FDA updates discriminatory guidelines; new set of risk-based rules in place applicable on all prospective donors
After COVID-19, WHO declares mpox is no longer public health emergency of global concern
UN: Progress in tackling maternal as well as newborn deaths stagnant since 2015
Health-conscious consumers, busy lifestyles driving up market value of antimicrobial packaging: Report
WHO ends COVID-19 global health emergency, bringing one of human history’s most painful periods to a close
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cautions world against letting its guard down
Health Day at upcoming UN climate conference — a first in COP history
Direct damage costs to health is estimated to be between $2-4 billion per year by 2030
Cadbury recalls chocolates in UK over listeria contamination fears
Listeria infection manifests itself in humans with symptoms similar to flu
WHO: Global health systems have started showing signs of post-pandemic recovery
Most countries have made strides in incorporating COVID-19 services into routine health service delivery
Easy to switch: Here is why India’s dairy farmers should shift to ethnoveterinary medicines
Low-cost ethnoveterinary medicines can help curb the use of antibiotics in Indian dairy sector and combat the overlooked pandemic ...
PRET: WHO launches initiative to make world better prepared for future pandemics
The current focus of the initiative is on respiratory viruses but will soon include other groups of pathogens
WHO launches ‘The Big Catch-Up’ to restore immunisation progress lost during pandemic
More than 100 countries registered a drop in immunisation levels during the COVID-19 pandemic
Ayurveda: Hurdles of practising traditional medicine are limiting its potential
Medical pluralism can potentially help achieve universal health coverage
Ageing, the real population bomb
The most formidable demographic challenge facing the world is no longer rapid population growth, but population ageing
An implantable device, smaller than a rice grain, can shrink pancreatic tumours
Pancreatic cancer one of the most difficult to treat; device can deliver immunotherapy at low doses for a long ...
Consider updating COVID-19 vaccine composition to include omicron: WHO to authorities
The only other precedent we have for updating vaccines regularly based on the circulating strain is for flu. But ...
What we know about blastomyces, the fungus that killed 1 & infected 100 at a Michigan paper mill
The fungus is found in Michigan but an infection is very, very rare
In remote tribal habitations, age-old health practices takes precedence amid stiff challenges
Traditional healing system faces challenges of being lost and slid into oblivion
Miles to go: In these tribal regions of Odisha, the nearest health clinic is jungles & rivers away
In the absence of healthcare services and lack of transportation, vulnerable tribes are deprived of timely healthcare facilities
World Chagas Disease Day: All you need to know about the parasitic infection that kills 12,000 people every year
Chagas is the most prevalent communicable tropical disease in Latin America
WHO draft document lays out framework for countries to introduce new TB vaccines
There’s an urgent need for effective new TB vaccines without which it would be impossible to attain a TB-free ...
Antibiotic use in animals, humans can trigger AMR in each other: study establishes links
Reciprocity of antimicrobial consumption and resistance between animals and humans emphasises the need for integrated strategies to stop transmission ...
China records first human death from H3N8 bird flu
China alerted WHO 24 days after the woman was hospitalised & 11 days after her death, against the mandated 24 ...
COVID-19 Update: India’s active case tally tops 40,000 with 7,830 new infections
XBB1.16.1 strain isolated in 234 COVID-19 patients: INSACOG
COVID-19 update: India records 5,676 new cases, 15 deaths
India may need to update its booster shots: Former AIIMS chief
COVID-19 update: India records 5,880 fresh cases, active caseload crosses 35,000
With the daily positivity rate touching 6.91 per cent, several states have brought back the mandatory usage of masks ...