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Our new vaccine could protect against coronaviruses that haven't even emerged yet - new study Despite this success, the effects of the pandemic have been devastating, and it is critical to consider how to protect against future pandemic threats. As well as SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID), previously unknown coronaviruses have been responsible for the deadly outbreaks of SARS (2003) and MERS (2012 outbreak with ongoing cases). #Coronavirus | #Pandemic | #Outbreak | #SARSCoV2 | #OxfordUniversity | #healthnews Read more:

Health insurance premium shot up over 25% last year for 52% policyholders, finds survey; here's how the impact can be reduced A comparative study was also done by the survey researchers with their own 2022 survey about personal health insurance. This study concluded that "The personal health insurance policy owners who had seen an increase in their premium by over 25 per cent has dipped from 62 per cent in 2022 to 52 per cent this year. #Healthinsurance | #PolicyHolders | #MedicalInflation | #InsuranceSamdhan | #Healthnews Read more:

West Nile fever: Kerala on alert, health department orders to ramp up pre-monsoon cleaning activities Apart from these measures, the health department was also instructed to carry out coordinated activities with the district administrations and local self-government bodies. The District Vector Control Unit collected samples from different parts and sent them for testing. The District Vector Control Unit is also directed to strengthen the awareness activities. #Westnilefever | #HealthDepartment | #Districtadministrations | #Cleaningactivities | #Healthnews Read more:

Misleading ads: Public figures must act responsibly while endorsing products, says SC "We are of the opinion that advertisers, advertising agencies and endorsers are equally responsible for issuing false and misleading advertisements," a bench of Justices Hima Kohli and Ahsanuddin Amanullah said. #SupremeCourt | #AdvertisingAgencies | #Misleadingadvertisements | #Publicfigures | #Healthnews Read more:

AAP's Saurabh Bharadwaj questions Centre on continued Covishield jab despite European nations banning it In his post on X, Saurabh said, "When most European Nations had banned the use of Covishield vaccine due to side effects in March 2021, Indian Govt continued the use of this vaccine. Now facing heat from Courts in the UK, they have withdrawn the vaccine world over." #SaurabhBharadwaj | #Covidshield | #EuropeanNations | #IndianGovernment | #PharmaceuticalCompany | #Healthnews Read more:

India now net exporter of medical consumables The country exported consumables and disposables worth $1.6 billion, while it imported products worth only about $1.1 billion in 2022-23, Union pharma secretary Arunish Chawla said on Tuesday. Exports went up 16% compared with the previous fiscal, while imports fell 33%. #MedicalConsumables | #ImportedProducts | #Surgicalintruments | #electronicequipments | #Healthnews Read more:

Study reveals how children with hypertension at higher long-term risk for serious heart conditions Researchers claim that one in fifteen children and adolescents worldwide suffer from hypertension, a condition that is becoming more and more concerning. In spite of this, it remains unknown what will ultimately happen to these kids. 25,605 youth in Ontario who were diagnosed with hypertension between 1996 and 2021 were compared to classmates who were not affected by the illness #Hypertension | #HeartConditions | #BloodPressure | #PediatricHypertension | #CardiovascularDisease | #Healthnews Read more:

Govt, industry must work together to reduce import dependence in med-tech sector: Pharma Secy "Right now our med-tech sector is 75-80 per cent import dependent. In the next five years, we want to bring down this import dependence to less than 50 per cent," Chawla said while speaking to reporters here on the sidelines of an industry event to formulate better policies for the sector. #ImportDependence | #MedtechSector | #Betterpolicies | #MedicalDevice | #DepartmentofPharmaceuticals | #Healthnews Read more:

Uttarakhand accuses Patanjali's Ramdev of misleading public with COVID, other cures Ramdev violated Indian drug law "by misleading the general public", according to an April 16 filing which is not public and was submitted to a local court in the northern Haridwar city by a drugs regulator. #Uttarakhand | #PatanjaliRamdev | #DrugsRegulator | #NorthernHaridwar | #LocalCourt | #Healthnews Read more:

Emicizumab brings hope to Haemophilia A patients, accessibility remains a challenge According to experts, Emicizumab prophylaxis is considered to be a far superior and effective way of managing Haemophilia A in comparison to other traditional treatment options. Current treatment options of ODT like Factor VIII replacement, FVIII concentrates and bypass agents that prevail in the market are sub-optimal inadequate. #Haemophilia | #FVIIIConcentrates | #SubOptimalInadequate | #Emicizumabprophylaxis | #Healthnews | Prathiba Raju | Nita Radhakrishnan | Dr. Rahul Bhargava | Roche | Fortis Memorial Research Institute - India | Read more: