Addis Ababa, July 12 (IANS) Africa has recorded more than 4,200 deaths due to ongoing cholera and mpox outbreaks in different parts of the continent in 2025, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said. During...
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) A team of scientists in Australia, led by those of Indian origin, has developed a new once-a-week injectable drug that could transform the lives of more than eight million people living with Parkinson's disease, potentially...
Dar Es Salaam, July 11 (IANS) Tanzanian Minister of Health Jenista Mhagama has officially inaugurated the Royal International Patients and Master Health Check-up Clinic at the Benjamin Mkapa Hospital in the national capital of Dodoma, aimed at providing high-end medical...
Khartoum, July 11 (IANS) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Friday that the number of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in Sudan's North Darfur region has doubled as a result of the country's ongoing military conflict. In...
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) High levels of toxic metals like lead and arsenic in breast milk may impair growth in infants, according to an alarming study. Breast milk is the best source of nutrition for infants under six months...
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) German researchers have developed two novel antibiotics that have shown promise for millions of patients with tuberculosis (TB), leading to lesser side effects than the currently available treatments.The drugs, sutezolid, and delpazolid, have demonstrated strong...
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) India is capable of manufacturing low-cost and quality-assured HIV diagnostics, and medicines, and also supplying them globally, said Dr Ishwar Gilada, the Secretary General of People’s Health Organisation (India) on Friday, even as UNAIDS sounded...
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Microsoft’s new AI system BioEmu will help decode protein motion and help in faster discovery of drugs, said CEO Satya Nadella on Friday.Biomolecular Emulator-1 (BioEmu-1) is a deep learning model that can generate thousands of...
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) In a first, the World Health Organization (WHO) has published guidelines for the clinical management of patients with suspected or confirmed arboviral diseases, such as dengue, chikungunya, Zika, and yellow fever.Arboviruses have become a growing...
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) While there are rights for people with disabilities, parents or caregivers are often faced with stress that can significantly affect their physical, mental, and financial conditions, finds a study by researchers from the National Institute...
Phnom Penh, July 10 (IANS) Cambodia reported about 7,000 dengue fever cases in the first half of 2025, similar to the number of cases during the same period last year, a health official said on Thursday.However, the death toll from...
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Diabetes may not only lead to joint pain that can severely damage your knee but also increase the risk of infections and blood clots after knee replacement surgery, according to a new study led by...