The Centre has asked all states to be vigilant for any unusual deaths amongst the domestic birds and poultry, and share the information with the Animal Husbandry Department immediately so that public health action can...
The global rise in diabetes prevalence is concerning, with numbers showing a sharp increase across different age groups and regions. Presently, around 246 million individuals have diabetes, with 46% falling between the ages...
Tobacco kills nearly eight million people globally. It is known to increase the risk of heart diseases, stroke and lung cancer. It also triggers respiratory diseases such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)....
Ambassador Demeke A. Ambulo, the Ethiopian Ambassador to India, on the occasion of the Menstrual Hygiene Day, launched the Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM) Knowledge Hub, a dedicated space designed to foster education,...
As the whole country is facing severe heatwave, one of the critical challenge is combating dehydration particularly among children where diarrhoea ranks as the third leading cause of mortality. Despite Oral Rehydration...
After the death of seven newborns in a fire in the city’s nursing home, Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Monday ordered a comprehensive ACB probe into the registration and regulatory management of private nursing homes in...
The medical intern students of Saraswathi Institute of Medical Sciences are protesting against the hospital administration and are on strike for several reasons like harassment and stipends. The principal has reportedly...
Bihar’s alcohol ban in 2016 prevented 24 lakh cases of daily and weekly consumption, and 21 lakh cases of intimate partner violence, according to new research published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia...
India, home to over 1.3 billion people, faces a severe shortage of blood stem cell donors. With only 0.09% of the population registered as donors, the need for more people to join the stem cell registry is the need of the...
As the world celebrates the global Menstrual Hygiene Day movement, a menstrual hygiene survey has revealed that total 77.7 per cent men did little or no research to learn and understand their partner’s experience during...
