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Delhi govt makes dengue, malaria notifiable diseases, to help track cases better

Delhi govt makes dengue, malaria notifiable diseases, to help track cases better

Hindustan Times — The Delhi government has made vector-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria, and chikungunya as notifiable diseases under the Epidemic Diseases Act, making it mandatory for all hospitals and healthcare institutions to report any case that they receive to the government, according to a notification issued mid-October but being implemented from this week.

Isro's satellite launch fails due to technical glitch

Isro's satellite launch fails due to technical glitch

Hindustan Times — The launch of earth observation satellite EOS-03, aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation 's (Isro) heavy launch vehicle GSLV, was unsuccessful on Thursday morning when the third stage of the engine did not ignite. The satellite was meant to be the Indian space agency's first launch in four months but had been lost, officials aware of the matter said.

25% dip in TB cases in 2020; experts cite low screening amid lockdown

25% dip in TB cases in 2020; experts cite low screening amid lockdown

Hindustan Times — There was nearly a 25% reduction in the number of tuberculosis (TB) cases reported in 2020 as compared to the previous year, which experts believe was mainly due to Covid-19-related lockdowns and other restrictions that kept people away from healthcare facilities.

Researchers observe never before seen short gamma-ray burst from collapsing star

Researchers observe never before seen short gamma-ray burst from collapsing star

Hindustan Times — Astronomers from across the world, including those from four Indian institutions, observed a 0.65 second gamma-ray burst (GRB) in August last year using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray space telescope. The high-energy gamma-ray burst that has been travelling towards Earth for half of the present age of the universe was picked up by several instruments.

Black fungus: Delhi hospitals can now refer patients to pvt health centres

Black fungus: Delhi hospitals can now refer patients to pvt health centres

Hindustan Times — The Delhi government has allowed its hospitals to refer patients of mucormycosis, popularly known as black fungus, to private hospitals for surgeries if the waiting period is more than seven days.

National Doctors' Day: Delhi doctors recount the horrors of second wave

National Doctors' Day: Delhi doctors recount the horrors of second wave

Hindustan Times — On National Doctors' Day, celebrated each year on July 1 to commemorate the birth and death anniversary of great physician Dr BC Roy, HT shares the experiences of doctors from city's emergency and critical care teams | Latest News Delhi

Make malaria a notifiable disease in Delhi: Health minister Harsh Vardhan

Make malaria a notifiable disease in Delhi: Health minister Harsh Vardhan

Hindustan Times — Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Tuesday postponed Delhi's target of achieving zero indigenous transmission of malaria by two years, to 2022, and asked the Delhi government to make malaria a notifiable disease in the Capital.

Alpha to Delta switch behind city's 4th wave

Alpha to Delta switch behind city's 4th wave

Hindustan Times — Late on Thursday, Public Health England (PHE) updated its technical analysis of the variant to say that the variant that was first found in India is more likely to lead to hospitalisations than the variant that has been predominant in the UK.

Hospitals see a rise in cases of post-Covid complications

Hospitals see a rise in cases of post-Covid complications

Hindustan Times — After Delhi witnessed a massive surge in Covid-19 infections in the second wave, patients are now returning to hospitals with not just the fungal infection, mucormycosis, but a myriad of symptoms, city doctors said. Extreme fatigue, lethargy, body and joint pain, brain fog, and fever are the most common, but there have also been cases of pneumonia, collapsed lungs, heart attacks, and strokes.

Alarm bells ring constantly in Delhi, with even officials scrambling for oxygen cylinders

Alarm bells ring constantly in Delhi, with even officials scrambling for oxygen cylinders

Hindustan Times — Private hospitals in Delhi on Monday continued to post SOS messages on social media, raising alarm over oxygen supplies dipping precariously even as the state government maintained it has not been receiving its quota of 590 metric tonnes of oxygen.

20 die as O2 pressure dips in Rohini hospital

20 die as O2 pressure dips in Rohini hospital

Hindustan Times — Twenty Covid patients, mostly admitted to the critical care unit of Jaipur Golden hospital in Rohini, died on Friday allegedly due to low oxygen pressure as the hospital struggled with depleting oxygen stock, officials said. Despite this, officials said the hospital received the requisite supply of oxygen only on Saturday, after it raised the alarm twice.

New Covid strain may be in India already: Experts

New Covid strain may be in India already: Experts

Hindustan Times — The new variant, VUI-202012/01, which accounted for nearly 60% of all cases in London by mid-December, is thought to be 70% more transmissible than earlier versions of the coronavirus. Scientists are still researching on the effects, virulence and severity of the new strain.

