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Pyush Misra
Editor-in-Chief

“Let us undertake mock drills once every three months at both Central and State levels and share best practices”

Mansukh Mandaviya
Union Health Minister
Govt of India

Dec 17,2023: The move follows a letter written by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr Atul Goel to the NMC flagging the issue and asking it to issue necessary instructions to the healthcare professionals affiliated with the NMC and the Indian Medical Association (lMA). Read More...

Dec 21,2023: Lead poisoning in children causes the heavy metal to enter the circulation and spread to several organs, including the brain. Once inside, the lead causes irreversible harm by substituting for essential elements like calcium and iron in cells. Read More...

Dec 20,2023: Out of the 89,729 drug samples tested between April 2022 and March 2023, 2,921 drugs were found to be "not of standard quality" while 422 were identified as spurious, the Rajya Sabha was told on Tuesday. Read More...

Dec 18,2023: With colder and dirtier air, people are lining up at medical centres complaining of wheezing, cough, chest discomfort, headache, fatigue and insomnia. Doctors estimated the increase in daily influx of such patients at around 40 per cent. Read More...

Dec 13,2023: In a recent meeting held by the drug controller on global clinical trials, the OPPI sought from the government a notification system through the drug regulatory authority's digital portal-SUGAM. Read More...

Dec 21,2023: According to a recent report by the National Insurance Agency, over 400 million individuals, or about a third of the population, lack health insurance due to lower penetration, coverage inadequacy and rising healthcare costs. Read More...

Dec 21,2023: Union home minister Amit Shah announced that the criminal law bill has been amended to provide relief to medical professionals in cases of death caused by alleged medical negligence. Currently, such cases are treated as criminal negligence, but the proposed amendment aims to free doctors from this liability. Read More...

Dec 18,2023: The Delhi Municipal Corporation is seeking proposals from private eye care institutes, dentistry offices, and diagnostic centres to be enrolled as providers of healthcare benefits for its retirees and staff. Read More...

Dec 17,2023: A team from the World Health Organisation and other United Nations agencies was able to deliver medical supplies Saturday to the hospital, the largest in the Palestinian territory. Read More...

Dec 23,2023: A Parliamentary panel that looked into the vaccine development and distribution for Covid-19 has recommended to the Centre to encourage vaccine development on other newer and more efficient platforms and also evaluate the efficacy of the existing vaccines to address the future challenges. Read More...

Dec 19,2023:LEO Pharma Inc announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the approval of Adbry (tralokinumab-ldrm) to include pediatric patients aged 12-17 years with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) whose disease is not adequately controlled with topical prescription therapies or when those therapies are not advisable. Read More...

Dec 13,2023: The European Commission published its first list of critical medicines, as part of a wider overhaul of laws governing the 136 billion euro ($148 billion) pharmaceuticals industry aimed at avoiding shortages of drugs. Read More...

Dec 10,2023: A warning letter is issued when the US health regulator finds that a manufacturer has significantly violated its regulations. The USFDA inspected the facility from May 1-12, 2023. Read More...

Dec 17,2023: As per the USFDA, a class II recall is initiated in a situation in which the use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote. Read More...

 

Dec 18,2023: A Bengal government wing has flagged the risks of indiscriminately injecting antibiotics in poultry, which could give rise to multidrug-resistant bacteria in humans who consume such birds. Read More...

Dec 12,2023: A novel family of drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes may also reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, according to research from Case Western Reserve University. The results, which were released in the journal JAMA Oncology, reinforce the necessity of conducting clinical trials to ascertain whether these drugs could stop one of the deadliest kinds of cancer. Read More...

Emerging research has shed light on a concerning connection between the duration and quality of sleep and the potential risk of developing cancer in some cases. That said, studies are not always conclusive, which could be due to difficulties in accurately gathering data about sleep over the long term. Read More...

Dec 18,2023: Officials from the Maharashtra State Aids Control Society (MSACS) revealed that the recent delivery of 200 boxes, amounting to nearly 12 lakh condoms, is just a fraction of the state's needs. Read More...

Dec 23,2023: The FDA and the drug's maker, Novo Nordisk, are testing the shots. They do not yet have information about the drugs' identity, quality or safety, according to a statement. Five illnesses have been linked to the fake shots, but none have been serious, the FDA said Thursday. Read More...

Dr. Anamika Wadhera 

BDS, MPH, MSW, MWMA

Director, Consumer Online Foundation

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