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Khartoum, May 31 (IANS) The Sudanese Ministry of Health announced that it has received over 2.9 million doses of the cholera vaccine amid a surge in cases, especially in the capital Khartoum."A total of 2,905,400 cholera vaccine doses have been...
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) There is an urgent need to check the deceptive marketing strategies for tobacco that can harm the health and well-being of youth in the country, said Union Health Minister JP Nadda on World No Tobacco...
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Australian researchers have identified a common genetic variant that doubles the risk of dementia in men.The team from Curtin University said that one in three people carry one copy of the variant, known as H63D,...
West Midnapore, May 30 (IANS) Residents of West Bengal’s West Midnapore district are increasingly benefiting from the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), a flagship initiative of the Central government aimed at making quality medicines affordable and accessible for all....
Ulan Bator, May 30 (IANS) A second child in Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, has died from measles amid a growing number of cases, according to the country's National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) on Friday.The patient, nine months...
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday recommended all countries to use both maternal vaccine and a monoclonal antibody to protect babies against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) -– the leading cause of acute lower respiratory...
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Urgent action is needed to ban flavoured tobacco, nicotine products that are increasingly being disguised as safer alternatives and deliberately targeted at children and adolescents, said the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday, ahead of...
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Sleeping disorders may be act as an early indicator of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia (LBD) -- a type of dementia, according to a study.The study focussed on patients with Rapid...
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Depression can significantly raise the risk of dementia both in middle age as well as among those aged 50 and above, according to a study. Dementia affects over 57 million people globally. There is currently...
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Delhi's first Ayushman Arogya Mandir is now ready to begin operations from the Tis Hazari Court complex. Previously functioning as a Mohalla Clinic, the facility has now been upgraded and redesigned to offer improved healthcare...
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) People with autism could be at a higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease early in life, according to a large-scale study that showed similar underlying biological mechanisms of the conditions.Researchers from the Karolinska Institutet questioned...
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Junk foods -- essentially high in saturated fats, sugar, and/or salt (HFSS) -- together with screen time can have a serious impact on the demographic dividend of India, Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran at...
