New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) More than 90 per cent of employees in India are confident that they can afford the healthcare needs for themselves and their families, according to a report on Thursday.The Mercer Marsh Benefits report, based on...
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) While biological drugs or biologics have improved the lives of many people with severe asthma, a new study shows that some immune cells with high inflammatory potential are not completely eradicated after treatment.The findings may...
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) With a significant decline in the progress made in global childhood vaccination rates since 2010, lives of millions of children are at vulnerable to preventable diseases and death, according to a new study published in...
Kathmandu, June 25 (IANS) Nepal has reported its first death due to the Omicron sub-variants of Covid-19, as the virus continues to spread in the country, posing a renewed health risk, local media reported on Wednesday.This is the first Covid...
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Australian scientists have unveiled a transformative tool that allows researchers to track the fate of individual cells in a developing embryo with unprecedented precision.The study introduces LoxCode -- a system that assigns each cell in...
Tehran, June 24 (IANS) The death toll from Israeli strikes across Iran over the past 12 days has reached 606, with 5,332 others injured, Iran's Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafarghandi said on Tuesday.Zafarghandi described the past 24 hours as witnessing the...
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Identifying new drugs for patients with sickle cell disease is very important, said a senior scientist at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).Speaking to IANS, Dr. Manisha Madkaikar, Director of ICMR- Centre for Research...
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Low dose of emicizumab could be as effective as standard dose against Haemophilia A, according to a study led by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).Emicizumab is a bispecific monoclonal antibody used to treat...
Phnom Penh, June 24 (IANS) A 41-year-old woman from northwestern Cambodia's Siem Reap province has been confirmed for H5N1 human avian influenza, raising the number of cases to seven so far this year, the Ministry of Health said in a...
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) A team of international researchers has uncovered a new genetic cause for a rare developmental disorder that profoundly impacts brain growth and function in children.The team led by the University of Otago–Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka from...
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Newborn screening programme for sickle cell disease (SCD), undertaken between 2019-2024, reduced mortality risk to below 5 per cent from the earlier 20 to 30 per cent, said Dr. Manisha Madkaikar, Director of ICMR- Centre...
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) Australian researchers have found that honey made by native stingless bees possesses distinctive antimicrobial qualities, offering new hope in the fight against the worldwide threat of antibiotic resistance.Known locally as "sugarbag" honey, honey from three...