Stating that recent ‘hacking’ into High Court of Karnataka’s videoconference system has perturbed everyone in the legal fraternity, Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud said here on Saturday that the judiciary will have to live with such instances and cannot stop the use of technology. “We have to make our Information and Communication Technology (ICT) … Read more
Mumbai: The shortage of blood supply is a widely discussed problem amongst the medical fraternity. It is estimated that India needs around 15 million units of blood, but it falls short of its requirement every year. The blood requires intended temperatures to be preserved with the help of efficient medical-grade cold chain solutions. Apart from … Read more
June 8, 2022 — Take that, Omicron. Results of a trial looking at a combination COVID-19 vaccine booster reveals a “robust antibody response” against the Omicron variant, vaccine manufacturer Moderna announced Wednesday. The neutralizing antibody response was eight times greater at 1 month following a 50-mcg dose with the booster containing both the original mRNA-1273 … Read more
Information Technology (IT) has played an immense role in ramping up India’s healthcare sector to handle the COVID19 pandemic. Whether through contact-tracing app Aarogya Setu or the CoWIN app driving India’s COVID vaccination drive, the IT sector has played a huge role in the management of the pandemic crisis. Participating in a special leadership dialogue … Read more
New Delhi: Amid concerns about software glitches in Co-Win, the government said the software is robust and the issues are related to data in specific states like Maharashtra. “There are no software-related glitches. The platform is robust to handle much more traffic than it is getting right now,” R S Sharma, Chief Executive of National … Read more
THURSDAY, Feb. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Children have largely been spared severe COVID-19 infection, and new research hints at why. In the study, children’s immune systems attacked the new coronavirus faster and more aggressively than adults’ immune systems did, the findings showed. The researchers analyzed blood samples from 48 children and 70 … Read more