Wellington, June 6 (IANS) New Zealand is experiencing a significant surge in Covid-19 and other respiratory infections, with recent data showing a sharp jump in hospitalisations and outbreaks across the country.Healthline, the national medical advice service, reported an uptick in...
Gaya, June 6 (IANS) Lalan Choudhary, a resident of Bihar’s Nalanda district is undergoing free treatment at the city’s Magadh Medical College, Gaya, courtesy Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).Sharing his experience of availing free medical services...
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) A novel gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease, which showed promise to protect the brain from damage and preserve cognitive function, has renewed hope for millions of patients with the neurodegenerative disease.Worldwide, approximately 57 million people...
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) A daily dose of a commonly used, safe, and inexpensive antibiotic may help reduce preterm births (born at 37 weeks’ gestation or before), in women with HIV, according to a study of almost 1,000 pregnant...
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday allowed an application filed by the National Board of Examinations (NBE) seeking permission to schedule the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET)-PG 2025 on August 3.A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra...
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Amid the fresh wave of Covid-19, with more than 5,000 active cases, researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati developed a novel method to accurately detect and measure the amount of SARS-CoV-2, the...
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Women with early onset of periods, and later menopause -- which means a longer reproductive span -- can have a healthier brain ageing in life, according to a study.The study showed how a woman’s reproductive...
London, June 6 (IANS) The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) on Friday issued a warning about the continued spread of measles in England, highlighting the potential for a surge in cases during the upcoming summer holiday season.According to the latest...
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) US researchers have identified a mechanism that SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes Covid-19 -- uses to protect itself inside the body as it works to replicate and infect more cells.Without this protective mechanism, viral...
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Ten thousand Atal Tinkering Labs have been established in the country in the last 11 years, said Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday.In a post on social media platform X, Sitharaman said that Atal Tinkering...
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Statins, typically used to lower blood pressure may also help lower the risk of death among patients suffering from deadly sepsis by 39 per cent, according to a study on Friday.Sepsis occurs when the immune...
Jakarta, June 5 (IANS) In response to the surge of new Covid-19 variant cases in neighbouring countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto summoned Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin to the State Palace in Jakarta.The...