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New Delhi: As India completed two years into the COVID pandemic, healthcare was amongst the most important segments demanding an increase in expenditure and digitalization to improve access in the Union Budget 2022-23. While the positive impact of the introduced changes will only be visible in the coming fiscal year, …

Smartphone brands are feeling the squeeze of chipset shortage, fueled by the global coronavirus pandemic that wreaked havoc on the supply chains. Major smartphone brands like Samsung, Oppo, Realme and Xiaomi have all been affected, but Apple has been the most resilient. In short, the chip shortage this year led …

New Delhi : A year and a half into the pandemic, India’s healthcare system which is still combating the COVID 19 pandemic has seen tough times. Weathering this scenario were the greatest minds of the country who took astute decisions in a very short duration of time, to cater to …

By Associated Press WASHINGTON: Is the delta variant of the coronavirus worse for kids? No, experts say there’s no strong evidence yet that it makes children and teens sicker than earlier versions of the virus, although delta has led to a surge in infections among kids because it’s more contagious. …

New Delhi: Dysfunction of glucose metabolism resulting in hyperglycaemia, a high blood sugar level, has been found in 14.4 per cent of patients who survived coronavirus, according to a global study published in the Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Journal. With India’s total caseload rose to 3,02,33,183 and achieving the third-highest …

The pace of vaccination of the 60-plus population has become sluggish in the past few weeks after an initial high, with healthcare experts attributing it to mobility issues and misinformation and unsubstantiated apprehensions about the jabs. According to Health Ministry data, 2.29 crore elderly people have been fully vaccinated so …

New Delhi: As the country emerges from the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the experts have warned the ‘Delta plus’ variant of Covid-19 may trigger a third wave in the country, particularly Maharashtra that has so far reported 21 cases of this highly infectious variant. The major cause of …

By PTI NEW DELHI: India on Monday crossed the important milestone of a Covid positivity rate of less than 5 per cent for 14 consecutive days, conforming to the WHO’s recommended requirement for a region to reopen, but experts were wary of declaring the devastating second wave over. With 53,256 …

Express News Service Global information and analytics company, Elsevier has launched India COVID-19 Healthcare Hub to curb the spread of misinformation and aid medical experts. A recent study reveals that 67.2 per cent of the reports generated in India are about the falsehoods on the COVID-19 vaccine, medical treatments and …

By PTI WASHINGTON: It’s not known, but researchers are starting to study the issue. Vaccines are designed to activate your immune system, and some experts have wondered if that could temporarily disrupt menstrual cycles. So far, reports of irregular bleeding have been anecdotal. And it’s hard to draw any links to …