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The Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation (CDSCO) headed by Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has explained that it prepare detailed guidelines specifying regulatory pathway for approval of foreign approved Covid vaccines based on NEGVAC recommendations.

The mixing and matching doses could help countries weather vaccine supply shortages.

​​The exams for first, second and third year of health science courses, including MBBS, Ayurveda, homeopathy, etc. conducted by the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) were already postponed twice before.

Of the states with greater needs of oxygen are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and Chhattisgarh. Besides, there is more consumption of medical oxygen in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Punjab and Rajasthan.

The company said it will also be rolling out a liquid variant of Redyx, its Remdesivir brand, that will be faster to manufacture and supply.

Russian Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, which received emergency use authorisation (EUA) earlier this week, will be available for use in India in April-June quarter with imports coming from Russia.

India reported nearly 2 lakh fresh Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, with the daily case count almost doubling in 10 days amid an unprecedented surge in the pandemic.

The European Commission, in agreement with the leaders of many (EU) countries, has decided that the contracts with the companies that produce (viral vector) vaccines that are valid for the current year will not be renewed at their expiry.

China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved Tagrisso as an adjuvant therapy for patients with early-stage lung cancer who have a mutation of the EGFR gene, AstraZeneca said.

Its previous highest turnover was Rs 97 crore in 2019-20.

The report includes data from hospitals in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand.

The EPR will make information available to clinicians across their 12 hospital sites.

Some companies are betting on telehealth's "gold rush," but virtual care may run into limiting factors. 

European Council says the vaccine passports should not be a precondition to exercise free movement rights.

Tift Regional Medical Center aims to use the technology to save lives and significantly reduce costs.

Officials told members of Congress this week that the agency will not start go-live activities in Columbus before sharing the results of a review.

When the pandemic struck, the health system re-tasked its RPM technology from CHF and COPD home care to COVID-19 home care. The results were tremendous.

John Fowler, deputy information security officer at Henry Ford Health System, offers an in-depth look at this type of insurance, which can be critical to provider organizations today.

The operation appears to have often taken place without computer owners' knowledge.

The launch follows a successful pilot scheme in Germany and Italy. 

The FCC will distribute nearly $250 million to healthcare organizations, as directed by Congress in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.

Beaumont Health is turning to tents to handle the flow of people seeking emergency care as it deals with a crush of COVID-19 patients in suburban Detroit.

Dr. Okiki Louis will assume the role of president of Oscar Medical Group at the end of April, heading the New York-based startup's collection of physician-owned practices, which provide virtual urgent care and primary care.

Dubbed ViVE, the new annual event from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and HLTH is the latest digital health innovation conference on the market.

The drugs, delivered intravenously and made by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lily, have concentrated doses of lab-made antibodies to fight COVID-19 and are geared toward people who are at high risk for severe symptoms or having to be hospitalized.

At an emergency meeting, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrestled with the fact that the U.S. has enough alternative shots to vaccinate its population but other countries anxiously awaiting the one-and-done vaccine may not.

Mike Szubski, UH chief financial officer, called the system's recovery "nothing short of amazing."

At the first House hearing on the VA's EHR since the department completed its first go-live, lawmakers questioned the ongoing project's price tag and schedule.

CMS says they will enforce new guidelines to prevent codes from preventing price information from appearing on search engines. The guidelines appear on Github along with examples of file displays compliant with the HHS regulations.

The deal is expected to close April 30 and would give Amedisys access to 31,000 Medicare and Medicare Advantage enrollees.