Health

Karnataka govt cracks down on medical scanning centres after large-scale female foeticide ring busted

The raids were carried out by the Mandya District Family Welfare Officer Venkataswamy and Pandavapura Sub-division Assistant Commissioner Nandish.

Apollo Hospitals' operator rejects allegation of illegal kidney transplants

The UK-based Telegraph reported on December 2 that Apollo Hospitals Group was enticing young villagers from Myanmar to their Delhi hospital to sell their kidneys to rich patients around the world.

India finds quality issues with cough syrup linked to Cameroon deaths

Riemann Labs is one of three Indian drugmakers whose cough syrups have been linked to the deaths of at least 141 children in Gambia, Uzbekistan and Cameroon since the middle of last year.

Rajasthan health officials asked to form response teams, action plan amid pneumonia outbreak in China

In its advisory issued here, the health department asked officials concerned to prepare an action plan for the prevention and treatment of the disease.

Britain detects first human case of flu strain similar to pig virus

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said that the case was detected as part of routine national flu surveillance and the source of infection was not known.

India sees single-day rise of 31 new Covid infections

The death toll was recorded at 5,33,298, the data updated at 8 am stated.

People with joint, muscle disorders expected to increase by 115% by 2050: Study

The projected figure of musculoskeletal disorder cases is an increase of about 115 per cent from that of 2020, and most regions were projected to have at least a 50 per cent increase in cases between 2020 and 2050, the international study by The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, US, found.

Measles deaths worldwide jumped 40% last year, health agencies say

The highly infectious disease triggered epidemics in 37 countries last year, versus 22 countries in 2021. It sickened 9 million children and killed 136,00, mostly in poorer countries, the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a new report.

Puerto Rico declares flu epidemic as cases spike; 42 dead and more than 900 hospitalised since July

At least 25,900 cases have been reported since July, with 42 deaths and more than 900 hospitalisations on the island of 3.2 million people, Health Secretary Carlos Mellado said.

AIIMS hospitals across India to have Ayush departments: Sonowal

Sonowal was addressing the inaugural session of a two-day conference on Ayurveda and the regional review meeting of Ayush in Haryana's Panchkula.

Merck, Seagen drug cocktail seen as new bladder cancer standard

The Merck-Seagen combination helped patients nearly live twice as long — an average of 31.5 months — as those that got chemotherapy alone, in a large study presented on Sunday at the European Society for Medical Oncology’s annual meeting.

Study finds more people are moving into high flood zones, increasing risk of water disasters

China and Vietnam both saw their settlement extent more than tripling in the past 30 years, increasing far more than their dry land areas.

'Disease X' could bring the next pandemic: UK health expert

Bingham said, "Let me put it this way: the 1918-19 flu pandemic killed at least 50 million people worldwide, twice as many as were killed in World War I. Today, we could expect a similar death toll from one of the many viruses that already exist."

Nicotine content in tobacco slashed by 40-50% at CMAP laboratory, says CSIR DG

The CMAP laboratory is now making attempts to reduce it further by 60-70 per cent.

Nipah situation is totally under control in Kerala: Minister Veena George

Kozhikode (Kerala), Sep 18 The situation regarding the latest Nipah outbreak in Kerala is completely under control, and more than 200 samples from t..

Blind women are helping detect breast cancer using braille, tactile methods

At the National Association for The Blind (NAB), a non-profit organisation located in Delhi, a group of visually challenged women are working on the “Discovering Hands” initiative for breast cancer detection.

'Eris' Covid variant better at escaping immunity than other strains: Lancet study

The team including researchers from the German Primate Center in Gottingen, Germany examined the characteristics of the Eris sublineage EG.5.1. They found that EG.5.1 is not more infectious than its predecessors, meaning it cannot infect host cells more effectively.

All govt hospitals prepared to tackle dengue cases, says Pondicherry govt

In a release, he noted that the incidence of dengue in the union territory was now higher than what was seen last year. As many as 1,175 patients were admitted during the last 9 months in hospitals as against 792 last year.

India's Nipah virus trackers gather samples from bats, fruit

The state is battling its fourth outbreak since 2018 of a virus for which there is no vaccine, and which spreads through contact with the body fluids of infected bats, pigs or people, killing up to 75% of those infected.

No link between Covid vaccines used in India and heart attack risk: Study

The research, published recently in the journal PLOS One, determined the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on mortality following acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or heart attack.

Mumbai reports first Zika case, 79-year-old patient recovered completely

Sudhakar Shinde, Additional Municipal Commissioner said that health teams from the BMC carried out a survey of households within the neighbourhood of the aforementioned patient but found no more suspected Zika cases

Free services at government hospitals in Maharashtra from Tuesday

All services at the hospitals run by both the state government and civic bodies will be free, it said.

India orders drugmaker linked to Cameroon cough syrup deaths to stop manufacturing

The World Health Organization said last month that a batch of cough and cold syrup sold in Cameroon under the brand name Naturcold contained extremely high levels of a toxic ingredient.