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November 27, 2024 3:39 PM

WHO launches 16 days of activism to end violence against women

The World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Regional Director, Saima Wazed, has launched a campaign aimed at ending gender-based violence. The 16 Days of Activism, which began on November 25, coinciding with the International Day for the Eli...

November 27, 2024 3:38 PM

India, UK need to collaborate in AI, tele-medicine, agri tech: Piyush Goyal

India and the UK have the potential to further collaborate in fields like artificial intelligence (AI), tele-medicine, climate modelling and agri-tech to improve the lives of millions of people in both countries, Union Commerce and Industry Minister,...

November 27, 2024 10:34 AM

Trump chooses US COVID policy critic Bhattacharya to lead NIH

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday chose Stanford academic and U.S. COVID policy critic Jay Bhattacharya to run the National Institutes of Health, the country's top public funder of medical research with a budget of some $47.3 billion. The NIH ...

November 26, 2024 11:44 AM

Study explains why obesity increases risk of diabetes

The US scientists have decoded why obesity increases the risk of type 2 diabetes by targeting the fat cells. The study, published in Cell Reports, may advance new treatments for type 2 diabetes and other chronic diseases that work by helping fat ste...

November 25, 2024 11:41 AM

Bangladesh: 11 more die of dengue, highest in a day this year

In Bangladesh, dengue cases are increasing day by day creating extra burden on the already stressed healthcare system of the country. Eleven more deaths were reported from dengue on Sunday, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne dis...

November 24, 2024 4:06 PM

Scientists decode brain activity to help treat anxiety and depression

A team of scientists has uncovered new regions of the brain that support social interactions and are in constant communication with the ancient amygdala region—a discovery that could help treat psychiatric conditions such as anxiety and depression....

November 24, 2024 11:43 AM

M-Pox remains public health emergency: WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reaffirmed that M-Pox will continue to be classified as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) amid a sharp rise in cases and the virus's expanding geographic spread. The high-alert status,...

November 23, 2024 10:03 AM

Canada confirms first case of clade I mpox in Canada

Canada's public health agency on Friday confirmed the first case of clade I mpox in Canada, in an person in Manitoba. The Public Health Agency of Canada said this travel-related case was associated with an ongoing outbreak of clade I mpox in central...

November 22, 2024 10:56 PM

Indo-US scientists decode mysterious sources behind fiery hot gas around Milky Way

An international team of scientists from India and the US have decoded the mysterious source behind fiery hot gas around the Milky Way galaxy. In the last few years, scientists have discovered gaseous matter pitched to be around 10 million degrees K...

November 22, 2024 6:50 PM

Pakistani town in uproar after 40 Shi’ites gunned down in bus convoy

Angry crowds gathered in the remote Pakistani mountain town of Parachinar on Friday, incensed by an attack on an escorted convoy of buses in which 40 Shi'ite Muslims died after being sprayed with automatic fire in an ambush. The Parachinar district,...

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