Health

More than 50,000 Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs), which target to provide communities closer to their homes with primary health facilities, are now operational across the nation and have seen more than 28.10 crore footfalls, the Ministry of Health said on Friday.

India has successfully met the 2017 target of newborn mortality rate of 24 per 1,000 live births and is making strides to fulfil the target of stillbirth rate of 19 per 1,000 total births by this year, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday.

An injectable hydrogel derived from spirulina can help accelerated wound repair in internal injuries and rapid healing in diabetic patients.

India has continued the unbroken trend of the daily new recoveries outpacing the daily new additions for more than 1.5 months. The country also reported less than 50,000 new daily cases for the eleventh continuous day.

Covid-19 vaccine – Covaxin – being developed by Bharat Biotech, is now undergoing phase-3 trials, Chairman and Managing Director of the company Krishna Ella said on Monday.

This was made possible by Amrita Hospital, Kochi, in the first week of October. According to the doctors who attended the 24-year-old patient, the mother and the newborn are stable. The hospital claims this is the first such successful case in the country.