Lancet report on unapproved antibiotic use in India is ‘misleading, inappropriate’: Govt official
New Delhi: The Lancet report claimed that more than 47 per cent of antibiotic formulations used in India's private sector in 2019 were unapproved
BY PTI / Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
Govt adds 34 medicines to NLEM list to reduce out-of-pocket expenditure
New Delhi: The drugs in NLEM are included in scheduled category and their price is regulated by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
BY PTI / Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
Swiss pharma company launches initiative to end preventable maternal deaths in India
New Delhi: For Every Mother in India, aims to mobilise a wide set of stakeholders across the country in a collective push to end preventable maternal deaths
BY PTI / Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
Over 1.78L TB patients adopted under Pradhan Mantri TB-Mukt Bharat Abhiyan campaign
New Delhi: The campaign is an expansion of the Union health ministry's focus on the eradication of tuberculosis by ramping up community support
BY PTI / Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
Low cost clinical intervention developed for breast cancer treatment
Mumbai: The study by a team from Tata Memorial Centre, a premiere cancer institute under the Centre's Department of Atomic Energy, over a decade led to the development of the intervention with higher efficacy
BY PTI / Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
Survey reveals low awareness about cancer screening in Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar: ICMR-NCDIR monitoring survey shows only 5.6 per cent of people in Arunachal Pradesh surveyed were aware of cancer screening
BY PTI / Sunday, 11 September, 2022
Why are some people mosquito magnets and others unbothered? A medical entomologist points to metabolism, body odor and mindset
Florida: The human mosquito magnets you can spot at summer parties may have a genetically high metabolic rate or may be more physically active than other attendees, writes Jonathan Day
BY PTI / Sunday, 11 September, 2022
Fears of a polio resurgence in the US have health officials on high alert – a virologist explains the history of this dreaded disease
Colorado (US): There is no cure for polio. The only treatment is prevention. And the tool for prevention is vaccination, the same tool that eliminated polio in the US in the first place, writes Rosemary Rochford
BY PTI / Sunday, 11 September, 2022
Sustained rise in antimicrobial resistance in India: ICMR study
New Delhi: "Antibiotic resistance has the potential of taking the form of a pandemic in the near future if corrective measures are not taken immediately," senior ICMR scientist Dr Kamini Walia said
BY PTI / Saturday, 10 September, 2022
WHO Regional Committee meet concludes, member countries vow to strengthen health systems
New Delhi: Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh, Regional Director, WHO South-East Asia, said focus must be on identify vulnerable populations and how best their health needs can be addressed
BY PTI / Friday, 9 September, 2022
Monkeypox vaccine expected to induce strong immune response: Study
Melbourne: Since the new virus was first observed in early May, over 52,000 cases have been confirmed in more than 90 countries and regions, the researchers said
BY PTI / Friday, 9 September, 2022
Menstrual Health, Hygiene and Waste Management training programme held in Noklak District
Noklak: The training programme was organised by We The Change and the Miraculum Society Nagaland, both women-led, not for profit initiatives
BY NTN / Thursday, 8 September, 2022
