Kinshasa, Aug 14 (IANS) The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has spread to a sixth province, with confirmed cases rising to 4,665, the government said Friday.The health zone of Buta in the northern province...
Gandhinagar, Aug 13 (IANS) Workers covered under the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) in Gujarat and their dependent family members will have access to tertiary and super-speciality treatment at six more healthcare institutions under newly signed agreements, as the state...
Kabul, Aug 13 (IANS) Afghan children are battling malnutrition as nearly one in 10 children under the age of five is suffering from acute malnutrition with the situation getting worse as large number of refugees return from Pakistan, local media...
Kolkata, Aug 13 (IANS) The West Bengal police have launched a probe into the mysterious death of a female nursing staff member whose body was found inside a toilet at the state-run NRS Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH) in Kolkata...
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Thursday said that it suspended the licences of three food business operators, citing misleading claims, unhygienic manufacturing conditions and serious food safety violations that could...
Dhaka, Aug 12 (IANS) At least five children died from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh on Wednesday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 885 this year, amid an escalating health crisis in the country, local media...
Gandhinagar, Aug 12 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday felicitated three government hospitals for securing national recognition for their work in organ donation and transplantation, with the awards being presented to him and the Council of Ministers during...
Shillong, Aug 11 (IANS) Meghalaya is set to strengthen its fight against HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) with the launch of the Intensified IEC Campaign 3.0, with a special focus on young people, early testing, treatment and reducing stigma...
Kinshasa, Aug 11 (IANS) The death toll from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has surpassed 2,000, according to figures released Tuesday by the country's public health authorities.The country has recorded 4,381 confirmed cases,...
Patna, Aug 11 (IANS) More than 165 people fell ill after consuming prasad following a Satyanarayan Puja in Hiyadatpur village of Amni Panchayat under the Mansi police station area of Bihar's Khagaria district.Panic spread through the village after a large...
Rajkot, Aug 10 (IANS) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rajkot has performed its first corneal transplant surgery, providing emergency treatment to a 65-year-old woman from Kodinar in Gir Somnath district whose severe corneal infection had failed to...
Gandhinagar, Aug 10 (IANS) Gujarat has recorded 225 suspected Chandipura virus cases since June 30, with 39 laboratory-confirmed infections and 25 deaths among confirmed patients, according to the latest Health Department figures released on Monday. The number of suspected cases...