New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Up to four in 10 or 7.1 million cancer cases worldwide could be prevented, according to a new global analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO) and its International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)...
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Scientists in Australia have mapped the "neighbourhoods" of lung cancer cells and found that cell metabolism plays a key role in determining how patients respond to immunotherapy.Researchers from the University of Queensland's (UQ) Frazer Institute...
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) India has reaffirmed its commitment to inclusive and rights-based social development at the 64th Session of the Commission for Social Development at UN Headquarters, New York, said the Ministry of Women and Child Development on...
Islamabad/New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Even after three decades of aggressive eradication campaigns, Pakistan’s polio woes continue amid public mistrust and logistical gaps, according to a media report. Pakistan first launched the anti-polio campaign in 1994. Yet, over the last...
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Amid a rapidly ageing population in India, experts on Tuesday stressed the need for a home-based, community-led and integrated elder care model to boost geriatric care in the country.Speaking at an event held in the...
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Slashing global aid, particularly by the US and European countries, will reverse decades of progress in fighting diseases, and lead to 22.6 million additional deaths in people of all age groups, including children under five...
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) Ignition Dynamics, a deep‑tech startup incubated at NIT Srinagar’s Greenovator Foundation, has developed its first prototype, Magnetized Plasma Testbed, that studies plasma under controlled electric and magnetic fields, a report has said.The report from Kashmir...
Yangon, Feb 2 (IANS) Myanmar has intensified health screening and surveillance at Yangon International Airport to prevent the possible entry of the Nipah virus, the state-owned daily The Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Monday.In view of the ongoing...
Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) Pakistan on Monday launched its first nationwide polio vaccination campaign of 2026, aiming to vaccinate more than 45 million children from February 2 to February 8, the National Emergency Operations Centre said.The campaign was inaugurated in...
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Union Budget announcements link health policy with rural livelihoods, export growth, youth employment and entrepreneurship — strengthening India’s emergence as the world capital of evidence-based holistic healthcare, Ayush Minister Prataprao Jadhav said on Monday.Hailing...
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Union Budget announcements link health policy with rural livelihoods, export growth, youth employment and entrepreneurship — strengthening India’s emergence as the world capital of evidence-based holistic healthcare, Ayush Minister Prataprao Jadhav said on Monday.Hailing...
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Union Budget announcements link health policy with rural livelihoods, export growth, youth employment and entrepreneurship — strengthening India’s emergence as the world capital of evidence-based holistic healthcare, Ayush Minister Prataprao Jadhav said on Monday.Hailing...