A Bench led by Justice B.R. Gavai had issued notice to the Union of India and the Central Vigilance Commission. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Centre on February 25 alleged in the Supreme Court that the real purpose of the petitions challenging the third extension in tenure given to Directorate of Enforcement (ED) Director … Read more
Australia: Medibank Private Ltd said on Thursday a criminal had proved it had the personal and medical information of 100 of the health insurer’s customers, and the company warned that even more customers could be affected. The criminal claims to have 200 gigabytes of data — including customer names, contact details, Medicare and policy numbers … Read more
Jo Whitehead is leaving her position as chief executive for personal reasons at the end of the year. Source link
Aug. 23, 2022 – We live in particularly stressful times, and some people turn to alcohol to cope with challenges, from the COVID-19 pandemic to any number of personal stressors. And the hits just keep coming, as it seems like stressful infectious disease news keeps coming – more people developing long COVID, the monkeypox outbreak, … Read more
Aug. 11, 2022 – The CDC today announced that because there’s now less risk of “medically significant” COVID-19, some public health measures the agency recommended may no longer be necessary. For example, CDC recommendations on social distancing, quarantining, and testing children for COVID-19 while allowing them to stay in school – known as the test-to-stay … Read more
Mumbai: India’s National Health Authrotity under its flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) has announced that DRiefcase, a mobile app for personal health records, integration with WhatsApp to further enhance the user experience. DRiefcase users will now be able to directly store personal medical records into their accounts by directly uploading them over WhatsApp, … Read more
Two years ago, just when the world was shutting down, I opened up – to my true self. Having discovered that I was a transgender man, I set out to medically transition at the onset of the pandemic. In early March of 2020, I could count on one hand the people who knew I was … Read more
April 13, 2002 – People need to make personal decisions about their risk for COVID-19 based on their comfort level, what they do in public, and the amount of virus circulating in their community, Anthony Fauci, MD, said recently. But this vague recommendation may leave people wondering exactly that they should and shouldn’t do now … Read more
Taking a closer look at emotions attached to certain behaviors — like picking up a box of doughnuts when you’re sad or the pleasure derived from mindless eating on the couch — can be uncomfortable. “Most people aren’t prepared to go there,” Ferguson says. “The ones that are prepared to go there … Read more
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld, spoke to Satish Singh, Founder, MY LYF CARE, to know more about current trends in digital transformation of healthcare. How do you see foresee Telemedicine evolving in a post-covid world? Telehealth use has increased 38X from the pre-COVID-19 baseline as per a recent study by McKinsey & Company. Telemedicine is an … Read more