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5 Tests That Will Help You Take Better Care Of Your Mother

Here are the five most important tests your mother needs with increasing age and health issues

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India Releases 2020 Death Data Ahead Of WHO COVID Mortality Study It Objects

Some experts estimate India's actual COVID death toll is as high as 4 million, about eight times the official figure, especially as a record wave driven by the Delta variant killed many people in April and May of last year

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Prioritise Gut Health

It is estimated that more than 1.1 million people in India have ulcerative colitis, and at least 300,000 more have Crohn’s disease. Neha Berry M.D., D.M. Consultant, Institute of Digestive and Liver diseases, BLK-Max Super Specialty Hospital, talks to BW Businessworld about inflammatory bowel disease and its management

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COVID Virus Can Evolve In Animals, Spawn Variants That Can Jump Back To Humans: Scientists

While there is no consensus about the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, many scientists believe it likely jumped from bats to humans, either directly or through another species being sold live in a market in Wuhan, China

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Active Covid-19 Cases In Country Rise To 16,522 With 30 Fresh Fatalities

With 2,541 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,60,086, while the active cases increased to 16,522, according to the Health Ministry

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India Hails Findings Of UN's Global Crisis Response Group On Food Purchase

India has hailed UN Secretary-General's Global Crisis Response Group's recommendation for exempting purchases of food by the WFP for humanitarian assistance from food export restrictions

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Delhi Records 517 Fresh Covid Cases, Positivity Rate Falls To 4.21%

Delhi has been witnessing an upward trend in daily Covid positivity rate in the last few days

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Too Early To Do Away With Face Masks, But Onus On Public, Says Experts

While some states have decided to stop penalising people for not wearing masks as COVID cases continue to drop, healthcare experts believe it is too early to do away with the restriction

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Bayer To Set Up 27 Telemedicine Centres Across 8 States

The centres being set up in partnership with RxDx Healthcare and Piramal Swasthya, the public health arm of Piramal Foundation, are in line with the core values of Bayer to ensure timely access to quality healthcare, build local health capacities, and support local innovations.

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Adequate Data Required For Suggesting Mixing Of Covid-19 Vaccines: Govt

"Adequate scientific data is required for NTAGI to make a recommendation on mixing of COVID-19 vaccines, at present this information is not available," Pawar said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha

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Over 3 Lakh Children Aged 12-14 Yrs Receive First Shot Of COVID Vaccine On Day 1

The vaccination against COVID-19 in the age group of 12-14 years started on Wednesday with Biological E's intramuscular vaccine Corbevax

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NZ's Fonterra Ends India Partnership With Future After COVID Disruptions

India's growing number of dairy consumers remains a viable market for Fonterra and it will continue to have a presence and explore opportunities, Future said

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'Grave Mistake' To Think COVID-19 Pandemic Is Over: UN Chief

More than 446 million cases of COVID-19 have been recorded worldwide in the two years since the pandemic began and more than six million people have died, with countless more grappling with worsening mental health, Antonio Guterres said

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India May See Fourth Covid Wave Around June 22: IIT Kanpur Study

The fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India may start around June 22 and peak from mid to late August, a modelling study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur suggests.

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Below 5% 'SafaiSathis' Have Health Insurance Coverage: UNDP Report

UNDP has released first-of-its-kind assessment of the socio-economic status of waste pickers (SafaiSathis) in India with some eye opening finding

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