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Health Ministry issues advisory on continued Covid vigilance
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Health Ministry issues advisory on continued Covid vigilance

New Delhi, Dec 18: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) on Monday issued an advisory stressing the need for sustained vigilance against Covid-19 despite the World Health Organization's withdrawal of the PHEIC (Public Health Emergency of International Concern) status earlier this year. ...
New Covid strain JN.1 likely to be around in US through X-Mas holiday season
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New Covid strain JN.1 likely to be around in US through X-Mas holiday season

Washington, Dec 18: A new Covid-19 virus, known in the medical community as, JN.1, close relative to BA.2.86, is the fastest growing variant in the US, according to estimates from the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). JN.1 was responsible for more than one in five new Coronavirus...
Flu infections in Japan soar to warning level at fastest pace in 10 years
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Flu infections in Japan soar to warning level at fastest pace in 10 years

Tokyo, Dec 17: The average number of influenza patients per regularly monitored medical institution in Japan had hit warning levels at the fastest pace in 10 years, the health ministry has announced. About 5,000 such designated institutions across the country reported 166,690 flu cases in the...
Study finds blood biomarkers linked to suicidal thoughts
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Study finds blood biomarkers linked to suicidal thoughts

New York, Dec 17: A simple blood test may soon be on the anvil to detect people with depression and those vulnerable to suicidal ideation, according to a study that identified blood biomarkers linked to suicidal thoughts. While many people with depression experience improvement with psychotherapy...
Blood supplies running low in China due to a spike in respiratory illnesses
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Blood supplies running low in China due to a spike in respiratory illnesses

Beijing, Dec 17: China is facing a shortage of blood -- a problem blamed on the current spike in respiratory illness, the cold snap and a fall in the number of donors, the media reported. Local authorities and blood centres in several of the biggest provinces, including Henan, Shandong, Fujian,...
Covid-19 fears resurface in K
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Covid-19 fears resurface in K'taka, health dept orders mock drills at hospitals

Bengaluru, Dec 18: As fears of the Covid-19 pandemic have resurfaced in Karnataka after several people in neighbouring Kerala have been infected by the new JN.1 variant, the state health department has ordered mock drills to be conducted at all government hospitals to ensure the preparedness of the...
Scientists develop new antibiotics to fight hospital superbug
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Scientists develop new antibiotics to fight hospital superbug

London, Dec 18: Scientists have developed a promising antibiotic candidate against a hospital superbug, using a methodology that may be important in the fight against antimicrobial resistance. The team from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) developed a combination of two...
Covid subvariant JN.1 detected in Kerala
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Covid subvariant JN.1 detected in Kerala

Guwahati, Dec 16:In a significant development, a new of COVID-19 subvariant, JN. 1, has been detected in certain areas of Kerala.According to reports, this COVID subvariant is a descendant of BA.2.86 and it is raising concerns among experts due to its potential impact on the already surging cases in...
Snack on almonds, walnuts to cut heart disease, diabetes, stroke risk
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Snack on almonds, walnuts to cut heart disease, diabetes, stroke risk

New York, Dec 14: Love to eat snacks in between meals? Instead of munching cookies, brownies, pies, eat tree nuts like almonds, walnuts, cashews, pecans and hazelnuts to reduce your risk of metabolic syndrome. The American Heart Association defines metabolic syndrome as a group of five conditions...
Construction of AIIMS in Rewari to start soon: Hry Health Minister
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Construction of AIIMS in Rewari to start soon: Hry Health Minister

Chandigarh, Dec 15: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said on Friday that the work for the construction of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rewari is expected to start shortly. Responding to a query raised by Congress member Charanjeev Rao during the ongoing winter session of the...
Legislative intent is to curb the exploitation of surrogates, Delhi HC tells Indian-origin couple
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Legislative intent is to curb the exploitation of surrogates, Delhi HC tells...

New Delhi, Dec 15: The Delhi High Court, hearing a plea by an Indian-origin couple residing in Canada, on Friday said that the legislation governing surrogacy aims to prevent the exploitation of surrogates, discouraging India from becoming an "industry of renting a womb". The couple challenged...
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'Menstruation a biological reality': Kavitha joins issue with Smriti Irani

Hyderabad, Dec 15: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K. Kavitha on Friday found fault with Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani over her statement that menstruation does not call for specific policy for granting paid leave. Kavitha said that she is disheartened by Irani’s...
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