Sydney, Sep 4 (IANS) Authorities on Friday reported the first confirmed case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Sydney, Australia.Tara Moriarty, the agriculture minister in New South Wales (NSW), told reporters that testing detected the H5N1 strain...
Dhaka, Sep 2 (IANS) At least five more people died of dengue outbreak in Bangladesh on Wednesday, taking the country’s death toll from the mosquito borne disease to 107 this year, local media reported. According to the Directorate General of...
Gandhinagar, Sep 2 (IANS) Gujarat’s 108 emergency medical service has entered its 20th year after responding to nearly 1.99 crore emergencies and helping save more than 19.66 lakh lives since its launch in 2007, according to figures released by the...
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Pakistan’s economic pressures are taking a toll on the nutritional well-being of its people, with nutrient-rich foods increasingly becoming unaffordable for large sections of the population as household purchasing power declines, a report has said.An...
Dhaka, Aug 31 (IANS) At least six children died from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh on Monday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 973 this year, amid an escalating health crisis in the country, local media...
Jaipur, Aug 29 (IANS) The Permanent Lok Adalat has ordered compensation of Rs 23,36,774 to a woman from Bharatpur who was allegedly subjected to chemotherapy for cancer, only to discover later that she was suffering from tuberculosis (TB). The order...
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Wednesday said that it has issued a notice to five-star hotel Andaz Delhi in Aerocity after an inspection uncovered multiple food safety and hygiene violations,...
Colombo, Aug 26 (IANS) The recent visit of a Sri Lankan Ministry of Health delegation to India came at a time when the island nation has been making efforts to strengthen food safety governance and modernise regulatory approaches. The insights...
Dhaka, Aug 25 (IANS) At least five more children have died from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 943 this year, amid an escalating health crisis in the country, local media...
Jaipur, Aug 25 (IANS) The Rajasthan government has taken stringent action against Neelkanth Fertility and Women Care Hospital Private Limited following prima facie violations of provisions governing Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and surrogacy services, officials said on Tuesday. Nine registration...
Lucknow, Aug 24 (IANS) Yogi Adityanath-led UP government has intensified the crackdown on the illegal trade of counterfeit and adulterated medicines in the state and has put in place strict monitoring of licences and supply chains. The entire supply chain...
Kinshasa, Aug 24 (IANS) Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have surpassed 5,500, with more than 2,600 deaths, government figures showed Monday, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) said the outbreak reached a "defining moment"...