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October 10, 2024 11:45 AM

WHO South East Asia Region sets new target to eliminate measles, rubella

The 77th Regional Committee Session of the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region concluded in New Delhi, where member states adopted resolutions and established new targets for the elimination of measles and rubella. In a statement,...

October 9, 2024 4:51 PM

Government approves five-year extension of fortified rice supply

The Union Cabinet, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the continuation of the universal supply of fortified rice under all government schemes, including the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) and other welfare initiatives...

October 9, 2024 1:22 PM

India makes significant progress in poverty reduction, electrification, clean water, and sanitation: UNFPA

India has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty, expanding electrification, and improving access to clean water and sanitation, said Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). In an interview during her th...

October 9, 2024 12:14 PM

India has eliminated trachoma, once a major cause of blindness: WHO

India has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, becoming the third country in the South-East Asia region to reach this milestone, the World Health Organization said. The announcement was made during the WHO South-East Asia Regional Committ...

October 8, 2024 3:43 PM

Pfizer, BioNTech win bid to invalidate CureVac’s UK COVID vaccine patents

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Tuesday won their attempt to invalidate two of rival CureVac's patents at London's High Court. Pfizer and BioNTech had filed their lawsuit in September 2022 over patents relating to messenger RNA (mRNA) tech...

October 8, 2024 2:52 PM

One mpox case found in Uganda prison, official says

A case of mpox has been found in Nakasongola jail in central Uganda, a prison spokesperson said on Tuesday, adding that the patient had been isolated and was receiving treatment. The World Health Organization declared mpox a global public health eme...

October 8, 2024 12:43 PM

New research identifies mechanism behind cancer dormancy and metastasis

A research team at the Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) has discovered a natural immune response in mice that prevents disseminated cancer cells (DCCs) from forming tumors in other parts of the body. This finding, published tod...

October 7, 2024 11:16 PM

JP Nadda announces enhanced nutrition support for TB patients

In a move to bolster nutritional support for tuberculosis (TB) patients, Union Health Minister J P Nadda has announced key initiatives under the Ni-Kshay Poshan Yojana. Effective immediately, the monthly support for TB patients has been doubled from ...

October 7, 2024 3:30 PM

JP Nadda elected chair of WHO South-East Asia Regional Committee

Union Health Minister JP Nadda was elected as the Chairperson of the 77th session of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Regional Committee for Southeast Asia on Monday. The committee, the annual governing body of WHO in the region, plays a cruci...

October 7, 2024 4:29 PM

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun win 2024 Nobel medicine prize

U.S. scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of microRNA and its crucial role in how multicellular organisms grow and live, the award-giving body said on Monday. The Nobel assembly said in a st...

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