By Aditya Kaicker In the realm of healthcare, technology has emerged as a powerful catalyst for positive change. One area where this transformation is particularly evident is in the reversal of diabetes, specifically type 2 diabetes. Health technology, encompassing innovative tools and applications, is paving the way for effective diabetes management and remission. Moreover, these … Read more
There are around four lakh people who are above 50 years of age and those with underlying medical conditions and need healthcare services. In a recent survey conducted by district and corporation officials in Ahmedabad, more than seven lakh people from rural and urban areas of the city have been identified as those belonging to … Read more
ODINTSOVSKY DISTRICT, Russia—Olga Ilyina’s husband was struggling to breathe when she called an ambulance. After waiting nearly 24 hours for one to come, she used the Telegram messaging app to beg for assistance. Finally, an ambulance was dispatched, taking him to the same hospital here, 40 miles from Moscow, where she had already been admitted with … Read more
PARIS—French supermarkets are still selling pajamas for children under four years old. Clothes aisles for older kids are cordoned off. You can buy pots and pans, but silverware—classified as table decoration—is restricted. Computers remain on store shelves. Gaming consoles don’t. Newspapers? Yes. The books section? Off limits. An effort by the government to spread the … Read more
One by one, governments across Europe are reintroducing strict new measures to tame a resurgent pandemic after concluding that light-touch strategies aimed at containing Covid-19 have failed to keep infections in check. Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Austria and Belgium are all now back under pandemic-containment regimes similar to those imposed in the spring, with bars … Read more
TEL AVIV—Israel’s second coronavirus lockdown has been less stringent for individuals and more widely flouted than its first. The surprise: It seems to be working. As many countries across Europe impose new restrictions amid surging Covid-19 cases, Israel is gradually starting to emerge from its lockdown, which began in mid-September. New… Source link
The European Union agreed Monday to impose targeted sanctions against Russian officials and entities allegedly involved in the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny but officials insisted the move should not undercut Europe’s continued high-level contacts with President Vladimir Putin. Foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg backed a Franco-German proposal to impose a travel ban … Read more
As Covid-19 cases surge across large parts of Europe and the U.S., officials are reluctant to force another round of nationwide lockdowns of the sort imposed in March. But this time—unlike in the spring—public-health experts broadly and increasingly agree, with some worried that the general public won’t cooperate with another monthslong, generalized lockdown against a … Read more
The coastal Chinese city of Qingdao will test its more than nine million residents for Covid-19, authorities said, after the discovery of a dozen new cases linked to a local hospital—the country’s most significant virus scare in several months. Local health officials said Monday that they discovered nine new coronavirus cases linked to the Qingdao … Read more
U.S. officials are aiming to open travel between New York City and London with shortened traveler quarantine periods as soon as the holidays, according to people familiar with the matter. The growing availability of Covid-19 tests in the U.S. has prompted officials at the Transportation Department, Department of Homeland Security and other agencies to revive … Read more