Balaghat, Aug 24 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh’s Health Department teams have screened 3,811 people in three villages of Balaghat district affected by various illnesses, including malaria and diarrhoea, as authorities stepped up surveillance amid a controversy over child deaths in the...
Washington, Aug 23 (IANS) A senior Trump administration health official said on Sunday that the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine was not lethal, clarifying remarks by President Donald Trump as US childhood vaccination rates fell below the threshold needed...
Mumbai, Aug 20 (IANS) Manipal Health Enterprises Limited on Thursday reported a 7.7 per cent year-on-year decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 231 crore for the first quarter of FY27, compared with Rs 250 crore in the corresponding quarter...
Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal Health Department to complete, within a week, its ongoing probe against 11 private blood banks in the state accused of severe irregularities, including illegally selling blood...
Chennai, Aug 19 (IANS) A political debate has erupted in Tamil Nadu after the state government announced that it would extend the maternity leave period from 12 weeks to 365 days for women government employees having their third child.Under the...
Kinshasa, Aug 19 (IANS) Children account for about one-third of reported deaths in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), despite representing only around one-fifth of confirmed cases, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said...
Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, is using artificial intelligence (AI) to develop broadly neutralising anti-venoms capable of treating bites from multiple snake species, potentially addressing a major public health challenge that claims tens of...
Abidjan, Aug 19 (IANS) Experts from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have reaffirmed their commitment in Abidjan to strengthening the response to epidemics and other public health emergencies. Health experts, representatives of member states and technical partners...
Kinshasa, Aug 19 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), as the epidemic surpasses 5,000 cases, spreads into...
Mumbai , August 18 (IANS) 'Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah' actress Sonalika Joshi, who plays Madhavi Bhide, shared glimpses of a special Independence Day celebration as the cast of the popular sitcom participated in the 44th India Day Parade in...
New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) The Delhi government plans to increase medical education capacity across the National Capital through a phased expansion of Undergraduate (UG), Postgraduate (PG) and Super-Specialty (SS) medical seats, Health Minister Pankaj Kumar Singh said on Monday....
Dhaka, Aug 15 (IANS) At least eight children have died from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh on Saturday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 902 this year, amid an escalating health crisis in the country, local...