Next PSLV launch to carry 3 satellites made by Indian start-ups

Next PSLV launch to carry 3 satellites made by Indian start-ups

Hindustan Times — india Updated: Dec 17, 2020, 20:08 IST After the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C50) successfully placed the communications satellite CMS 01 in orbit on Thursday, ISRO chairperson K Sivan announced that the next mission of the dependable rocket would carry satellites developed by Indian space start-ups and companies.

After smallpox and polio faux pas, Delhi govt sets health report right

After smallpox and polio faux pas, Delhi govt sets health report right

Hindustan Times — All deaths attributed polio and smallpox in Delhi last year were removed from the revised 'Annual Report on Registration of Births and Deaths - 2016', a week after HT pointed out the error.

Recovered Covid patients return to hospitals with respiratory illnesses

Recovered Covid patients return to hospitals with respiratory illnesses

Hindustan Times — Recovered Covid-19 patients have been returning to hospitals in Delhi with heart and lung conditions, and secondary infections. Tiredness, lethargy, loss of weight, and psychiatric issues have also been reported.

1,886 Sars-CoV-2 genomes sequenced

1,886 Sars-CoV-2 genomes sequenced

Hindustan Times — Indian researchers have sequenced over 1,800 genomes of the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which will help them monitor mutations of the virus and trace the spread of the infection.

Speed, safety, fairness key for Covid-19 vaccine: WHO regional director

Speed, safety, fairness key for Covid-19 vaccine: WHO regional director

Hindustan Times — The availability of Covid-19 vaccines would depend on the outcome of the clinical trials that are still ongoing. While several candidate vaccines are progressing to phase III trials, it cannot be said with certainty what the results of these trials will be - both in terms of efficacy and safety, said Dr Poonam Khetralpal Singh, the World Health Organisation's regional director for South-East Asia.

Confusion over Delhi's Covid-19 deaths as state, hospitals not on same page

Confusion over Delhi's Covid-19 deaths as state, hospitals not on same page

Hindustan Times — Death numbers are critical in analysing the spread of the disease and its impact. With only 66 listed deaths out of 5,980 infections in Delhi until Thursday, the fatality rate in Delhi of 1.1% is among the best in the country.

AIIMS' draft end-of-life policy gives terminally-ill patients, family, option to end treatment

AIIMS' draft end-of-life policy gives terminally-ill patients, family, option to end treatment

Hindustan Times — The draft "End of Life Care" policy developed by a team of experts at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) gives terminal patients and their family members the option of stopping or withholding life-sustaining care, including ventilator support.

Isro plans Venus mission for 2023, invites international payloads

Isro plans Venus mission for 2023, invites international payloads

Hindustan Times — india Updated: Nov 09, 2018 09:08 IST The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has invited international proposals for scientific payloads for its second interplanetary mission to Venus in mid-2023, which is planned within a year of the first planned human spaceflight mission in 2022.

NIMR scientists develop 2 new medicines for drug-resistant Malaria

NIMR scientists develop 2 new medicines for drug-resistant Malaria

Hindustan Times — Scientists from the National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR) in the city have developed two new drugs against drug-resistant Malaria that target a new protein not targeted by currently available drugs. The findings were published in the Nature group of journals, Scientific Report, this week.

Home to tigers, elephants, footfall spike may harm Sabarimala ecology

Home to tigers, elephants, footfall spike may harm Sabarimala ecology

Hindustan Times — The Sabarimala temple's decision to open its doors to women of all ages on the Supreme Court's orders amid protests by traditionalists has worried the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). The hilltop shrine in Kerala is located inside the Periyar Tiger Reserve, which is home to 20 tigers and other wildlife, including elephants.

NASA data to help monitor dust, smoke pollution in Delhi-NCR

NASA data to help monitor dust, smoke pollution in Delhi-NCR

Hindustan Times — Beginning 2021, 'speciated air pollution data' from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) satellite will be used by Delhi researchers to analyse how the health impact of dust pollution differs from that of crop burning.

Delhi: Even the homeless in Lutyens' are better off

Delhi: Even the homeless in Lutyens' are better off

Hindustan Times — Even the homeless have it better in Lutyens' Delhi, where porta cabin night shelters are posher than the pokey rooms and tarps set up in less privileged parts of the city. Situated inside a tree-lined campus, the cluster of shelters on Bangla Sahib Road offers family rooms and separate dorms for men, women and children.
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