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COVID-19: Low Primary Health Spending, Staff Shortages Overburden...
Mumbai: Though the health budget of Mumbai and Delhi increased by 41% and 26%, respectively, between 2015-16 and...
20-65% Drop In Tuberculosis Cases Notified During Lockdown
Navi Mumbai: The number of tuberculosis (TB) cases notified between March and June 2020 are 46% fewer than during the...
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Latest Surveillance Testing Guidance To Prioritise Health Staff, Prisoners
The Indian government has updated its testing strategy for COVID-19 and included a section on testing for...
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75% Of India’s Diabetes Patients Face A Higher COVID-19 Mortality Risk
Mumbai: With one in 11 Indian adults living with diabetes, the country has the largest share (16.6%) of the world’s...
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Can Breastmilk From An Infected Mother Carry The COVID-19 Virus?
New Delhi: Can an infant contract COVID-19 from its mother through breastfeeding? Evidence is inconclusive, say experts....
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How Not To Analyse COVID-19 Data
Mumbai & Guwahati: On June 11, 2020, as India’s reported COVID-19 tally neared 290,000 cases, the health ministry...
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3mn tests so far, but testing is growing slower than case tally
New Delhi: Since the announcement of the lockdown on March 24, 2020, India has tested over 3.3 million samples for...
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Indian States’ COVID-19 Testing Rates Lower Than Similarly Populated Countries’
As lockdown restrictions were eased, India became one of 11 countries in the world to report more than 100,000 COVID-19...
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