Medical tourism is a rapidly growing industry, with patients traveling across borders to access high-quality healthcare services. The Arab Gulf countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, and Oman, have emerged as top destinations for medical tourists. These countries offer a combination
Zydus Cadila's Covid-19 vaccine may cost around Rs 300 per dose, people in the know told ET. As government inches closer to deciding the price of vaccine which is likely to be introduced in the vaccination drive this month, people who are part of discussions said that "the
The weekly number of coronavirus deaths worldwide has fallen to levels unseen for almost a year, according to an AFP count on Monday based on official national figures. The 53,245 deaths recorded worldwide between September 27 and October 3, an average of 7,606 each day,
On Monday, the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian “for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.” Their work sheds light on how to reduce chronic and acute pain associated with a range of diseases,
On Tuesday, New Zealand said that it will start using COVID-19 vaccine certificates as proof of inoculation at large events and other high-risk settings from next month, as the country battles the spread of the Delta variant. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, on Monday abandoned a long-standing
Wipro GE Healthcare inaugurated India’s first Digital PET MR at the State Cancer Institute GMC, Guwahati, Assam today. GE’s SIGNA™ PET/MR 2.0 is the fourth PET MR scanner in India and the first digital one. In addition, the device is the country’s first time of
On Monday, a lawyer for two Ohio counties said at the start of a trial that Pharmacy operators including CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) and Walmart Inc (WMT.N) fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic by failing to stop massive quantities of addictive painkillers from reaching the black market. Mark Lanier told a
The 10th MedscapeIndia National Award & 13th Safe the Girl Child Program has received immense support from the Government of Maharashtra including the Governor of Maharashtra Shri Bhagat Singh Koshiyari and the Maharashtra Health Minister Shri Rajesh Tope to "Save the Girl Child from Womb
According to the World Bank, evidence suggests that young children are less likely to come in contact with COVID-19 and given the “safe" school reopening experiences in various countries prior to vaccine development, education systems do not need to wait for widespread vaccination before returning
The number of Covid-19 cases may have come down last month but the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) recorded over 122 dengue cases and 69 confirmed cases of chikungunya in the last week of September alone. September saw the highest number of confirmed and suspected cases