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Union Minister Prataprao Jadhav said the Government has also waived off customs duty for medicines used in cancer treatment. File | Photo Credit: PTI “A vaccine to fight cancers affecting women will be available in five to six months, and those in the age group of nine to 16 years will be eligible for inoculation,”…
One Health (OH) has emerged as a contemporary rage in public health discourse following the COVID-19 pandemic, and is increasingly central to the organisation of health services and disease control programmes. Globally, OH is led by the ‘Quadripartite’ – a collaboration of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Environment…
A child in the paediatric ICU at KKCTH, Chennai, receives sunlight through special windows, part of the hospital’s effort to provide natural light for better sleep and reduce exposure to harsh artificial lights | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital (KKCTH) has been implementing early…
The recent death of chickens in Andhra Pradesh has been confirmed as bird flu (H5N1). | Photo Credit: RAO G.N. Following an outbreak of avian flu (H5N1) in South India, including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Karnataka’s Health Department is on high alert. While the virus primarily affects birds and human infections are rare and require…
In the last century, advances in medical sciences, access to healthcare, and improved sanitation have reduced the mortality and morbidity of infectious diseases globally and regionally. This is particularly true for respiratory and diarrhoeal infections. However, the last 100 years have also been characterised by outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics caused by emerging and re-emerging pathogens,…
Hari Pangi, the tribal healer, in Odisha‘s Koraput district. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In the quiet foothills of Tentuliguda, a remote village in Odisha’s Koraput district, where age-old wisdom thrives around leaves, epidermal plant tissues, and roots, a humble four-room building serves as a laboratory for a tribal healer. Recently, this unassuming space hosted 17…
The story so far: In December last year, Russia announced that it had developed a new, mRNA-based personalised ‘vaccine’ for cancer which would be available free for patients by early 2025. Media reports state that Andrey Kaprin, General Director of the Radiology Medical Research Center of the Russian Ministry of Health, spoke to Radio Rossiya…
The State Health Department has stepped up surveillance following an outbreak of acute diarrheal disease (ADD) in Uttara Kannada district among pilgrims, who returned from Pandharpur in Maharashtra. There have been recent reports of suspected Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) cases in Pandharpur. GBS is a rare neurological condition that occurs when the immune system attacks the…
Data from the Health Ministry shows that India is experiencing a rapid rise in cancer cases, largely due to lifestyle changes, tobacco use, poor dietary habits, and inadequate physical activity. File Photo: Twitter/@MoHFW_INDIA The Health Ministry has begun a nationwide survey to assess the gaps in district hospitals which will now facilitate the upcoming daycare…
With a view to assist India’s goal to eliminate HIV by 2030, international fund agency USAID had received sanction to extend the five-year grant for the Regional Operational Plan of U.S. government’s project PEPFAR (President Emergency relief fund for AIDS) by two more years until 2026, days before the agency was ordered to suspend operations…
