New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Pakistan’s economic pressures are taking a toll on the nutritional well-being of its people, with nutrient-rich foods increasingly becoming unaffordable for large sections of the population as household purchasing power declines, a report has said.An...
Dhaka, Aug 31 (IANS) At least six children died from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh on Monday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 973 this year, amid an escalating health crisis in the country, local media...
Jaipur, Aug 29 (IANS) The Permanent Lok Adalat has ordered compensation of Rs 23,36,774 to a woman from Bharatpur who was allegedly subjected to chemotherapy for cancer, only to discover later that she was suffering from tuberculosis (TB). The order...
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Wednesday said that it has issued a notice to five-star hotel Andaz Delhi in Aerocity after an inspection uncovered multiple food safety and hygiene violations,...
Colombo, Aug 26 (IANS) The recent visit of a Sri Lankan Ministry of Health delegation to India came at a time when the island nation has been making efforts to strengthen food safety governance and modernise regulatory approaches. The insights...
Dhaka, Aug 25 (IANS) At least five more children have died from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 943 this year, amid an escalating health crisis in the country, local media...
Jaipur, Aug 25 (IANS) The Rajasthan government has taken stringent action against Neelkanth Fertility and Women Care Hospital Private Limited following prima facie violations of provisions governing Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) and surrogacy services, officials said on Tuesday. Nine registration...
Lucknow, Aug 24 (IANS) Yogi Adityanath-led UP government has intensified the crackdown on the illegal trade of counterfeit and adulterated medicines in the state and has put in place strict monitoring of licences and supply chains. The entire supply chain...
Kinshasa, Aug 24 (IANS) Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have surpassed 5,500, with more than 2,600 deaths, government figures showed Monday, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) said the outbreak reached a "defining moment"...
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...