Dhaka, June 21 (IANS) Bangladesh has reported two more dengue deaths in the 24 hours until Sunday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in the country to nine in 2026, local media reported. During this period,...
Islamabad, June 21 (IANS) A recent childbirth incident at a washroom in the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) in Karachi has exposed the fragility of maternal care in Pakistan, a report has stated. A woman in labour who came to...
Dhaka, June 20 (IANS) As many as seven children have died from measles outbreak in Bangladesh on Saturday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 677 since March 15 this year, amid an escalating health crisis in...
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Ministry of Ayush has called on citizens across India to join the 12th International Day of Yoga celebrations on June 21 in large numbers to be part of "historic celebration of health, harmony and...
Kathmandu, June 20 (IANS) Nepal's Central Zoo in the Kathmandu Valley has been closed indefinitely since Friday after bird flu was detected in more than a dozen birds and animals. The zoo, home to a wide variety of wildlife, is...
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) In a major move aimed at strengthening patient safety and ensuring the rational use of medicines, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday said that it has prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution...
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) As the country gears up for the 12th International Day of Yoga on June 21, a series of yoga-themed events, fitness drives and awareness programmes were organised across several states, reflecting the growing enthusiasm for...
Bhopal, June 18 (IANS) AIIMS Bhopal will celebrate the International Day of Yoga on June 21 with a special programme centred on the theme “Yoga for Healthy Ageing”, underlining the growing importance of yoga in promoting physical, mental and emotional...
Guwahati, June 18 (IANS) The National Health Mission (NHM), Assam, on Thursday clarified that Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) are distinct medical conditions and should not be reported interchangeably, while confirming that the state has recorded 35...
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Thursday said that it has directed food business operators (FBOs) across the country to ensure the use of only food-grade and corrosion-resistant knives, blades, and...
United Nations, June 18 (IANS) Violent armed groups, some briefly detaining aid workers, are obstructing the Ebola response in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN humanitarians said.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said...
Thiruvananthapuram, June 16 (IANS) With communicable diseases continuing to spread across Kerala, the state government has stepped up its response by constituting a high-power committee of health experts to strengthen disease surveillance and containment measures, Health Minister K. Muraleedharan said...