Dhaka, Sep 2 (IANS) Three more people have died due to dengue in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours till Tuesday morning, increasing the number of deaths from the mosquito-borne disease in the country to 125, this year. According to...
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Airborne pathogens, bacteria capable of causing infections in the lungs, gut, mouth, and skin, are twice as abundant in densely populated parts compared to less crowded regions, according to a study led by the Bose...
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) The Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) will provide a conducive ecosystem to catalyse India's rise as a global research and innovation hub, said CEO Dr. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman.He said this while delivering a lecture at the...
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) More than 1 crore people globally live with a mental health disorder, and women account for over 53 per cent, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.The WHO reports...
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Zydus Lifesciences on Tuesday launched India’s first trivalent influenza vaccine, aligning with the global recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO).Seasonal influenza viruses evolve rapidly, necessitating annual updates to vaccine compositions. The WHO, thus, recommended...
Cape Town, Sep 2 (IANS) South Africa's Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen voiced concern about the country's spreading foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)."At present, there are 274 unresolved outbreaks across KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Free State, North West, and Mpumalanga provinces. Positive cases have...
Riga, Sep 2 (IANS) African swine fever (ASF) has been detected at a large pig farm in Laubere parish, central Latvia, the country's veterinary authority said. To contain the outbreak, more than 23,300 pigs at the Baltic Pork farm will...
New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Niva Bupa Health Insurance on Tuesday clarified that the viral social media post regarding the cashless denial of a Mumbai-based policyholder is ‘baseless’.The viral post on professional networking site LinkedIn detailed the case of Chandra...
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) As thousands of health policyholders in India are suffering due to loss of access to cashless hospitalisation, the Association of Healthcare Providers - India (AHPI) on Monday asked health insurance firms to revoke suspension and...
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) With 23 of the world’s top 50 life sciences companies establishing centres in the country, India has emerged as the global hub of Global Capability Centers (GCCs) for life sciences, according to a report on...
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati have developed a novel sensor from milk protein and thymine that can detect mercury and antibiotic contamination in water, which can lead to cancer.With rapid urbanisation, industrial...
Kozhikode (Kerala), Sep 1 (IANS) The fatal amoebic meningoencephalitis or ‘brain eating amoeba’ has claimed two more lives including a three-month-old infant in the past 24 hours in Kerala, officials confirmed on Monday.Both the patients succumbed to the disease at...