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Business Standard
15-07-2025
- Health
- Business Standard
Vencer Hospital Brings World-Class Robotic Knee Surgery to Pune
PNN Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 15: Vencer Hospital, a fast-emerging multispecialty tertiary care center in Pimple Nilakh, Pune, proudly announces the successful deployment of the CORI Robotic System by Smith & Nephew, USA--a cutting-edge, imageless robotic platform for joint replacement surgery. With this advancement, Vencer joins a select group of hospitals in India offering this next-generation technology, reaffirming its commitment to precision care, faster recovery, and patient-first values. Unlike traditional robotic systems that rely on high-radiation CT scans, the CORI robotic platform is imageless, eliminating the need for pre-operative CTs while ensuring highly accurate, real-time surgical planning and execution. It has become a gold standard in knee joint replacement due to its reduced radiation exposure, minimal blood loss, shorter hospital stays, and superior long-term outcomes. The technology is equally effective in hip replacement procedures. Vencer Hospital has successfully completed over 200 robotic knee surgeries using the CORI system, making it one of Pune's most trusted destinations for joint care. "Orthopaedics has always been a strong pillar at Vencer. With advanced robotic systems now available to our patients, we're bringing global-quality knee care to Pune's doorstep," said the hospital's founders in a joint statement. "We started Vencer in 2023 with a simple vision--to provide the best care with empathy, ethics, and excellence. This milestone reflects our belief that our patients deserve nothing less than the best, whether it's in technology, medical skill, or compassion." Launched in 2023 with a vision to integrate high-end medical technology with ethical, personalized care, Vencer Hospital is a 100-bed facility supported by a team of 25+ senior doctors. Its advanced clinical departments include Orthopaedics, Spine Surgery, Neurosurgery, Urology, General and Laparoscopic Surgery, Oncosurgery, Gynaec Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Cosmetology, Ophthalmology, ENT Surgery, Gastroenterology, General Medicine and Intensive Care, Emergency Care, and Cardiology. The robotic joint surgery program is led by a highly experienced team comprising Dr. Bhushan Shitole and Dr. Sameer Patil. Dr. Shitole also brings niche expertise in sports medicine, enabling faster and more advanced treatment for athletes and active individuals. In a city witnessing a growing burden of joint-related ailments--driven by ageing, lifestyle habits, and injury, Vencer's robotic joint replacement program offers patients a safer, faster, and more precise path to recovery. (ADVERTORIAL DISCLAIMER: The above press release has been provided by PNN. ANI will not be responsible in any way for the content of the same)
Time of India
08-07-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Measles cases in US reach all-time high after disease was declared 'eliminated': Check symptoms and prevention tips
The United States has broken its record for the highest number of measles cases in the country since the disease was eliminated in 2000, according to data from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Outbreak Response Innovation (CORI). The annual tally of measles cases in the US is the highest in 33 years, as an ongoing outbreak in west Texas continues to drive cases. The surge in number of measles cases comes at a time when childhood vaccination rates are falling and a rise in anti-vaccine sentiment. The center reports that there are now 1,277 confirmed cases across 38 states and the District of Columbia, the highest annual tally since 1992. This figure has already surpassed the 1,274 cases recorded during the peak year of 2019, marking a critical public health milestone reached just halfway through 2025. According to experts, this year measles' cases are likely severely undercounted because many are going unreported, The Hill reports. There have been at least 155 hospitalizations and three confirmed deaths from measles this year, including two otherwise healthy but unvaccinated children in Texas. A third death was reported in New Mexico in an unvaccinated adult who tested positive after dying. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Washing Fruit With Baking Soda? Here's What You Should Know Read More Undo ALSO READ: Student Loan Forgiveness programs to undergo massive changes under Trump 2.0. Are you at risk? 'It's a harbinger of things to come,' Eric Ball, a leading pediatrician, told the Washington Post. 'Once we see a resurgence of measles, we know that other diseases are going to come behind it.' Live Events 'When you talk to people on the ground, you get the sense that this outbreak has been severely underestimated,' Dr Paul Offit, director of the vaccine education center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia told The Guardian. Confirmed cases appear to be the 'tip of a much bigger iceberg', he said. Texas reports highest number of measles cases The majority of cases stem from a large outbreak originating in West Texas, where 753 confirmed cases have been reported across 36 counties since January. Gaines County remains the epicenter, with 55 percent of Texas cases concentrated in this area after the virus spread through a close-knit, undervaccinated Mennonite community. Some critics say Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to contain the epidemic in the tight-knit, religious West Texas community ran counter to established public