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September 9, 2024 5:37 PM

Delhi govt bans production, sale and use of firecrackers till Jan 1

The Delhi government has announced a comprehensive ban on the production, storage, sale, and use of firecrackers in the national capital. The prohibition will remain in effect until January 1, 2025, as declared by Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai...

September 9, 2024 3:21 PM

Health Ministry issues advisory on “Mpox” preparedness to states and UTs

The Union Health Ministry has issued an advisory to all states and union territories on precautionary measures for "Mpox," a disease declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO). India has yet to...

September 8, 2024 1:20 PM

Diet has significant impact on risk of Alzheimer’s disease: Research

A detailed study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease highlights the impact of diet on reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The research shows that plant-based diets, such as the Mediterranean diet and traditional Chinese, Japanes...

September 7, 2024 1:12 PM

Dengue outbreak in Bangladesh escalates amid inaction

Bangladesh is witnessing a sharp rise in dengue cases, with the situation becoming increasingly alarming. The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) reported that at least nine people have died, and 1,963 have been hospitalised due to dengue i...

September 6, 2024 5:26 PM

Govt approves revolutionary six-month treatment for drug-resistant TB

The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has approved the introduction of a novel treatment regimen for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) under its National TB Elimination Program (NTEP). The new BPaLM regimen, a four-drug combinati...

September 5, 2024 10:06 PM

Palestinian children in south Gaza receive polio vaccinations amid continued war

Crowds of Palestinians gathered at medical centers in the south of the embattled Gaza Strip on Thursday for their children to be vaccinated against polio in the second stage of a campaign that has so far seen 187,000 youngsters inoculated. The U.N. ...

September 4, 2024 5:09 PM

UN officials welcome progress in Gaza polio campaign, call for permanent ceasefire

The main United Nations agency for Palestinians said on Wednesday it was making good progress in rolling out a polio vaccine to children in Gaza, but called for a permanent ceasefire in the 11-month war to ease humanitarian suffering. UNRWA said tha...

September 4, 2024 11:56 AM

No link between mobile phones and brain cancer, WHO-backed study says

There is no link between mobile phone use and an increased risk of brain cancer, according to a new World Health Organization-commissioned review of available published evidence worldwide. Despite the huge rise in the use of wireless technology, the...

September 3, 2024 12:02 PM

Kolkata rape-murder case: CBI arrests former RG Kar Medical College Principal Sandip Ghosh on corruption charges

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Dr. Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College, on Monday over allegations of corruption and financial misconduct at the hospital. Ghosh came under investigation follow...

September 2, 2024 5:25 PM

Mpox patients lack medicine, food, in east DR Congo hospital

Dozens of feverish patients lay on thin mattresses on the floor of a makeshift mpox isolation ward in east Democratic Republic of Congo, as overstretched hospital workers grappled with drug shortages and lack of space to accommodate the influx. Cong...

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