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14 Oct

H for Handwashing Games: Lifebuoy Reimagines Iconic Board Games to Promote Hygiene Through Play

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, Health

Lifebuoy has joined hands with Imagimake , one of India's leading toy design companies, to introduce the ' H for Handwashing Games ', in conjunction with Global Handwashing Day on October 15, 2023. These innovative games provide engaging and interactive solutions to guide children to practice proper hand hygiene regularly by highlighting various instances where children should wash hands with soap. The 'H for Handwashing' movement which started back in the year 2020 has impacted over 12 million children from more than 30,000 schools across 25 countries, promoting handwashing with soap as a fundamental practice for better health.

12 Sep

Threads is actively blocking sensitive search terms like covid

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, HealthBusiness

Instagram's text-based social media platform, Threads, recently came under controversy, as it launched its modified search function on September 8 that blocks searches related to the coronavirus and other pandemic-linked questions, according to a washington post report. Within 24 hours of the last development, the company was in controversy. When users tried threads to search for content related to "COVID" and "Long Covid," they found a blank screen with no search results, with a pop-up linking to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, the report added. Meta confirmed in a statement to The Washington Post that Threads was…

11 Sep

Drug controller asks states to check on 2 liver, cancer medicines

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, Health, IndiaBusiness, India

The Central Drug Standards Control Organisation has flagged two drugs — anti-cancer adcetris injection and liver drug Defitelio — for multiple counterfeit versions following who warnings and asked state drug regulators to monitor their sales and distribution. The Drug Controller Advisory issued a safety alert this week that identified multiple fake versions of Adcetris injection 50 mg manufactured by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd and in four countries, including India. “These products are often available at the patient level and are distributed in unregulated supply chains (mainly online). Products have been identified in both controlled and illicit supply chains, sometimes even…

17 Aug

Apple warns users not to sleep alongside phones while they are charging

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, Health

The cases of explosion of mobile phones left in a charge overnight is increasing with each passing day. A family in the UK was lucky enough to escape from such an explosion, when a mobile phone caught fire while charging overnight. In the backdrop of such cases, Apple has requested everyone to not leave mobile phones for charging overnight. The company has also issued guidelines regarding this, which states that any individual shouldn't keep their devices under pillow or blanket as it may cause the device to get heated quickly. Neither they should sleep against a mobile phones left in…

11 Aug

Doctors Can Now Refuse To Give Treatment In Case Of Abusive, Violent Patients or Relatives: Medical Body

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The National Medical Commission has issued a notice providing relief to the Registered Medical Practitioner from abusive and violent behaviour of patients or relatives. Doctors can now refuse to treat patients because of their abusive or violent activities. The initiative has been taken to discourage the violence against doctors. "The RMP who attends to the patient will be fully accountable for his actions and entitled to the appropriate fees. In case of abusive, unruly, and violent patients or relatives, the RMP can document and report the behavior and refuse to treat the patient. Such patients should be referred for further…

10 Jul

Indian-Americans charged in $53 Million Covid relief Fraud Case

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, Covid19, Health, IndiaBusiness, India

A group of around 14 people, including several business owners and employees of Indian origin, have been charged in a massive fraud scheme involving a COVID-19 pandemic relief program in the US state of Texas. The case, considered the largest investigation to date by the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC) Fraud Task Force, has led to the arrest of defendants across Texas, California and Oklahoma. The defendants are alleged to have defrauded the proceeds of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a financial program introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as more than $53 million in loans to various financial…

27 Jun

Madhya Pradesh: Super-Facility Hospital Doctors To Be Provided With Houses On Campus

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Rewa district in the state of Madhya Pradesh has come up with new facility which will help doctors in the district to extend their working hour. Multi-storied buildings will be constructed within the premises of super-facility hospitals for the residential purposes of doctors. The construction of airstrip in Rewa has been also approved said, Legislator Rajendra Shukla who performed the Bhumipujan for the project. The setting up of super-facility hospitals has proven to be a blessing for the people of Vindhyachal further plan is on the way to convert Rewa into a medical hub, said Shukla.

03 Jun

Apollo launches 5G-connected ambulance service in Kolkata

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsHealth, Science & Tech

Apollo launches 5G- connected ambulance service in the capital of West Bengal, Kolkata. The ambulance will be equipped with all necessary devices which will help in the advancement of ambulance in emergency services. The devices include medical equipment, patient monitoring apps and telemetry devices that transmit vital health data to the hospital with minimal delay. It also has onboard cameras which is connected to a fast, low-latency 5th generation network. The fixing of camera will help to track the location of patient's which will help the nearest ambulance to detect the location in a critical situations. "The 5G-connected ambulances use…

02 Jun

OTT platforms mandated to show anti-tobacco warnings

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The Union Health Ministry on World No Tobacco Day issued a notice regarding the display of anti-tobacco warnings and disclaimers on over-the-top(OTT) platforms. Government has made it compulsory for the OTT platforms to spread awareness message by audio-visual and also by displaying the anti-tobacco health spots and their ill-effects of a minimum of 30 sec one at the starting and other during the mid of a programme. "The anti-tobacco health warning message as specified in clause (b) of sub-rule (1) shall be legible and readable, with font in black colour on white background and with the warnings 'tobacco causes cancer'…

07 Jan

India reports 214 new Covid cases in last 24 hours

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsHealthCovid 19

India recorded 214 new coronavirus infections on Saturday (Jan 7), while the number of active cases rose marginally to 2,509, according to Union Health Ministry data. With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases increase to 4.46 crore (4,46,79,761). In the last 24 hours, the death toll rose to 5,30,718 with 4 deaths - two joined by Kerala and one each reported from Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh - data updated at 8 am said. The positivity rate was recorded at 0.11 percent on a daily basis. The weekly positivity rate stood at 0.12 percent, according to the health ministry's website.…