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India accounts for 26 pc of global TB burden, the highest: WHO
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India accounts for 26 pc of global TB burden, the highest: WHO

New Delhi, Oct 30: Even as India aims to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, five years ahead of the global target, a report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday showed that the country accounts for 26 per cent the highest global TB burden.The Global Tuberculosis Report 2024 showed...
Ayushman Vaya Vandana Card to provide free hospital treatment to all above 70 years: PM Modi
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Ayushman Vaya Vandana Card to provide free hospital treatment to all above 70...

New Delhi, Oct 30: Senior citizens aged 70 and above can avail free hospital treatment with the Ayushman Vaya Vandana Card, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi while launching the free health cover to all elderly above 70 years of age. The expansion of the AB PM-JAY to provide health coverage to all...
Govt to slash MRP of 3 anti-cancer drugs after exemption in customs duty, GST rate cut
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Govt to slash MRP of 3 anti-cancer drugs after exemption in customs duty, GST...

New Delhi, Oct 29: After custom duty exemption and a reduction in GST rates, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has now directed the drug manufacturers to reduce the MRP on three anti-cancer medications, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers said on Tuesday. The NPPA in an...
HC cancels work tender to private security agency in Bengal govt hospitals
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HC cancels work tender to private security agency in Bengal govt hospitals

Kolkata, Oct 29: A single judge vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, cancelled the work tenders awarded to private security agencies at state run hospitals in two districts of West Bengal on the grounds that those tenders were awarded flouting all norms. The single judge vacation...
High intensity exercise more beneficial for weight loss in women
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High intensity exercise more beneficial for weight loss in women

New Delhi, Oct 28: Exercising to lose weight? High intensity physical workouts may be more beneficial, especially for women, according to a study. The study, published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society, showed that more than moderate exercise, and engaging in vigorous physical activity like...
Long-Covid like condition common after respiratory infections: Study
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Long-Covid like condition common after respiratory infections: Study

New Delhi, Oct 28: Long-Covid continued illness post Covid-19 is common after other respiratory infections, according to a study. A team of researchers from the University of Oxford in the UK analysed data from 190,000 participants. They classified them into: people hospitalised with Covid and those...
PM Modi to launch Jan Aushadhi Kendra at AIIMS in New Delhi on Oct 29
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PM Modi to launch Jan Aushadhi Kendra at AIIMS in New Delhi on Oct 29

New Delhi, Oct 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a new Jan Aushadhi Kendra at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital on Tuesday. PM Modi will inaugurate this Kendra in the presence of J.P. Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare.The new...
Cholera outbreak kills two in Ghanaian capital
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Cholera outbreak kills two in Ghanaian capital

Accra, Oct 26: Two people have died of cholera in the eastern part of Ghana's capital of Accra, authorities said. The Ghana Health Service (GHS), a public service body, on Friday confirmed the outbreak of this acute diarrhoeal disease in the Ada East and West districts within the Greater Accra...
FIR against Jodhpur-based hospital in RAS Priyanka Vishnoi death case
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FIR against Jodhpur-based hospital in RAS Priyanka Vishnoi death case

Jaipur, Oct 26: An FIR has been registered against the owner and some doctors of Jodhpur-based Vasundhara Hospital in the case of death of Priyanka Vishnoi (33), a Rajasthan Administrative Service officer. A case has been registered against a few doctors and all the medical staff after the...
65 pc Indian doctors call for safer tobacco alternatives to save lives: Study
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65 pc Indian doctors call for safer tobacco alternatives to save lives: Study

New Delhi, Oct 25: Amidst India's escalating tobacco epidemic, where four out of 10 households grapple with smoking addiction, a new report on Friday revealed that 65 per cent of healthcare professionals in the country call for safer novel tobacco alternatives to save lives.The report from the...
S. Korean drugmaker Celltrion to buy back its shares for 4th time in 2024
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S. Korean drugmaker Celltrion to buy back its shares for 4th time in 2024

Seoul, Oct 25: South Korean bio-pharmaceutical firm Celltrion on Friday said it will spend around 100 billion won $72.3 million to buy back its shares for the fourth time this year in a bid to increase its shareholders' value. According to the company, the buyback of a total of 537,924 shares will...
UNICEF pledges support for Kenyas polio immunisation programme
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UNICEF pledges support for Kenya's polio immunisation programme

Nairobi, Oct 25: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has expressed commitment to supporting Kenya's national immunisation programme in eradicating the polio outbreak in the country. UNICEF Representative to Kenya Shaheen Nilofer said that the programme has maintained an average vaccine...
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