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...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Amid increasing deaths of children allegedly due to contamination of cough syrup, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday sought answers from the Indian authorities on the export of 'Coldrif'.According to a report by Reuters,...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) Three scientists from the US, Japan, and Australia on Wednesday have been conferred with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the metal-organic frameworks.The laureates Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M. Yaghi created...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s tariff proposals acted as a tax on US consumers, raised inflation, and had no benefit to the American economy, said former IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath on Wednesday.Slamming Trump’s "Liberation Day"...
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IANS) A team of Australian researchers has decoded important genetic differences in how females and males experience depression for the first time, an advance that could pave the way for more targeted intervention and treatments.In the...
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IANS) Australian researchers have found that there is no evidence that calcium monotherapy increases the long-term risk for dementia, particularly in older women.Calcium supplements play critical role in multiple physiological functions, including improving bone health.The study...