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December 18, 2024 12:05 PM

Sri Lankan President Dissanayake visits Jan Aushadhi Kendra at AIIMS in Delhi

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who is on a three-day visit to India, on Tuesday visited a Jan Aushadhi Kendra at AIIMS, Delhi to gain insights into the country's quality and affordable medicine distribution system. In a post on X, Mi...

December 17, 2024 10:07 PM

New HIV prevention drug could reach poorest countries by 2025, says health official

A new long-acting preventive HIV drug could reach the world’s poorest countries by the end of 2025 or early 2026, a global health official told Reuters on Tuesday. The ambition is to start deliveries of Gilead Sciences’ lenacapavir on that timel...

December 17, 2024 6:51 PM

Combined liver, kidney transplant successfully done on 54-year-old man in Hyderabad

Star Hospitals has successfully performed a simultaneous liver and kidney transplant on a 54-year-old critically ill patient, Rama Rao, a businessman from Ongole, Andhra Pradesh. The patient suffered from liver and kidney failure, compounded by mult...

December 16, 2024 10:29 PM

GRAP stage III re-imposed in Delhi amid ‘very poor’ air quality

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Monday imposed Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi after the city's air quality deteriorated to the 'very poor' category. The CAQM attributed the sharp decline in air quali...

December 15, 2024 2:21 PM

Parliamentarians play friendly cricket match to raise TB awareness

Parliamentarians under the Rajya Sabha Chairman XI and Lok Sabha Speaker XI played a friendly cricket match at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Sunday. BJP MP Anurag Thakur captained the Lok Sabha Speaker XI, while Union Minister Kiren ...

December 14, 2024 4:05 PM

Bariatric surgery may reverse eye damage

A recent study has found that early eye damage caused by obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes can potentially be reversed through bariatric surgery. Changes to the vascular structure of the retina often reflect damage caused by obesity, hypert...

December 13, 2024 9:05 PM

Strengthening mental health: initiatives and innovations by central govt

The Central Government is undertaking a range of initiatives to address mental health challenges in India. Recognizing the growing need for accessible and high-quality mental healthcare, these measures span from infrastructure development to digital ...

December 13, 2024 4:35 PM

Congo to get Japan’s mpox vaccine for children from next week, Africa CDC says

Democratic Republic of Congo should start to receive three million doses of mpox vaccine from Japan next week that can be used on children, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday. Vaccinations against the...

December 13, 2024 1:37 PM

Delhi’s minimum temperature rises; cold wave and fog to persist across north India

Delhi’s minimum temperature rose to 9°C on Friday, providing relief after the season's coldest day on Thursday, when the temperature plunged to 4.5°C, four degrees below normal, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD rep...

December 12, 2024 8:59 PM

Trump plans ‘big discussion’ on childhood vaccination programs with Kennedy

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview on Thursday that he will have a "big discussion" about ending childhood vaccination programs with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services, and might ...

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