AI surveillance tool can successfully predict sepsis risk: Study – ET HealthWorld

AI surveillance tool can successfully predict sepsis risk: Study – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi:An artificial intelligence (AI) model can quickly identify patients at risk of sepsis infection and potentially help save lives, a study has found. Sepsis is a serious condition that happens when the body’s immune system has an extreme response to an infection. The study, published in the journal npj Digital Medicine, found that the … Read more

Surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada led to allegations around Sikh killing, official says

Surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada led to allegations around Sikh killing, official says

The allegation of India’s involvement in the killing of a Sikh Canadian is based on surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada, including intelligence provided by a major ally, a Canadian official familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on September 21. The official said the communications involved Indian officials and Indian diplomats in Canada … Read more

TTD resolves to strengthen surveillance on the footpath leading to Tirumala

TTD resolves to strengthen surveillance on the footpath leading to Tirumala

TTD Chairman B. Karunakar Reddy inspecting the spot where the mauled body of six-year-old Lakshita was found. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) on August 12 (Saturday) resolved to install about 500 CCTV cameras along the stretch between Galigopuram and Narasimha Swamy temple on the footpath leading to Tirumala. The decision was taken in the backdrop … Read more

Poor maintenance support shuts surveillance systems in many private buses

Poor maintenance support shuts surveillance systems in many private buses

Even as the Ministry of Transport is gearing up to make closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras mandatory for all stage carriers in the State, the condition of many such cameras installed in private buses in Kozhikode district subsequent to a directive from the Motor Vehicles department (MVD) nearly six years ago is in a piteous … Read more

State government to boost surveillance network

State government to boost surveillance network

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has issued directions to ensure all surveillance cameras in the State are operational and the outdated ones are upgraded. Convening a meeting of senior police officials, Motor Vehicles, and NATPAC officials here on Saturday, Mr. Vijayan stressed on the need to bolster surveillance systems to monitor speeding and traffic violations. He … Read more

Pandemic Surveillance: Is tracing tech here to stay? – ET HealthWorld

Pandemic Surveillance: Is tracing tech here to stay? – ET HealthWorld

The two-year fight against COVID-19 has turned technology into a weapon of choice to defeat the virus but experts now worry that tech will outlive the pandemic and normalise mass surveillance. From contact tracing apps to facial recognition, technology has become part of the arsenal used to protect public health. While this might have helped … Read more

Thoughtful technology solutions for real-time disease surveillance – ET HealthWorld

thoughtful technology solutions for real time disease surveillance

by Akhil Malhotra Disease surveillance — collection, analysis and interpretation of disease-related data — is key to public health. Depending on the disease being tracked, its impact and infectiousness, public health departments regularly collect information such as demographics, symptoms, exposure, contact history, progress made, care received and other epidemiological characteristics. This information is then used … Read more

France draws up bill on surveillance of jihadist websites

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France plans to strengthen its counter-terrorism laws by permitting the use of algorithms to detect activity on jihadist and other extremist websites. Draft legislation was submitted to President Emmanuel Macron and his government at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, after a wave of Islamist and Islamist-inspired attacks on French soil in recent years, including last … Read more

Bird flu scare: Centre asks states, UTs to increase surveillance

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NEW DELHI: The Centre has directed states and union territories across the country to increase surveillance around water bodies, live bird markets, zoos, and poultry farms as well as strengthen biosecurity at poultry farms amid the bird flu scare. The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying said in a statement on Sunday that the … Read more