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April 18, 2025 3:40 PM

Indian pharma giants target bigger share of $145 billion US cancer drug market

Indian pharmaceutical companies are ramping up efforts to expand their footprint in the lucrative US oncology generics market, currently valued at $145 billion and growing at a robust annual rate of 11 per cent, according to a new report. In recent ...

April 17, 2025 6:24 PM

Type 5 Diabetes Officially Recognized: A type impacting the malnourished

Last Week, at the 75th Diabetes World Congress in Bangkok, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) officially classified Type 5 diabetes as a distinct form of the disease affecting lean, undernourished young adults in low- and middle-income count...

April 17, 2025 10:07 AM

Ministry of Ayush hosts Rashtriya Karmayogi Jan Seva programme to strengthen public service orientation

The Ministry of Ayush organised a special session of the Rashtriya Karmayogi Jan Seva Programme at Ayush Bhawan on Wednesday, with the objective of enhancing the service orientation and professional skills of its employees. The initiative was held in...

April 17, 2025 9:20 AM

Ayushman cards to be launched in Delhi for all income groups aged above 70 by April-end

The Delhi government will launch 'Ayushman Cards' for all income groups aged above 70 years by the end of April 2025. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, along with other Cabinet Ministers, on Wednesday chaired a meeting at which MLAs and officials fro...

April 16, 2025 4:10 PM

Karad sets benchmark in sanitary waste management with 100% safe disposal

Karad, a small city in Maharashtra’s Satara district, has achieved 100% segregation, collection, and processing of sanitary and biomedical waste, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs announced on Wednesday. According to the statement, the cit...

April 16, 2025 1:28 PM

WHO says member states reach agreement to tackle future pandemics

Members of the World Health Organization reached an agreement to prepare the world for future pandemics after more than three years of negotiations, the organisation said early on Wednesday. The legally binding pact is intended to shore up the world...

April 15, 2025 8:58 PM

CT scan radiation risk comparable to alcohol and obesity: study

Repeated exposure to unnecessary CT (computed tomography) scans may increase cancer risk to a level comparable with alcohol consumption and obesity, a new study has found. The research, conducted by scientists at the University of California-San Fra...

April 14, 2025 4:06 PM

Explained: What is Type-5 diabetes? Why the malnutrition-induced condition is back?

While blood sugar cases are significantly soaring worldwide, a lesser-known malnutrition-related form of diabetes -- designated as Type-5 diabetes – is gaining global attention after decades. Nearly 75 years after being first recorded, the conditi...

April 13, 2025 1:52 PM

WHO members close to accord on tackling future pandemics

Members of the World Health Organization are close to a deal on a treaty to prepare for future pandemics, sources involved in the talks told Reuters on Saturday, with a WHO spokesperson saying discussions had been paused until Tuesday. The pact, whi...

April 12, 2025 1:26 PM

European Commission plans emergency measures to combat bird flu in Poland

The European Commission plans to adopt emergency measures next week to stop the spread of bird flu in two regions of Poland, a spokesperson said on Friday. There have been 73 confirmed outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Poland ...

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