New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Doctors at AII India Institute of Medical Sciences successfully performed a complex medical procedure to save the life of a 14-month-old girl who had swallowed… Continue reading AIIMS doctors remove 2-inch-long metal spring from 14-month-old’s food pipe
Pune, Feb 5 (IANS) The ICMR-National Institute of Virology (NIV) celebrated its 74th Foundation Day with a science outreach programme with school students to nurture scientific curiosity, it said on… Continue reading ICMR-NIV celebrates 74 years of scientific excellence with school students in Pune
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) exemption of lifesaving cancer drugs and higher taxation on tobacco products are the steps aimed at strengthening public health… Continue reading GST cuts on cancer drugs, higher tobacco tax boosting public health: AIIMS study
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) Climate change and industrial pollution are worsening the healthcare crisis in Bangladesh, according to a media report. The Irish Times reported that despite emitting only… Continue reading Climate change, industrial pollution worsening healthcare crisis in Bangladesh
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have developed a simpler and more efficient method to recover immune cells grown in the lab… Continue reading IIT Bombay develops method to recover T-cells for cancer therapies
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) A world-first Australian trial has found that a simple fingerstick test for hepatitis B DNA is as accurate as standard lab testing, paving the way… Continue reading World-first fingerstick test to expand hepatitis B diagnosis access
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Government-led digital platforms supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), including the U-WIN and eVIN, have strengthened India’s immunisation ecosystem, said a report from… Continue reading UNDP-backed digital platforms boosting India’s immunisation ecosystem: Report
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The government’s flagship Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) has significantly improved access to complex spine surgeries and eliminated out-of-pocket costs, reducing the… Continue reading PM-JAY boosts access to complex spine surgeries, reduces out-of-pocket costs: Study
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A team of researchers in Japan has announced a clinical trial to confirm a vaccine’s efficacy against the deadly Nipah virus in humans. The vaccine… Continue reading Japanese researchers to begin human trial for Nipah vaccine in April
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Ayushman Arogya Mandirs is strengthening the fight against cancer in India, said Union Health Minister JP Nadda on World Cancer Day on Wednesday. World Cancer… Continue reading Ayushman Arogya Mandirs strengthening fight against cancer: JP Nadda
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Wednesday highlighted the severe issue of food adulteration in the country, describing it as a raging… Continue reading ‘Raging health crisis’: AAP MP raises alarm in RS over ‘widespread’ food adulteration
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… Continue reading 7.1 million cancer cases worldwide preventable, tobacco biggest culprit: WHO
