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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...
Indian practice of limiting food waste, more veg diets can mitigate climate change: Report
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Indian practice of limiting food waste, more veg diets can mitigate climate...

New Delhi, Oct 24: Indian sustainable eating habits such as limiting food waste, prioritising vegetarian diets, and consuming locally sourced foods can help address global climate change, a pressing issue worldwide, according to a report. A recent Living Planet Report by the World Wide Fund for...
Study links common antibiotic to rise of dangerous superbug
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Study links common antibiotic to rise of dangerous superbug

Sydney, Oct 24: Australian research has identified a common antibiotic that is driving the rise of an almost untreatable superbug. In a study published on Thursday, international researchers led by the University of Melbourne, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, and Austin Health...
Mongolia: Quarantine imposed after contagious caprine disease resurges after 70 years
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Mongolia: Quarantine imposed after contagious caprine disease resurges after 70...

Ulan Bator, Oct 24: The southeastern Mongolian province of Dornogovi has been placed under quarantine for an undetermined period due to an outbreak of CCPP, as reported by the country's General Authority for Veterinary Services on Thursday. Contagious Caprine Pleuropneumonia (CCPP), a severe disease...
S.Korea reports 2nd highest childbirth in August
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S.Korea reports 2nd highest childbirth in August

Seoul, Oct 23: The number of babies born in South Korea increased on year for the second consecutive month in August, data showed on Wednesday, amid lingering demographic challenges caused by the ultra low birth rate and rapid ageing. According to data compiled by Statistics Korea, a total of 20,098...
Germany confirms first case of new mpox variant
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Germany confirms first case of new mpox variant

Berlin, Oct 23: Germany has detected its first case of the new Clade Ib variant of the mpox virus, with no related deaths reported, the country's leading public health authority, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced. "The RKI currently assesses the risk to the general population in Germany as...
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