New Delhi: Injectable vaccine to prevent re-emergence of polio launched savita1 Dec 2015 10:46 AM ISTShri J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare launched the injectable Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) in India as part of its...
WHO, UNICEF support Myanmar's polio vaccination campaign savita1 Dec 2015 10:37 AM ISTThe World Health (WHO) Organisation and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) support Myanmar's Ministry of Health to conduct a polio...
Cipla ready to launch low dose HIV drug 'Efavirenz' savita1 Dec 2015 10:27 AM ISTNew Delhi, Nov 30: Drug major Cipla Ltd today said it is ready to launch low dose 'Efavirenz' used in treatment of HIV infection.On the eve of World...
Hepatitis C drugs to cost less Pooja30 Nov 2015 1:28 PM ISTThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has given a waiver of local trials for crucial new directing antiviral drugs treating...
HIV infection surged to record numbers in Europe in 2014: WHO savita28 Nov 2015 3:39 PM ISTCOPENHAGEN: A record number of people - over 142,000 - were diagnosed with HIV in Europe in 2014, the World Health Organisation, WHO announced on...
Practo's new app to provide specialist healthcare Pooja27 Nov 2015 10:16 AM ISTPracto has introduced the launch of Practo Ray — a custom-made app that may provide specialty particular modules for physicians, paediatricians and...
Strong action to be taken over babies' deaths in Kolkata medical college and hospital Pooja27 Nov 2015 9:54 AM ISTThe West Bengal directorate of health services on Thursday said "strong" action will be taken against those responsible for the death of two...
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 Pooja20 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...
Chicken resistant to avian flu will emerge: WHO expert savita19 Nov 2015 2:32 PM ISTGenetic engineering in the near future will create hens which are resistant to avian flu, eminent American virologist Robert G. Webster, a WHO expert...
New Ebola Vaccine Safe, Stimulates Strong Immune Response savita19 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 highlights misunderstanding about antibiotic resistance in India Pooja17 Nov 2015 10:39 AM ISTNEW DELHI: Around 75 per cent of Indians who took part in a WHO survey think, incorrectly, that colds and flu can be treated with antibiotics, the UN...
