Kinshasa, July 27 — The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached 3,200, with the death toll rising to 1,405, according to the latest situation report released by the country's health authorities late Sunday.The report, covering data through Saturday, said…
Bishkek, July 27 — Kyrgyzstan Health Minister Damirbek Osmonov and Indian Envoy Birender Singh Yadav on Monday visited the National Centre of Oncology and Haematology in Bishkek to get acquainted about the functioning of the Bhabhatron-2 cancer treatment machine which was recently loaded with a new…
Porbandar, July 27 — A 21-year-old seafarer was airlifted to safety off the Porbandar coast after the Indian Coast Guard carried out a complex medical evacuation in rough seas and adverse weather, rescuing the crew member from a merchant vessel that could not safely berth, officials said on…
Chennai, July 27 — Civic bodies across Vellore, Ranipet and Tiruvannamalai districts in Tamil Nadu have intensified large-scale vaccination and sterilisation of community dogs following a recent attack on a three-year-old boy in neighbouring Tirupattur district. The campaign aims to improve public…
New Delhi, July 27 — India is systematically breaking down healthcare barriers to meet its 2030 goal of combating hepatitis by expanding screening, free diagnostics and treatment under the National Viral Hepatitis Control Program, the government said on Monday.The National Viral Hepatitis Control…
Ahmedabad/Panchmahal, July 27 — Doctors at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital have successfully removed a tooth that had remained lodged in the airway of a 47-year-old man from Panchmahal district for nearly one and a half years, using an advanced bronchoscopic procedure that took just two minutes. The…
New Delhi, July 26 — A team from the Centre's Department of Commerce visited Andhra Pradesh to review the prevailing market situation of Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco and held discussions to safeguard the interests of tobacco growers in the state, according to an official statement issued on…
Kabul, July 26 — The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that a funding shortfall in 2026 is threatening nutrition programmes that support 5.7 million children and mothers in Afghanistan, local media reported on Sunday. In a statement, the OCHA said…
Amaravati, July 26 — Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President Y.S. Sharmila said on Sunday that she was recovering after undergoing an abdominal surgery. She shared on social media that she is recovering well from the necessary abdominal surgery she recently underwent. "A big thank you…
Dhaka, July 26 — As many as four children died with symptoms consistent measles in Bangladesh in 24 hours until 8 a.m. (local time) on Sunday, increasing the total number of confirmed and suspected measles-related fatalities to 820, local media reported. The latest fatalities have been classified…
New Delhi, July 26 — National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar on Sunday highlighted the importance of Mission Poshan 2.0 - Women and Child Development (WCD) Ministry’s flagship national nutrition programme. In a message on social media, Rahatkar reposted on X a message…
New Delhi, July 26 — An AIIMS New Delhi-led review has brought together three decades of published childhood cancer survival evidence in India, providing policy makers the country's first consolidated picture of outcomes across major childhood cancers. The researchers screened 6,802 published…
Hyderabad, July 26 — Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday visited actor Nandamuri Balakrishna, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital here, after sustaining a knee injury in a film shoot last week.Chandrababu Naidu met Balakrishna, who is also his brother-in-law, at the…
Kinshasa, July 25 — Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have risen to 2,973, including 1,309 deaths. Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka warned on Friday that the outbreak could further aggravate the humanitarian crisis in the eastern DRC, Xinhua News Agency…
Ulaanbaatar, July 25 — A suspected case of bubonic plague in Mongolia's western Khovd province has been confirmed after final bacteriological laboratory testing returned positive results, the National Centre for Zoonotic Diseases (NCZD) said on Friday.According to the NCZD, the patient contracted…
Glasgow, July 25 — As wet weather and cold temperatures settle over the 2026 Commonwealth Games, India’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala, has issued a strict health advisory to the Indian contingent.Since upper respiratory infections present a continual threat at major international…
New Delhi, July 25 — The phased tariff plan announced by the US administration on imported generic medicines is expected to have a limited impact on the credit profiles of Indian pharmaceutical companies over the next two financial years, a report said on Saturday.As per analysis of Infomerics…
Ahmedabad, July 24 — The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has intensified its public health response to the ongoing heavy rainfall, distributing more than 71,000 chlorine tablets across the city and deploying round-the-clock mobile medical teams as part of efforts to prevent water-borne and…
Hyderabad, July 24 — The Health Department of Telangana has said that there is no need for concern over an increase in COVID-19 cases. Dr B. Ravinder Nayak, Director of Public Health & Family Welfare, Telangana, said on Friday that the present increase in COVID-19 cases is a mild seasonal…
Jaipur, July 24 — Rajasthan will establish a cancer cell at the directorate level to strengthen cancer screening and awareness across the state, Principal Secretary (Medical and Health) Gayatri Rathore said during a review meeting on Friday. Chairing a video conference from Swasthya Bhawan with…
Thiruvananthapuram, July 24 — Kerala’s ambitious drive to eliminate tuberculosis has received a major grassroots boost, with Kudumbashree, the State’s vast women’s community network, joining hands with the Health Department to strengthen the campaign for a TB‑Free Kerala. As part of the…