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California doctors to lose licenses for spreading misinformation about COVID-19

September 3, 2022

The CDC data points out that the spread of false information and disinformation about COVID-19 vaccines has weakened public confidence and placed lives at...

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India set to roll out first indigenous cervical cancer vaccine

September 2, 2022

Estimates indicate that approximately 1.25 lakh women in the country are diagnosed with cervical cancer every year. Serum Institute of India (SII) will launch...

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COVID-19 vaccines saved over 19 million lives

August 29, 2022

Dr Oliver J Watson and colleagues, in their study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, concluded that in 185 countries and territories, 31.4 million...

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In a first, Italian man tests positive for Monkeypox, COVID-19, HIV

August 26, 2022

The man was in Spain between June 16 and 20, where he had unprotected sex with other men. Nine days later, he developed a fever and suffered from a sore...

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Dolo-650 case spotlights pharma freebies for doctors

August 22, 2022

The top seven pharma companies together spent Rs 34,186.95 crores in marketing in eight years making drugs expensive, petitioners told the Supreme Court...

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Long COVID’s debilitating effects

August 19, 2022

Between 7.7 and 23 million Americans suffer from Long COVID, and roughly one million people are unable to work due to it at any given time People with Long...

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Over 1 million Afghan children risk stunting due to malnutrition: HRW

August 16, 2022

More than 90 percent of Afghans have been suffering from some form of food insecurity since last August, skipping meals or whole days of eating and engaging in...

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Azithromycin is new paracetamol in India

August 13, 2022

Despite the studies to the contrary, the drug has caught on as a default treatment option for Covid-19 in the country. Azithromycin is now considered the most...

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Where does blockchain fit into healthcare

August 10, 2022

Blockchain’s global market value nearly tripled between 2018 and 2021 – from USD 1.57 billion to USD 4.67 billion. As health and tech intertwine...

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Bombay Blood Group: One of the rarest in world

August 8, 2022

Only 1 in 10,000 people on the Indian subcontinent and 1 in 4 million people worldwide have the Bombay phenotype. The only blood types that the average person...