Bengaluru: The February hack at UnitedHealth‘s tech unit Change affected the personal information of 100 million people, the U.S. health department‘s website showed, making it the largest healthcare data breach in the country. UnitedHealth has previously said that hackers potentially stole a third of Americans’ data in one of the worst hacks to hit the … Read more
CHANDIGARH: The UT health department has started gearing up for any rise in Covid numbers especially in view of cases of new variant JN 1 getting reported in the country. The health department will get genome sequencing of the patients done, so that the variants of the virus can be detected in time and preventive … Read more
Jaipur: The health department issued directions to update and verify professional and personal details on the ‘health portal’. The department has clarified that the Dynamic Assured Career Progression (DACP), permission for foreign travel, NoC required for different works, transfers, postings and all such works will be done through the health portals from now onwards. The … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram: As part of its comprehensive efforts to help fight lifestyle diseases among various age groups, the Kerala Health Department has set up a Body Mass Index (BMI) unit at the Health Directorate here. The unit, which helps to measure the body weight and height and in the calculation of the BMI, has been set … Read more
Chandigarh: As tele consultation has gained momentum after Covid-19, the city is getting geared up to offer tele consultation both on health and wellness centres and subsequently at home. The UT health department has placed an order for 205 computers to connect all the health and wellness centres with the three civil hospitals in sectors … Read more
With this, the national capital’s case count increased to 18,62,802, while the death toll rose to 26,141. Delhi on Saturday reported 161 fresh COVID-19 cases and one death, while the positivity rate stood at 0.44 per cent, according to data shared by the city health department. With this, the national capital’s case count increased to … Read more
Defending the Karnataka government over its handling of the COVID-19 crisis, health minister K Sudhakar on Sunday said health infrastructure in the state has been ramped up significantly to control the pandemic, despite the revenue crunch. Capacity to test 1.5-2 lakh samples per day, availability of 1,015 Metric Tonnes of oxygen and more than 22,000 … Read more
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday said that COVID-19 vaccine will be supplied free of cost in all government healthcare facilities. He also said that vaccination of people in the age group 18-45 will be undertaken from May 1. At present, those above 45 years and above are eligible for the inoculation. Keeping in … Read more
Delhi on Wednesday recorded 5,506 fresh COVID-19 cases, the sharpest daily spike this year, that pushed the infection tally to 6,90,568 while 20 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 11,133, according to the health department. This is the second consecutive day when Delhi has seen a rise of over 5,000 … Read more
Delhi recorded over 3,500 coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day on Saturday, while the positivity rate rose to 4.48 percent, according to the health department. With the new infections, the number of cumulative cases rose to 6,72,381, while 10 more deaths took the toll to 11,060. The city had reported 3,594 cases on Friday, … Read more