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Making cancer detection more easy and quick, scientists developed a cancer-detecting breathalyzer that can detect cancer just through a person’s breath and have already begun its clinical trials. A...
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A new Global Health Security Index suggests that not a single country in the world is fully prepared to handle an epidemic or pandemic. The GHS Index is a joint project of the Johns Hopkins Center for
View ArticleHealth systems for a new India: building blocks- potential pathways to reforms
NITI Aayog released the report on ‘Health Systems for a New India: Building Blocks—Potential Pathways to Reforms’. The report identifies four focus areas on future health systems: delivering on unfinished
View ArticleHealth systems for a new India: building blocks- potential pathways to reforms
NITI Aayog released the report on ‘Health Systems for a New India: Building Blocks—Potential Pathways to Reforms’. The report identifies four focus areas on future health systems: delivering on unfinished
View ArticleMedical Devices (Amendment) Rules, 2020
The manufacturer of a medical device shall upload the information specified in sub rule (2) relating to that medical device for registration on the “Online System for Medical Devices” established
View ArticleThe Haryana State Council For Physiotherapy Act, 2020
The Haryana State Council For Physiotherapy Act, 2020 is an Act to provide for the constitution of the Haryana State Council for Physiotherapy for the purpose of registration of Physiotherapists in
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In the ongoing laboratory testing for COVID-19 diagnosis by molecular diagnostic methods, clinical specimens or a subset of the clinical specimens may need to be retained for various purposes such as
View ArticleJudgement of the High Court of Kerala regarding Homoeopathic practitioners...
Judgement of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Dr. Jayaprasad Karunakaran Vs Ministry of Ayush & Others dated 02/06/2021. The matter related to Homoeopathic practitioners treating Covid-19
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