During COVID-19, much excitement has surrounded the prospect of a vaccine and therapeutics. To discuss making sure as many as people who need these as possible and more, I spoke with Charles Gore, the executive director of the Medicines Patent Pool. Our conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Could you introduce yourself and …
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for a strike on December 11th over calls for Ayurvedic surgeons. The Government’s call for alternative medicine practitioners to be licensed to practise surgery was met with a strong backlash. As reported in The Independent, “the controversial move now sanctions practitioners of the traditional system to perform a …
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Health observers have warned throughout the COVID-19 pandemic of another dangerous outbreak running in parallel: the infodemic. In Bolivia, the infodemic just secured a win. The disturbing development highlights the need to combat misinformation everywhere, including in India. Bolivia’s new minister of health, Edgar Pozo, endorsed on Sunday a false claim about the medicinal value …
Today marks World AIDS Day. As of the end of 2019, HIV/AIDS has claimed 32.7 million lives. In India, 2017 alone saw 69,000 deaths due to HIV/AIDS. The organisation dedicated to combating HIV/AIDS is UNAIDS or, to give it its full title, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS. UNAIDS’s mission assumes heightened …
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today identified COVID-19 clusters in India. They reported that almost seventy percent of the country’s active cases of COVID-19 can be sourced from eight states and union territories. Per the Health Ministry, the states and union territories of Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and …
Long-time Indian National Congress (INC) politician and eight-term parliamentarian Ahmed Patel died yesterday due to complications from COVID-19. He was 71 years old. Patel, described as a “veteran” of the INC by NDTV.com, passed away at a hospital in Gurgaon. His son Faisal Patel announced the news on Twitter in a statement that read “with …
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The Government has expanded healthcare services through Ayushman Bharat centres, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced. Under Ayushman Bharat – officially the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), the Government has reportedly erected more than 50,000 health and wellness centres (HWCs) across the country to administer health services to the eligible …
In Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul and Spiti district, the village of Thorang has seen all but one of its residents test positive for COVID-19. Of the village’s 42 residents, just 52-year-old Bhushan Thakur tested negative for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – or, simply, coronavirus – which causes the disease COVID-19. The remaining 41 …
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The ever-popular smartwatches may have a new application: detecting COVID-19. New research suggests that the wearables could indicate a case of COVID-19 even before symptoms present in the wearer in question. The study, conducted by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine in the United States and published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, found that …
The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted manifold effects on society and health from all angles – including on child health. On this Universal Children’s Day, it is worthwhile assessing the impact. Telangana governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan pointed to child health earlier this week. She called for more attention to be paid to child health; as reported …
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