A team of experts appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO) completed its 28-day mission to the Chinese city of Wuhan this week seeking clues about the origins of Covid-19. The following looks at their findings. What are the main scenarios?Peter Ben Embarek, the WHO’s leading animal disease expert, said …
Read More »WHO mission to China fails to find animal source of coronavirus, Health News, ET HealthWorld
WUHAN: The WHO mission to China to uncover the origins of the coronavirus has failed to identify the animal source, scientists said Tuesday. Experts believe the disease — which has gone on to kill more than 2.3 million people worldwide — originated in bats and could have been transmitted to …
Read More »Healthcare hit by 45% spike in e-virus cases, Health News, ET HealthWorld
MUMBAI: It’s just not the novel coronavirus that is keeping pharma and healthcare honchos awake at night. Pharma companies, hospitals and healthcare firms are being increasingly hit by another lethal virus lately, and this one is from the virtual world. Researchers reported a 45% increase in cyberattacks on healthcare organisations …
Read More »PUBG Mobile Lite 0.20.0 global version now available for Android download: Here’s how to do it | Technology News
New Delhi: Even as millions of fans in India are waiting for the re-entry of PUBG Mobile game in the country, here’s some latest information from the gaming company. The 0.20.0 global version update of the popular PUBG Mobile Lite is now available for Android download. The APK file is of …
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Over 35 lakh beneficiaries have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in the country till now with 5,70,000 vaccinations conducted in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Saturday. Of the 35,00,027 beneficiaries, the highest number of 4,63,793 people were vaccinated in Uttar Pradesh, followed by 3,24,973 in Rajasthan, 3,07,891 …
Read More »Hydrus7 Labs announces strategic partnership with European Digital Health company, Epillo, Health News, ET HealthWorld
Epillo is slated to launch it’s pilot project- Blockchain based Digital Therapeutic Devices (DTx) in a strategic partnership with Hydrus7 Labs, a USA based blockchain technology company. Epillo Health Systems, a Digital Healthcare company based in Europe, having it’s IP portfolio Patent-pending innovations in 153 countries through United States Patent …
Read More »Love to play PUBG? Krafton to launch two new games by 2022, check details here | Technology News
New Delhi: In some good news for PUBG fans, the battle royal universe is likely to get an expansion with the launch of two new games similar to PUBG, the development was confirmed by Krafton CEO, Kim Chang-han. Krafton is the South Korean firm which owns PUBG Corporation. Its CEO …
Read More »Researchers test new combination therapy for head and neck cancer | Health News
Washington: Researchers at the University of Cincinnati have tested a new combination therapy in animal models to see if they could find a way to make an already effective treatment even better. Since they`re using a Food and Drug Administration-approved drug to do it, this could help humans sooner than …
Read More »Twice-a-year, computerised NEET could be on the cards, Health News, ET HealthWorld
NEW DELHI/CHENNAI: With engineering aspirants getting four attempts at computer-based JEE (Main) this year, senior officials of the ministries of education and health besides the National Testing Agency will meet on Monday to decide on the modalities of NEET-UG and whether it could be held more than once a year …
Read More »Active caseload slips below two lakh after nearly 7 months, Health News, ET HealthWorld
NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 active caseload has fallen below the 2-lakh mark after nearly 7 months and comprises just 1.86 per cent of the total infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. It said that 72 per cent of the active cases are concentrated in Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, …
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