New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) The Ministry of Ayush on Wednesday said it conducted a high-level review meeting and consultative discussions on the development of the International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI) and National Health Intervention Codes (NHIC) for Ayurveda,...
Moscow/Cape Town, May 27 (IANS) Russia has announced that its scientists have developed a new vaccine for the new strain of the Ebola virus linked to the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Russian Embassy in South...
Ottawa, May 27 (IANS) The Canadian government announced a series of temporary border measures to reduce the risk of the Ebola virus entering and spreading within Canada.According to a news release from the Public Health Agency of Canada, in response...
Kinshasa, May 27 (IANS) The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) remains at an early stage, but infections and deaths continue to rise, Health Minister Roger Kamba said.Health authorities have identified around 1,000 suspected cases...
Washington, May 26 (IANS) US President Donald Trump underwent a routine annual medical and dental examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre on Tuesday amid continued public attention over his health ahead of his 80th birthday next month. Trump...
Madrid, May 26 (IANS) The Spanish Ministry of Health confirmed a new positive case of hantavirus among the 14 Spaniards who were among the passengers of the cruise ship MV Hondius affected by an outbreak of the disease while crossing...
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday directed all states and Union Territories (UTs) to ensure implementation of its directions on menstrual hygiene management in schools by August 15, and file compliance reports, as it continued to...
Dhaka, May 25 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League party on Monday alleged that gross negligence and policy failures during the tenure of the former Muhammad Yunus-led interim government has triggered an escalating measles outbreak in the country that has claimed over...
Dhaka, May 25 (IANS) A total of 17 more children have died from measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in 24 hours till 8 am on Monday, raising the death toll since March 15 to 545, local media reported.This has matched the...
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday held India’s largest biomedical and technology transfer facilitation here and 41 public‑health technologies were transferred to industry partners, an official statement said.The event marked the establishment...
Gandhinagar, May 25 (IANS) The Gujarat government has activated dedicated isolation wards in Ahmedabad and Surat and intensified airport screening measures following reported Ebola cases in Congo, Uganda, and South Sudan, while maintaining that no case of the virus has...
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) In a significant step to enhance and modernise cancer care services, including early and precise tumour detection, the Army Hospital (Research and Referral) in the national capital has commissioned a ring gantry-based Linear Accelerator. The...