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JAIPUR: Residents doctors at government medical colleges across the state are having to operate at 66 per cent of their total strength amid the ongoing spurt in dengue and Covid-19 cases due to the delay in NEET-PG counselling. The resident doctors across state medical colleges on Saturday were seen working …

A national digital drugs databank will help in addressing “information asymmetry” as well as provide key inputs in mapping the regulatory needs of different states, according to a pharmaceutical sector study conducted by the Competition Commission of India. The fair trade watchdog, which works on ways to foster competition and …

New Delhi: Bitcoin fell below $60,000 for first time since Nov. 1, while the cryptocurrency ether also dropped sharply. Bitcoin — which last week hit a new record high of $69,000 — fell to as low as $58,600, its weakest in 19 days, and was last down around 7% on …

Google has launched new tools and features for both readers and reporters designed to aid local news organizations, it announced today. The headline feature is a carousel that shows local news in response to search queries, launching around the world in all languages starting today. Google initially launched the feature …

Washington: A new study of health records from 87 health care centres across the United States found that people taking a class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were less likely to die of COVID-19. The findings of the study were published in the journal ‘JAMA Network Open’. …

Norovirus infection, sometimes referred to as the winter vomiting bug, causes vomiting and diarrhoea and is easily transmissible. The infection is reported in 13 students of a veterinary college in Pookode near Vythiri in Wayanad district of Kerala two weeks ago. Following this the state has been put on alert. …

New Brunswick: Johnson & Johnson is splitting into two companies, separating the division that sells Band-Aids and Listerine, from its medical device and prescription drug business. The company selling prescription drugs and medical devices will keep Johnson & Johnson as its name, the company said Friday. The new consumer health …

Gurgaon: Digital care provider MyHealthcare launched Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems to maintain a database of patients and assist doctors working in the field of cardiology, paediatrics, endocrinology, obstetrics & gynaecology and ENT to ensure better medical outcomes in addition to improving the delivery of care across its healthcare network. …

CHENNAI: The delay in releasing National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) results and Covid-19 pandemic have limited the number of choices for students opting to study medicine in foreign universities, but many from Tamil Nadu have made light of the problems including travel restrictions and are still flying out to study medicine. …

BENGALURU: Private medical colleges in Karnataka have sought a minimum 20% hike in fee for undergraduate courses, stating they have suffered huge losses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Establishment of oxygen plants on the campus and Covid testing facilities and stoppage of non-Covid treatment during the peak of Covid are the …