New Year Resolutions: Ten health issues WHO will tackle this year Medical Dialogues Bureau15 Jan 2019 5:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: The New Year is in and it seems that the premier international Health Body has set down its resolutions for the times to come in as it...
Three vie for top WHO post in first election at UN health agency savita thakur thakur22 May 2017 9:10 AM ISTGenevea: A British physician, an Ethiopian ex-health minister and a Pakistani expert in non-communicable diseases are the three finalists vying for...
Ebola nurse named Time magazine person of the year dies savita thakur thakur4 March 2017 1:32 PM ISTMonrovia: Salome Karwah survived Ebola after it killed both her parents and eight other relatives, then returned to her clinic to help countless...
India to host conference on infectious diseases savita thakur thakur20 Feb 2016 9:41 AM ISTNew Delhi: India will for the first time host the International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID), which aims to discuss a slew of...
Antibodies of Ebola virus have been found out savita thakur thakur17 Jan 2016 12:08 PM ISTWashington: A recent research has engineered the first antibodies that can potently neutralise the two deadliest strains of the virus that causes...
India invests least on drug discovery Pooja Bhatia Bhatia9 Jan 2016 9:50 AM ISTHealthcare risk in India has been on a rise, with the disease burden trends increasing. However, not enough is being done in terms of funding and...
5 Most Awaited vaccines in 2016 Pooja Bhatia Bhatia2 Jan 2016 11:14 AM ISTIndia and international nations continue to grapple with the situation of life-threatening viruses or infections; which also gained an epidemic...
Three new ebola cases detected in Liberia Meghna A Singhania22 Nov 2015 3:09 PM ISTMonrovia (Liberia): Two months after Liberia was declared free of Ebola, three confirmed cases of the deadly disease have emerged in the West African...
Government for building IHR capacities at state level Pooja Bhatia Bhatia20 Nov 2015 9:34 AM ISTNEW DELHI: Noting the important role played by various sectors in implementation of International Health Regulations (IHR), the government today...
New Ebola Vaccine Safe, Stimulates Strong Immune Response savita thakur thakur19 Nov 2015 12:42 PM ISTA fresh clinical trial of a new Ebola vaccine has found that it is well tolerated, safe and stimulates strong immune responses in adults in Mali, West...
WHO officially declares Sierra Leone Ebola-free Meghna A Singhania8 Nov 2015 11:05 AM ISTThe World Health Organization is set to announce Saturday that Ebola-ravaged Sierra Leone has beaten an epidemic that killed almost 4,000 of its...
MERS, Ebola, bird flu: Science's big missed opportunities Meghna A Singhania27 Oct 2015 11:31 AM ISTAnyone who goes down with flu in Europe this winter could be asked to enroll in a randomized clinical trial in which they will either be given a drug,...
