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Infants, adults in India exposed to more heatwave days in last decade: Rpt

Published ahead of the 29th UN Conference of the Parties, or 'COP29', the report revealed a country-wise assessment of how climate change is affecting people's health

TB infects around 8 mn people in 2023, highest ever seen, says WHO

TB deaths continue to fall globally, however, and the number of people being newly infected is beginning to stabilize

Ayurveda Day: Ancient medicine system vital for health, says PM Modi

On the occasion of Dhanvantari Jayanti and 9th Ayurveda Day, PM Modi will also launch, inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple projects related to the health sector worth around Rs 12,850

Pakistan launches vaccination drive amid rising polio cases nationwide

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif recently met with front-line health workers, urging them to ensure no child was left unvaccinated by going door-to-door

PM Modi to launch health cover for senior citizens above 70 years on Oct 29

Senior citizens aged 70 and above belonging to families already covered under AB PM-JAY will get an additional top-up cover up to Rs 5 lakh per year for themselves (which they do not have to share

Doctors in India face challenges treating long Covid amid research gaps

One such study by Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, conducted from May 2022 to March 2023 on 553 patients who had recovered from Covid, found that about 45 per cent had lingering symptoms

Health Minister Nadda launches five DHR-ICMR research initiatives

UniOne of the key initiatives launched is the 'First in the World' Challenge, inspired by the success of Chandrayaan-3

E. coli crisis: Why vegetable contamination is harder problem than beef

Onions are likely the culprit in the McDonald's E. coli outbreak across the Midwest and some Western states that has sickened and killed one. McDonald's at one-fifth of its 14,000 U.S. restaurants

Human fertility at risk: How everyday pollution affects reproductive health

Environmental pollutants in air, water, and soil, once secondary to genetics, are now major contributors to reproductive health issues in men and women

Delhi AQI dips: 22% of people plan to travel in Nov to avoid health risks

Delhi air quality: The upcoming Diwali festival and ongoing stubble burning crisis in Haryana and Punjab could push AQI levels beyond 500, breaching the hazardous 'severe' category

'AI-powered system predicts patient deterioration up to 16 hrs in advance'

Healthtech firm Dozee's AI-powered system alerted patients' health deterioration about 16 hours in advance and continuous monitoring saved 10% of healthcare practitioners' time

CDSCO flags 4 drugs as spurious and 48 as not of standard quality

The apex drug regulatory body also listed 48 drugs and formulations, manufactured by 40 companies, as not of standard quality (NSQ)

Polio 'gasping' on verge of eradication from world map, says expert

The researcher also praised India saying the country has done a commendable job in eradicating polio

Immunotherapy was meant to defeat cancer but what happened to great promise

This works because cancers have fooled the body by using its own natural safety switches, or checkpoints

WHO approves Zydus Lifesciences' typhoid vaccine for UN procurement

Typhoid affects an estimated 11 to 21 million people annually, leading to between 117,000 and 161,000 deaths

Delhi AQI slips further: How 'cocktail of pollutants' reach your lungs

Delhi air quality today: Data from the Centre-backed Air Quality Early Warning System showed multiple weather monitoring stations in the national capital hovering in the 'red' mark between the 350-400

Indian population saw 30% increase in ANAs post Covid-19, says study

ANAs are proteins produced by the immune system that mistakenly target the body's own cells, leading to tissue damage and autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and thyroid disorders

Loneliness increases risk of dementia by over 30%, studies review suggests

In this study, loneliness was found to increase overall risk of dementia by 30 per cent, Alzheimer's disease by 39 per cent, vascular dementia by 73 per cent and cognitive impairment by 15 per cent

Rise in respiratory disease cases due to air pollution, say experts

The central-run hospital Ram Manohar Lohia has also started running special OPD services for Air Pollution patients

Sales across 14,000 Jan Aushadhi outlets touch Rs 1,000 cr mark in October

In the last 10 years, there has been a growth of more than 170 times in number of Jan Aushadhi outlets in the country