health strategies used to end past epidemics, according to NewsWeek. ALSO READ: 'Horrific': Houston pediatrician fired over vile post suggesting Texas flood victims were Trump supporters Confirmed measles cases have been reported by 39 states and jurisdictions, with Texas, New Mexico, and Kansas showing the highest concentrations. Active outbreaks, defined as three or more related cases, are occurring in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Utah. Kentucky reported its first outbreak of 2025 last month. What are the symptoms of measles? The symptoms of measles appear seven to 14 days after virus contact and it includes high fever, cough, runny nose, and watery eyes. Measles is a viral disease characterized by a top-down rash, high fever, runny nose and red, watery eyes. The virus is one of the most infectious diseases known to medicine. There is no cure for measles. The rash typically emerges three to five days after the first symptoms and is often paired with fever spikes that can exceed 104°F. Tiny white spots inside the mouth, known as Koplik's spots, may develop two to three days after symptoms start. ALSO READ: Barron Trump's love life revealed: US President's son has a mysterious girlfriend amid college life? What we know How to stay safe? Two doses of MMR vaccine provide the best protection against measles, according to CDC. Measles is very contagious. It spreads through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. You can get measles just by being in a room where a person with measles has been. This can happen even up to 2 hours after that person has left. Anyone showing symptoms should contact a healthcare provider immediately. Wash your hands frequently, avoid close contact with sick individuals, and cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing. These practices can help prevent the spread of measles and other infectious diseases. If you are planning to travel, especially internationally, ensure you're fully vaccinated at least two weeks before departure. "Measles can live in the air for 2 hours after an infectious person leaves the space. Before any international travel, evaluate if your family needs early vaccine doses," the US CDC advises.
Boston Globe
08-07-2025
- Health
- Boston Globe
US measles cases reach 33-year high as outbreaks spread
The nation surpassed infections reported in 2019, reaching the largest number of cases since 1992, when officials recorded more than 2,100 infections, according to data published Friday from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Outbreak Response Innovation (CORI). 'It's devastating,' said Claire Hannan, executive director of the Association of Immunization Managers, a national organization of state and local immunization officials. 'We worked so hard to eliminate the threat of measles and to keep it at bay.' Authorities said at least 155 people have been hospitalized and three people have died of measles-related complications this year. The dead include two otherwise healthy children in Texas and a man in New Mexico, all of whom were unvaccinated. In contrast, only three measles deaths were reported between 2001 and 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up About 92 percent of measles cases in 2025 were in people who were either unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, according to the CDC. Advertisement Data from the CDC does not yet reflect the record as it is updated weekly on Wednesdays, while the Johns Hopkins' site validates data every weekday. The largest outbreak has been in West Texas, where officials have recorded more than 750 cases since late January and believe the true toll is much higher. Data shows that outbreak has slowed, but that it has spread to surrounding states. Advertisement Unrelated clusters of cases emerged elsewhere, usually originating with an unvaccinated person who traveled abroad. Measles was officially eliminated from the United States in 2000 with high vaccination coverage and rapid outbreak response. Cases still popped up periodically. But in recent years, large outbreaks with 50 or more cases have become more frequent, especially in close-knit communities with low vaccination coverage. Public health experts say the country is on track to lose the elimination status if there is continuous spread of linked measles cases for more than 12 months. 'It's a harbinger of things to come,' said Eric Ball, a pediatrician who heads the California chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. 'Once we see a resurgence of measles, we know that other diseases are going to come behind it.' Misinformation about the safety and effectiveness of the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine fueled the 1,274 cases recorded in 2019, according to public health officials and researchers. The outbreaks that year were concentrated in ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in New York, highlighting the risks in tight-knit communities where vaccine distrust takes hold. Confidence in public health measures, especially vaccines, has fallen since then, and is sharply divided along political lines. The national rate for MMR vaccination among kindergartners was slightly above 95 percent in 2019, the level of community protection scientists say is needed to prevent measles outbreaks. But that rate is now under 93 percent and falling, according to the CDC. Even in states with high vaccination coverage, pockets of unvaccinated people tend to cluster together. Measles is so contagious that a person without immunity exposed to the virus is highly likely to be infected and to spread it days before they develop symptoms. Advertisement A recent study showed that if US vaccination rates continue to decline, the nation could face millions of cases over the next 25 years. A poll conducted in March by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the de Beaumont Foundation found that 79 percent of adults say parents should be required to have children vaccinated against preventable diseases such as measles, mumps, and rubella to attend school. Support was stronger among Democrats, 90 percent, than among Republicans, 68 percent. Five years after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, less than half the public says it has at least some confidence in federal health agencies to carry out core public health responsibilities, according to a poll conducted in April by the health care think tank KFF. