Bhopal/Nagpur, Oct 9 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday inquired about health of children being treated in various hospitals in Nagpur due to consumption of toxic cough syrup.Among the hospitals Chief Minister Yadav visited in Nagpur, includes...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Nearly 1 billion people in low-and middle-income countries are living with avoidable vision loss, according to a new report on World Sight Day on Thursday. The report by the International Agency for the Prevention of...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) The Union government is focused on boosting comprehensive healthcare in the country with early detection and better access, said Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Thursday.Speaking at the two-day FICCI HEAL 2025 event here, the...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Timely screening of eyes, a healthy diet, and control of screen time is important to prevent vision-related problems, said Union Health Minister JP Nadda on World Sight Day on Thursday.World Sight Day is held on...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Poor air quality may not just be choking your lungs, it can also attack joints, leading to severe rheumatoid arthritis, experts said here on Thursday.Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder in which the...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Scientists have developed a new device that may help identify tuberculosis DNA from exhaled air -- known as aerosols.Tuberculosis is an airborne disease that is often diagnosed by analysing sputum -- mucus coughed up from...
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) An international team of scientists has discovered a new type of diabetes in babies, under six months of age.Some babies develop diabetes before the age of six months. In over 85 per cent of cases,...
Suva, Oct 8 (IANS) Fiji has launched its first-ever National Child Safeguarding Policy, setting a new national benchmark for child safety across all sectors of society. Minister for Women and Children Sashi Kiran described the initiative as a landmark moment,...
Dhaka, Oct 8 (IANS) Three more people have died in Bangladesh due to dengue in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning, increasing death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in 2025 to 220, local media reported. During this period, 700 more...
Tashkent, Oct 8 (IANS) India's Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Smita Pant met Indian pharma enterprises in Uzbekistan on Wednesday and discussed issues related to joint ventures, investments, growth prospects, registration and cooperation in traditional medicines. "Ambassador Smita Pant met Indian pharma...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Expressing ‘deep concern’ over the deaths of children due to cough syrup contamination, the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) on Wednesday urged the Ministry of Health to form a central committee to probe...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi were on Wednesday awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing molecular constructions with large spaces through which gases and other chemicals can flow.The constructions...