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Vaccines prevented over 2.5 million COVID deaths worldwide: Study

July 28, 2025 revoi editor

Vaccines have prevented more than 2.5 million deaths caused by SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19, according to a new study. Led by researchers from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Italy, the study found that one COVID-related death was avoided for every 5,400 vaccine doses administered. About 82% of the lives saved involved […]

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Yoga may cut risk of type 2 diabetes by 40%, new report finds

July 25, 2025 revoi editor

Regular practice of yoga may reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes by as much as 40% among individuals at high risk, according to a new report titled ‘Yoga and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes’. The findings were presented on Thursday to the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, J.P. Nadda, in the […]

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Spine A Medical Miracle And Corporate Necessity For Self-Belief: Gautam Adani

July 11, 2025 revoi editor

Mumbai: The spine is both a medical miracle and a corporate necessity for self-belief, said Gautam Adani, the Chairman of Adani Group, on Friday. Addressing the 5th Annual Conference of the Society for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery – Asia Pacific (SMISS-AP) in Mumbai, the Adani Group Chairman referred to the spine as an important part […]

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India Plans Curbing Overcharging of Patients by Healthcare Providers

July 10, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, July 10: India plans to bring an existing health insurance claims portal under the finance ministry and insurance regulator to curb overcharging by healthcare providers, the government sources said. Healthcare costs in India are projected to rise by 13 percent in 2025, exceeding the global average of 10 percent, and up from 12 […]

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Roving Periscope: Importing farm products key issue in US-India tariff talks

July 3, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In April, President Donald Trump paused his reciprocal tariffs on some 100 countries for three months, ending July 9. Several countries have since been racing against time to strike a favourable trade and tariff deal with America, even as Trump has just announced take on Japan! While he imposed as […]

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WHO pushes countries to raise prices on sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50%

July 3, 2025 revoi editor

The World Health Organisation is pushing countries to raise the prices of sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50% over the next 10 years through taxation, its strongest backing yet for taxes to help tackle chronic public health problems. The United Nations health agency said the move would help cut consumption of the products, which […]

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No link between COVID-19 vaccines and sudden deaths, confirms ICMR-AIIMS study

July 2, 2025 revoi editor

Comprehensive studies conducted by India’s top health research bodies have found no evidence linking COVID-19 vaccination to sudden deaths among adults, particularly in the 18–45 age group. The findings, released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, are based on extensive investigations by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the National Centre for […]

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Health: Trump’s USAID cuts may cause 14 million more deaths by 2030

July 1, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: President Donald Trump’s controversial move to cut most of the US’ funding towards foreign humanitarian aid through the USAID could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal. A third of those at risk of premature deaths were children, researchers […]

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Roving Periscope: In five days, the US arrests third Chinese scientist for ‘bioterrorism’

June 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In 2020, US President Donald Trump accused China of spreading COVID-19, and called the coronavirus the “Chinese virus.” Five years on, his administration has arrested a Chinese researcher from Wuhan, from where the pandemic is suspected to have spread to the world, for allegedly trying to smuggle “biological materials” into […]

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Population: Human headcount falling alarmingly, warns UNFPA

June 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Earth’s human population is falling in many countries, and resource crunch is among the key reasons for this decline, according to the United Nations Population Fund, the world body’s agency for reproductive rights. The agency has taken its strongest line yet on fertility decline, warning that hundreds of millions of […]