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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...
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) A new medication has been shown to significantly lower blood pressure in people whose levels stay dangerously high, despite taking several existing medicines, according to the results of a Phase III clinical trial.Globally, around 1.3...
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Ministry of Ayush is set to organise a two-day event themed “National Ayush Mission and Capacity Building in States” at the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) here next week, an official statement said...
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Surgery to treat chronic sinus disease can be more effective than antibiotics, according to a major clinical trial.The common symptoms of Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), or sinusitis, include a blocked and runny nose, loss of smell,...
