By Chuck Lindell Under a wide-ranging health care bill approved Friday by the Texas Senate, hospitals would have to develop policies requiring immunizations for employees who have contact with patients. The provision, which can include everyone from housekeepers to doctors, is intended to protect patients from exposure to preventable diseases, particularly the flu. “It’s a […]
Leading 15 global pharma majors suffer setback in 2010, net falls by over 20%
By Sanjay Pingle, Mumbai The top 15 global pharmaceutical companies suffered a major setback in their working during the year ended December 2010. The operations of these companies affected mainly on account of stiff competition from generics, expiry of their patented products, restrictive healthcare policies and failure in creating breakthrough drugs, as per a Pharmabiz […]
Ridding the world of a terrible virus
Source: The Hindu In 1977, a 23-year-old cook at a hospital in Somalia who caught smallpox and survived became the last naturally occurring case of the disease. Three years later, in May 1980, the World Health Assembly, the supreme decision-making body of the World Health Organisation, declared that “the world and all its people have […]
New Vaccines: Gates Foundation's philanthropy or business?
By Dr. Gopal Dabade Vaccines play an important role as public health tools in preventing diseases. Immunisation is one of the most cost-effective interventions for disease prevention. Traditionally, the major thrust of immunisation services has been in the reduction of infant and child mortality. Immunisation is an important vehicle for health promotion and therefore is […]
DOH asked to hold cervical cancer screening in Bukidnon
By Walter I. Balane MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/3 June) – Board member Marivic Montesclaros, chair of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s committee on health, has filed a resolution urging the Department of Health to conduct a series of screening for cervical cancer in the province to encourage the women to avail of the newly formulated vaccine against the […]
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