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September 25, 2024 12:06 PM

Jaishankar emphasizes India’s role in combating synthetic drug threats at Global Coalition Summit

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar highlighted India’s pivotal role in the global fight against the illicit manufacture and trafficking of synthetic drugs during the Summit for the Global Coalition to Address Synthetic Drug Threats held on Tue...

September 24, 2024 2:45 PM

US to donate 1 million mpox vaccine doses to halt outbreak in Africa

U.S. President Joe Biden will announce on Tuesday the donation of 1 million mpox vaccine doses and at least $500 million to African countries to support their response to the outbreak, according to a senior administration official. Biden will make t...

September 23, 2024 6:08 PM

India reports first Mpox clade 1b case in Kerala: Sources

India has reported its first case of Mpox clade 1b, confirmed in a 38-year-old man from Kerala’s Malappuram district. The individual had recently returned from the United Arab Emirates and began exhibiting symptoms, according to official sources. ...

September 23, 2024 2:12 PM

Bangladesh faces surge in dengue cases as six more die, over 24,000 infected this year

In Bangladesh, dengue cases are increasing day by day. On Sunday, six more people died of dengue in 24 hours while 926 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the death toll f...

September 23, 2024 8:42 AM

Indian Air Force airlifts live organs from Pune to Delhi enabling life-saving surgery

In a major operation, the Indian Air Force facilitated the airlift of live organs from Pune to Delhi using the C-17 Globemaster aircraft, enabling a critical life-saving surgery. A Green Air corridor was created for the C-17 aircraft to facilitate ai...

September 22, 2024 9:29 PM

Kerala: Three more test negative for Nipah virus in Malappuram, contact list grows to 267

Kerala's Health Minister Veena George confirmed that three additional individuals tested negative for the Nipah virus, bringing the total number of negative cases in the current outbreak to 78. The state continues to closely monitor the situation as ...

September 22, 2024 7:23 AM

Quad Cancer Moonshot: PM Modi announces USD 7.5 million grant and 40 million vaccine doses to combat cervical cancer

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced a $7.5 million support package for sampling kits, detection kits and vaccines to assist nations in combating cervical cancer. This announcement was made during the Quad Cancer Moonshot event, hosted ...

September 21, 2024 1:00 PM

Study finds how new type of blood test could identify children at risk of diabetes

Scientists have developed a novel blood test that uses lipids to identify children who are more susceptible to obesity-related problems, such as type 2 diabetes, liver disease, and heart disease. Researchers at King's College London discovered a ...

September 20, 2024 10:33 AM

Striking doctors set to resume essential services

Striking junior doctors in West Bengal agreed to resume essential services, in a partial resumption of medical facilities, but they will continue their strike over the rape and murder of a colleague over a month ago. The rape and murder of the 31-ye...

September 19, 2024 5:30 PM

Global health fund says health, climate, conflict ‘triple whammy’ hits world’s poorest

Climate change and conflict risk overshadowing efforts to improve people's health, when in reality the issues overlap, Peter Sands, head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, said. He was speaking in London ahead of Thursday's ...

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