Mexico’s ‘heat dome’ has already killed dozens of people as hotter days loom

Mexico’s ‘heat dome’ has already killed dozens of people as hotter days loom

The extreme heat smothering much of Mexico has killed dozens of people across multiple states over recent weeks, the country’s health ministry said in a report published on Thursday, with hotter temperatures forecast for coming days. Mexico has been reeling from a high-pressure weather phenomenon known as a “heat dome,” which has trapped hot air … Read more

Gaza health ministry says war deaths near 30,000 as famine looms

Gaza health ministry says war deaths near 30,000 as famine looms

Children have died of malnutrition in a Gaza hospital, the Hamas-ruled territory’s health ministry said, as its overall toll for Palestinians killed in the almost five-month war neared 30,000. While mediators say a truce deal between Israel and Hamas could be just days away, aid agencies have sounded the alarm about the dire humanitarian conditions … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest: January 7, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest: January 7, 2024

Representational picture of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 Max | Photo Credit: AP Digital tools set to save Kashmiri script from disuse For centuries, the Kashmiri language has survived only through oral traditions; by 2013, those who could write the script fell to just 5%. This year, two technological giants, Microsoft and Google, will infuse … Read more

Thousands of bodies lie buried in rubble in Gaza. Families dig to retrieve them, often by hand

Thousands of bodies lie buried in rubble in Gaza. Families dig to retrieve them, often by hand

The wreckage goes on for block after devastated block. The smell is sickening. Every day, hundreds of people claw through tons of rubble with shovels and iron bars and their bare hands. They are looking for the bodies of their children. Their parents. Their neighbors. All of them killed in Israeli missile strikes. The corpses … Read more

Allow us to continue teaching in medical colleges, M.Sc. holders appeal to Health Ministry

Allow us to continue teaching in medical colleges, M.Sc. holders appeal to Health Ministry

While the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded that only medical postgraduates be appointed as teachers in medical colleges, the M.Sc. Medicine Association (India) has appealed to the Health Ministry, stating that M.Sc. holders have been denied their right to teach by creating a “false narrative”. “The narrative states that we are non-medical teachers with non-medical … Read more

Health Ministry yet to respond to massive CoWIN data breach

Health Ministry yet to respond to massive CoWIN data breach

Details from the CoWIN portal, including Aadhaar, passport, gender, date of birth, were leaked online following a data breach. Image for representational purpose only. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Health Ministry is yet to respond to the massive CoWIN (Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network), data breach which allows access to all personal details that … Read more

India logs 92 fresh COVID-19 cases

India logs 92 fresh COVID-19 cases

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: PTI India has recorded 92 fresh coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, while the active cases have decreased to 2,350, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on June 12. The death toll has remained at 5,31,891, the data updated at 8 a.m. stated. On February 14, the country had … Read more

Russian hacker group Phoenix targets health ministry systems – ET HealthWorld

Russian hacker group Phoenix targets health ministry systems – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Cybersecurity company CloudSEK’s AI digital-risk platform XVigil on Wednesday detected a Russian-origin threat-actor group that claimed to have targeted the Indian health ministry’s health-management information system. Access to the personnel directory and chief physicians of every Indian hospital is likely to have been jeopardised. This raises the prospect of exfiltration of licence documents … Read more

Medical watch CardiacSense gets approval from Indian regulatory authority CDSCO – ET HealthWorld

Medical watch CardiacSense gets approval from Indian regulatory authority CDSCO – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Homegrown MedTech solutions provider Xplore Health on Thursday announced that it received approval from the Indian Regulatory Authority CDSCO (Central Drug Standard Control Organisation) under the Health Ministry of India for its aspirational medical smartwatch “CardiacSense“. The approval came ahead of its commercial launch in collaboration with Israeli Medtech company CardiacSense Ltd. The … Read more

A total of 3,744 PG medical seats remained vacant in 2021-22: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

A total of 3,744 PG medical seats remained vacant in 2021-22: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

Mansukh Mandaviya. File | Photo Credit: PTI Of 60,202 postgraduate (PG) medical seats available for 2021-2022, 3,744 remained vacant after counselling, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya informed the Rajya Sabha on December 13. Similarly, of the 92,065 UG seats available in 2021-2022, 197 seats were left vacant for MBBS courses after counselling, the Minister said … Read more