July 26,2024 New Delhi: Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel said on Friday that 37 cases of Chandipura virus have been detected across the state and the state government has taken a lot of initiatives to control the disease. He also...
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July 26,2024 New Delhi: A total of 1,862 disease outbreaks were reported to the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme last year, with the highest number being reported from Kerala, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. Kerala reported 253 outbreaks followed...
July 27,2024 Kozhikode: Kerala Health Minister Veena George announced that the test results of two more people for the Nipah virus have come out negative, bringing the total number of negative samples to 68. Four new admissions have been reported,...
July 27,2024 New Delhi: The National Testing Agency (NTA) Friday declared the final results of controversy-ridden NEET-UG entrance exam, declaring that 17 candidates have shared the top rank, down from 61 in the revised results, while thousands of others have...
July 26,2024 New Delhi: Sun Pharma on Friday announced that the USFDA approved Leqselvi (deuruxolitinib) 8 mg tablets for the treatment of adults with severe alopecia areata (patchy baldness). The US regulator approval is a significant milestone for Sun Pharma...
July 26,2024 London: The European Union’s drugs regulator on Friday rejected Eisai and Biogen’s breakthrough treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease, in a blow to the drugmakers as take-up in the U.S. has been slower than expected. The agency’s Committee for...
July 26,2024 New Delhi: Viral hepatitis can lead to serious complications such as liver cirrhosis, cancer, and even death. Despite this, it remains a severely neglected public health concern in India Just recently, I was consulted on the case of...
July 26,2024 London: The European Medicines Agency has backed the use of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy to lower major heart risks and strokes in overweight or obese adults without diabetes, the Danish drugmaker said on Thursday. The backing from the European...
July 26,2024 Palghar: The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) in Maharashtra conducted raids at three locations in Palghar district and seized material worth Rs 1.41 crore from a pharma company after finding that it did not have a licence to...
July 27,2024 New York: A vaccine for shingles may help delay getting dementia diagnosis, according to recent research by Nature Medicine, as reported by CBS News. The research found that the latest shingles vaccine appears to delay the onset of...