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December 10, 2025 3:45 PM

Maha govt steps up detection of fake medicines, cough syrups

Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) Minister Narahari Zirwal on Wednesday informed the state Assembly that the department has intensified efforts to detect spurious medicines and cough syrups across the state. Responding in writing to a ...

December 9, 2025 2:55 PM

Kashmir Faces Intense Cold Wave with No Snowfall Expected

Intense cold wave continued in Kashmir on Tuesday, and the Meteorological (MeT) Department had no forecast for snowfall either in the plains or upper reaches. A large number of locals, especially children and elderly people, have been suffering from...

December 8, 2025 3:57 PM

New Antibody Therapy Shows Promise for Myeloma

An immune- and cancer cell-targeting antibody therapy has shown potential to eliminate residual traces of multiple myeloma, a deadly blood cancer, according to interim results from a clinical trial. The trial involved 18 patients who received up to ...

December 7, 2025 3:53 PM

US signs $228 million deal with Rwanda for health in new aid model

The United States and Rwanda have signed a five-year deal for the provision of $228 million for the health sector in the East African nation, the State Department said, the second such pact under the Trump administration's new approach to overseas ai...

December 6, 2025 5:58 PM

Shingles vaccine reduces risk of death from dementia, study finds

People with dementia who received a shingles vaccine were significantly less likely to die from dementia than those who didn’t get the shot, according to findings of a large study, suggesting the vaccine could slow progression of the disease. Over...

December 5, 2025 12:57 PM

Explainer-Why are hepatitis B vaccines given to newborns?

Vaccine advisers to U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were expected to vote on Thursday on whether to scrap a broad recommendation for the hepatitis B vaccine for children, a move that would leave the choice to parents in most cases. The U...

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