazon, Intel, Google, More Companies Step Up to Combat India's COVID-19 Crisis
Global and Indian firms are flexing their industrial muscle to help the world's second biggest population battle coronavirus, coming to the rescue of a public health system buckling under the weight of surging infections and deaths.
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The 27-Year-Old MIT Grad Who Became A Covid Data Superstar
Spring 2020 brought with it the arrival of the celebrity statistical model. As the public tried to gauge how big a deal the coronavirus might be in March and April, it was pointed again and again to two forecasting systems: one built by Imperial College London, the other by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, or IHME, based in Seattle.
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Hero MotoCorp Donates Four Xtreme 200R First Responder Vehicles To Himachal Pradesh Health Authorities
The Hero Xtreme 200R First Responder Vehicles are custom-built and come equipped witha full-size stretcher, detachable first-aid kit, oxygen cylinder, wireless public announcement system and more.
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India-US Strategic Partnership Forum Highlights: PM Modi Says Pandemic Hasn't Impacted "Aspirations" Of People
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a special keynote address at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) third Annual Leadership Summit today, said a global pandemic has impacted everyone. "It's testing our resilience, public health system and economic system. The current situation demands fresh mindset where the approach to development is h...
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Systemic Lapses In Blood Bank Regulations Lead To HIV Infections Among Thalassaemic Children In India
The recent spread of the AIDS causing virus to thalassaemic children due to blood transfusion lapses needs reforms and regulations.
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Screening For Depression Under Government Primary Healthcare May Save Up To Rs 482 Billion: Study
Screening for depression in government primary healthcare can save billions, improve mental health outcomes, and strengthen India's public health system
-
Why Doesn't India Report Air Quality (AQI) Measure Beyond 500?
The air quality index (AQI) is a public health tool designed to communicate air pollution levels or the quality of air in simple terms.
-
Health, Quality In Focus In Andhra Pradesh's New Liquor Policy
The Andhra Pradesh government is set to introduce a new liquor policy from September 1, with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu emphasising a shift in focus from revenue generation to public safety.
-
Universal Vaccines Could Reshape How We Fight Future Outbreaks
Every year, the race begins anew. Scientists scramble to track mutating viruses, pharmaceutical companies reformulate vaccines and public health systems brace for another season of jabs and logistics.
-
Why Chronic Loneliness Is As Dangerous As Smoking: Debunking Myths From Facts
In this article, we will debunk common myths surrounding chronic loneliness and explore the scientific facts that make it a public health concern just as serious as smoking.
-
Harvard and Google Created the Most Detailed Map of Brain Using AI
In a landmark achievement, Harvard University and Google have developed the most detailed brain map ever created. This innovative project focused on a cubic millimeter of human cerebral cortex, a sample taken during an epilepsy surgery in 2014. Over a decade, biologists and machine-learning experts meticulously mapped approximately 57,000 cells and...
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watchOS 10 for Apple Watch Brings Widgets, Watch Faces, Mental Health Tracking, More
Apple announced watchOS 10 today at WWDC 2023. The latest wearable operating system will be available for developers starting today, while a public rollout is expected sometime this fall.
-
Explainer: What Will Happen If China Relaxes Zero-Covid Curbs
China has started taking steps to ease its zero-COVID policy, fuelling a mix of relief and worry as the public waits to see the health consequences, and impact on the medical system, of a full-blown exit.
-
Omicron Surge Strains Canada's Hospital System, Hits Health Workers
After a year as an emergency department nurse at a busy Toronto hospital in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Aimee Earhart called it quits last week. "We're just burnt out all the time," Earhart said.
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What Polio Taught This Nation Leading Europe's Covid Vaccination Drive
Spain has become a leader of Europe's virus vaccination drive against Covid-19, due to a deep trust in the public health system and close-knit family ties that encourage people to get the jab to protect relatives.
-
Amazon, Intel, Google, More Companies Step Up to Combat India's COVID-19 Crisis
Global and Indian firms are flexing their industrial muscle to help the world's second biggest population battle coronavirus, coming to the rescue of a public health system buckling under the weight of surging infections and deaths.
-
The 27-Year-Old MIT Grad Who Became A Covid Data Superstar
Spring 2020 brought with it the arrival of the celebrity statistical model. As the public tried to gauge how big a deal the coronavirus might be in March and April, it was pointed again and again to two forecasting systems: one built by Imperial College London, the other by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, or IHME, based in Seattle.
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Hero MotoCorp Donates Four Xtreme 200R First Responder Vehicles To Himachal Pradesh Health Authorities
The Hero Xtreme 200R First Responder Vehicles are custom-built and come equipped witha full-size stretcher, detachable first-aid kit, oxygen cylinder, wireless public announcement system and more.
-
India-US Strategic Partnership Forum Highlights: PM Modi Says Pandemic Hasn't Impacted "Aspirations" Of People
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a special keynote address at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) third Annual Leadership Summit today, said a global pandemic has impacted everyone. "It's testing our resilience, public health system and economic system. The current situation demands fresh mindset where the approach to development is h...
