New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) A total of 6 crore people in the country have been screened for Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) against the targeted 7 crore under the National Sickle Cell Mission, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare...
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) A 43-year-old UK man has been declared free from deadly glioblastoma -- the most aggressive and common type of primary brain tumour -- after taking the new immunotherapy drug.Ben Trotman was 40 years old when...
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Amid resurgence of measles outbreak in the US and Canada, India has seen a surge in vaccine coverage for the highly contagious disease, Anupriya Patel, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, said...
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Delhi Health and Family Welfare Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh said on Monday that 30 new Ayushman Arogya Mandirs will be inaugurated this month. He added that by the end of August, 75 additional Ayushman Arogya...
Baghdad, July 21 (IANS) The death toll of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in Iraq has risen to 30, with a total of 231 cases recorded nationwide since the beginning of this year, the Iraqi Health Ministry announced on Monday.Ministry spokesman...
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) In a significant breakthrough, an international team of researchers has created a genetic test called a polygenic risk score (PGS) that predicts the risk of obesity in early childhood.The test, which predicts the risk of...
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) In a landmark decision, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said that all eligible prisoners of 70 years or above should get the benefits of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (ABPM-JAY) as...
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has invited expressions of interest (EoI) from eligible companies and manufacturers to undertake the transfer of technology for the commercialisation of the IgM ELISA Kit for detecting Chikungunya...
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) The increasing resistance to antibiotics may not only lead to an increase in deaths but may also surge treatment costs from the current $66 billion per year to $159 billion per year by 2050, according...
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) More than a lack of exercise, a higher caloric intake may be the primary driver of obesity worldwide, finds a study.While many experts have offered that rising obesity rates are due to declining physical activity...
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Children who own a smartphone before the age of 13 are more likely to experience poorer mental health and well-being in early adulthood, according to a global study of more than 100,000 young people released...
New York, July 20 (IANS) A team of US researchers has found that inhaling agricultural dust may pose significant risks to gut health for workers in animal agriculture.Led by Declan McCole, a professor of biomedical sciences in the, a University...