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime antivaccine activist who ascended to be the top US health official, has offered mixed messages about measles and the vaccine to prevent it. He initially downplayed the seriousness of the Texas outbreak after the first child died, saying: 'We have measles outbreaks every year.' He accompanied his calls for vaccination with caveats, raising concerns about the shots that public health experts called unfounded. Nola Jean Ernest, a pediatrician in rural southeastern Alabama, said many of her patients trust others who share their political views more than her when it comes to vaccination. She now sees patients who vaccinated older children refuse to vaccinate their infants. 'I've had several conversations in the last few months where they will say, 'We still trust you, we just don't trust the vaccines,'' Ernest said recently. 'That really breaks my heart.' Advertisement In Texas, infections in late January spread quickly within Gaines County's Mennonite community, some of whom educate their children at home or at private schools without vaccine mandates. The county had among the lowest kindergarten MMR vaccination rates in Texas, about 82 percent, according to state immunization data. Public health officials said they faced challenges in controlling the outbreak because many people were not getting tested or vaccinated for measles. Antivaccine groups mobilized quickly on the ground. Many Mennonite families turned to a prominent antivaccine doctor who offered unproven alternative treatments. Kennedy praised that doctor and his methods in a visit to the region. Children's Health Defense, an antivaccine group founded by Kennedy, interviewed the parents of a 6-year-old girl who died of measles, blaming her death on medical error rather than vaccination status. The organization did not immediately return a request for comment. Eventually, 36 Texas counties reported measles cases. Young adults from El Paso who work in oil fields close to Gaines County were among those infected this spring. El Paso went from five cases to 53 in a month, said Hector Ocaranza, director of the city and county health authority. Ocaranza said his community was vulnerable because a growing number of young adults, listening to what they see and hear on social media, are not getting vaccinated. Lara Anton, a spokeswoman for the Texas Health Department, said last week that the reporting of new measles cases has slowed, crediting rising population immunity from infections and increased vaccination. But the outbreak is not over. Advertisement Transmission is continuing in Gaines County, as well as Lamar County, in northeast Texas bordering Oklahoma, according to health department data. In Chihuahua, Mexico, which borders Texas and New Mexico, a child who visited Texas in February started a large measles outbreak that now exceeds 2,400 cases and eight deaths as of last week, according to data from the Pan American Health Organization. Measles outbreaks require vast personnel, time, dollars, and messaging, public health experts say. The 2019 outbreak cost New York City $8.4 million with 550 staff involved in the response, according to a 2020 report in the New England Journal of Medicine. Funding for state and local public health agencies, including immunization programs, has been slashed after increasing during the pandemic. Public health workers have been laid off because of widespread budget cuts across the federal health agencies. Because of the decreased funding, Texas had to pull resources and staff from other parts of its health department to respond to the outbreak, David Sugerman, a senior CDC scientist, told a committee of agency vaccine advisers in April. In Dallas, which has had one measles case this year, health officials had to lay off 16 immunization staff because of federal cuts, said Philip Huang, director of the county's health and human services department. 'The fact that this is occurring at the same time that we are seeing more measles cases in Texas than we have seen in more than 30 years makes absolutely no sense,' Huang said. Related : Related :
Washington Post
07-07-2025
- Health
- Washington Post
U.S. measles cases reach 33-year record high as outbreaks spread
The United States has reached its highest annual measles case tally in 33 years, hitting at least 1,277 confirmed cases across 38 states and the District of Columbia. The milestone marks a public health reversal in defeating a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable disease as the anti-vaccine movement gains strength. The nation surpassed infections reported in 2019, reaching the largest number of cases since 1992, when officials recorded more than 2,100 infections, according to data published Friday from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Outbreak Response Innovation (CORI).
