Health

15 Nov

Google launches Health Connect in beta version

Priyanka BhowmickHealth, LifestyleGoogle, Health, india

American technology giant Google launched the Health Connect app on Monday. Aimed at health and fitness enthusiasts, the app allows users to connect with different fitness apps to get holistic health insights in a single app. Google Health Connect is currently in testing and its beta version is available for download on the Google Play Store. In collaboration with Samsung Google has developed the Health Connect app. Google says the app will help users centralize the management of all their fitness apps. Health Connect enables across Android devices users to share health and fitness data. In order to get credit…

12 Nov

Long-term covid health problems affect everyone: Study

Priyanka BhowmickHealth, India, North BengalCovid-19, india, PM Modi

People of all ages are at risk of long-term physical and mental health problems after a Covid infection, a study has found. Following Covid-19 infection, there is a significant new-onset illness in children, adolescents and adults across 13 distinct diagnoses and symptom complexes, according to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine. Previous studies have established that some people infected with Covid-19 suffer long-term health problems after the acute phase of the disease. However, evidence for the post-acute syndrome is still limited, particularly for children and adolescents. The new study by Martin Rössler of the Technische Universität…

12 Nov

The theme of World Usability Day 2022 is “Our Health”

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Every year on the second Thurs day of Nov, the planet observes World Usability Day. The date is additionally mentioned on the world organisation calendar. Every year on the second Th of Nov, the planet observes World Usability Day. The date is additionally mentioned on the world organisation calendar. World Usability Day, which can fall on Nov ten this year, is additionally called ‘Make Things Easier’ day. “Usability” could be a quality that evaluates however with efficiency and effectively someone will use a product, in addition as however happy he or she is with the method. The theme for this…

01 Nov

Symptoms & How to prevent Dengue

Priyanka BhowmickHealth, IndiaHealth, india

Recently news come out that actor Salman Khan has come under the grip of dengue. According to the reports coming out, dengue affects more than 400 million people every year and more than 22 thousand people die every year due to dengue. In such a situation, today we tell you the symptoms of dengue, and methods of how to prevent it. Symptoms of Dengue: Sudden high fever with a cold.Pain in the back of the eyes which gets worse by pressing or moving the eyes.Pain in the head, muscles and joints.Loss of appetite and nausea.Slight pain in the throat.Too much…

29 Oct

India reports over 2,000 fresh cases, 12 deaths in a day

Priyanka BhowmickHealth, IndiaCovid-19, Health, india

India has recorded 2,208 new infections of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of Covid cases to 4,46,49,088. According to the data of health ministry, the death toll stood at 5,28,999 with 12 Covid-related deaths on Friday. Active cases hold for 0.05 percent of total infections at 19,398.

25 Oct

Delhi’s air quality turns ‘very poor’ on Diwali night

Priyanka BhowmickHealth, IndiaAir, Delhi, india

As per the report of, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Delhi's Air Quality Index on Diwali night (AQI) hit the "very bad" category with an AQI of 377 in Anand Vihar at 9 pm on Monday. It's the first "very poor" atmosphere day of the season for the capital of India. According to the data, pollution has increased due to the bursting of firecrackers in almost all the stations of the capital from 8 pm to 1 am. The most polluted area was in South Delhi. The most polluted stations are RK Puram, Okhla, Karni Singh Shooting Range, and…

18 Oct

India sees a single-day rise of 1,542 coronavirus infections

Priyanka BhowmickHealth, Indiacovid 19, Health, india

India reported a one-day increase of 1,542 coronavirus infections, the lowest in 182 days, according to Union health ministry data updated on Tuesday. The number of cases rose to 4,46,32,430, while active cases fell to 26,449. Said active Covid-19 caseload declined by 385 cases in 24 hours. The death toll rose to 5,28,913 with 8 new fatalities, including five deaths reported by Kerala. Three new deaths were reported from Gujarat, Odisha and West Bengal, data updated at 8 am said. Active cases comprise 0.06 percent of total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has risen to 98.76 percent, the…

18 Oct

New sub-variant of Omicron detected in India

Priyanka BhowmickHealth, Indiacovid 19, Health, india

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) is expected to issue a bulletin on the new sub-variants BA.5.1.7 and BF.7 of Omicron reported in India.Sources said, "this is just a signal to be alert and watch the whole scenario, BF.7 was reported in Gujarat a few days ago,". For the uninitiated, BF.7 has been reported in Gujarat which has been confirmed by the Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre. BF.7 known as 'Omicron spawn' was first detected in China and has now reached the US, UK, Australia and Belgium. The sub-variant first originated in a region of Mongolia in China and is…

17 Oct

India reported 2,060 new Covid cases in last 24 hours

Priyanka BhowmickHealth, Indiacovid, Health, india

India reported 2,060 new Covid cases, taking the toll to 4,46,30,888, and 10 more deaths, taking the death toll to 5,28,905, the health ministry said on Monday. Active cases rose to 26,834 and 0.06 percent of total infections, according to updated data from the ministry at 8 am.It added the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 98.75 percent. .An increase of 209 cases was recorded in the count of active COVID-19 cases in the span of 24 hours. With 10 more deaths, the death toll rose to 5,28,905, including four deaths accounted for by Kerala, the data said.The daily…

13 Oct

Action against Cough Syrup Scandal

Priyanka BhowmickHealth, IndiaDelhi, Health, india

Maiden Pharmaceuticals, which was flagged by the World Health Organization(WHO) after the deaths of nearly 70 children in The Gambia. As per the report, they did not test the quality of the raw materials used to manufacture any of its drugs.Investigations are currently ongoing in India and The Gambia. Regulators said they had suspended all manufacturing operations at the New Delhi-based firm after it violated safety norms.Haryana drug controllers listed 12 points of contraventions that were detected during the inspection of the company's Sonepat unit.