IRDA constitutes working group to explore a Pandemic Risk Pool
Krishblog
July 09, 2020
The nine-member working group is headed by IRDA’s executive director Suresh Mathur and has representatives from regulators, reinsurers and i...
Thursday, July 9, 2020
As COVID Testing Soars, Wait Times For Results Jump To A Week — Or More
Krishblog
July 09, 2020
Elliot Truslow went to a CVS drugstore on June 15 in Tucson, Arizona, to get tested for the coronavirus. The drive-thru nasal swab test took...
Amid Surge, Hospitals Hesitate To Cancel Nonemergency Surgeries
Krishblog
July 09, 2020
Three months ago, the nation watched as COVID-19 patients overwhelmed New York City’s intensive care units, forcing some of its hospitals to...
Immunologists call for a study on the role of T cells in protecting people against Covid-19
Krishblog
July 09, 2020
A recent serological study of 60,000 participants in Spain found that only 10% of the population in areas around Madrid had Covid-19 antibod...
Indian health care underfunded, delivery poor: World Bank Report
Krishblog
July 09, 2020
While acknowledging the “significant progress” made in India’s health system over the years, the World Bank Group on Health, Nutrition and P...
Active Covid-19 cases down to 25% in Delhi
Krishblog
July 09, 2020
As many as 78,199 (75%) of total Covid-19 patients reported till date have recovered from the disease, the latest data shared by Delhi gover...
Cipla launches generic version of remdesivir at Rs 4,000 per vial
Krishblog
July 09, 2020
"We are proud to commercially launch Cipremi today (on Wednesday); amongst the lowest priced globally, and aim to supply over 80,000 vi...
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
High Court Allows Employers To Opt Out Of ACA’s Mandate On Birth Control Coverage
Krishblog
July 08, 2020
The Supreme Court Wednesday settled — at least for now — a decade’s worth of litigation over the women’s health provisions of the Affordable...
US tops 3 million known infections as coronavirus surges
Krishblog
July 08, 2020
Authorities have reported alarming upswings of daily caseloads in roughly two dozen states over the past two weeks, a sign that efforts to c...
In Texas, Individual Freedoms Clash With Efforts To Slow The Surge Of COVID Cases
Krishblog
July 08, 2020
HOUSTON — The Fourth of July was a little different this year here in Texas’ biggest city. Parades were canceled and some of the region’s be...