Zawya
01-07-2025
- Health
- Zawya
Clemenceau Medical Center hospital Dubai celebrates over 1000 advanced robotic knee and hip surgeries
UAE Leads Region in Robotic Knee Surgery with Over 1000 Cases at Clemenceau Dubai Dubai, United Arab Emirates: In a groundbreaking achievement that reaffirms the UAE's leadership in medical innovation, Clemenceau Medical Center hospital Dubai celebrated a major milestone: successfully performing over 1000 robotic joint replacement surgeries using the second-generation CORI robotic system — with an outstanding success rate of 99.5%. This advancement places the UAE as the second country in the world after the United States to implement this cutting-edge surgical technology. The achievement is a testament to the unwavering support of the UAE's leadership in embracing and promoting global medical innovations. A special ceremony was held at the hospital's auditorium to mark the occasion, during which Dr. Ali Al Balooshi, Consultant Orthopedic and Joint Replacement Surgeon, was honored for his outstanding contributions and for leading one of the most advanced robotic surgery programs in the region. Dr. Al Balooshi, who has been practicing in Dubai since 2008, stated: "In 2018, we were among the pioneers to adopt robotic surgery for knee replacement procedures. We contributed to the development of first-generation robotic systems, leading up to the second generation launched in the U.S. at the end of 2020. We successfully implemented it in the UAE by January 2021, making our country one of the first in the world to apply this technology practically." He emphasized that robotic-assisted surgery has now become the preferred method for all knee replacement operations at Clemenceau Medical Center due to its unmatched precision and nearly zero margin of error — a significant improvement over traditional surgery methods, which carry up to a 20% error rate. 'The advantages of robotics go beyond precision,' added Dr. Al Balooshi. 'Patients recover much faster. Most are discharged for no more than 3 days, compared to a week or more with traditional surgery. The cost is also the same, making this advanced option accessible to a wider group of patients.' He explained that robotic surgery allows for the prosthetic joint to be fitted with a level of precision similar to that used in dental implants, significantly enhancing patient comfort and eliminating unnecessary strain on ligaments and muscles. To date, Dr. Al Balooshi and his team have performed more than 1,950 robotic surgeries since 2018, including nearly 1000 cases at Clemenceau Medical Center Dubai using the second-generation system — one of the highest figures in the region. Beyond the operating room, Dr. Al Balooshi has also played a key role in training dozens of surgeons from across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and New Zealand through educational programs held in Dubai. This effort further strengthens the UAE's position as a global hub for advanced medical training and healthcare excellence. This milestone is a reflection of the UAE's long-standing vision to lead in medical excellence. The nation has consistently been at the forefront of adopting state-of-the-art technologies, a journey crowned by the recognition of Dr. Al Balooshi by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum for his pivotal role in advancing robotic surgery as a cornerstone of the UAE's healthcare achievements.
