New York mandates vaccine to contain Brooklyn measles outbreak Medical Dialogues Bureau10 April 2019 3:30 AMThe resurgence of the once-eradicated, highly-contagious disease is linked to a growing anti-vaccine movement in richer nations -- which the World...
Union Health Ministry pledges to Universal Health Coverage: Forms Human Chain Medical Dialogues Bureau5 April 2019 5:30 AMApril 7 of each year marks the celebration of World Health Day. This year’s World Health Day will focus on equity and solidarity.New Delhi: Ministry...
Dr Vikram Patel conferred with prestigious John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award Medical Dialogues Bureau3 April 2019 4:00 AM"This prize is a recognition of the tremendous effort of innovators in low resource settings to transform our understanding of mental health problems...
Fighting Opioid Addiction: AIIMS launches mobile methadone vans to take treatment to inner city neighbourhoods Medical Dialogues Bureau23 March 2019 8:34 AMAIIMS mobile methadone dispensing unit plans to bridge this gap and improve retention of patients into treatment enabling them to work and lead a...
Make advanced cancer treatment accessible and affordable to all sections: Vice President Medical Dialogues Bureau27 Jan 2019 5:30 AMChennai: Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, India’s first multi-speciality chain of hospitals today opened the Apollo Proton Cancer Centre (APCC), giving...
Chief Custom Commissioners to follow Health Ministry advisory on e cigarettes ban Medical Dialogues Bureau5 Jan 2019 4:35 AMThe Union health ministry had issued an advisory to all states last year to ensure ENDS are not sold, manufactured, distributed, traded,...
NGT slaps Rs 25 crore fine on Delhi over toxic smog Medical Dialogues Bureau5 Dec 2018 4:55 AMNew Delhi: India's environmental watchdog has slapped New Delhi's government with a $3.5 million fine for failing to enforce rules to reduce smog in...
Committed to achieving 'End of AIDS' as public threat by 2030: Nadda Medical Dialogues Bureau3 Dec 2018 3:51 AMNew Delhi: Stressing that India is committed to achieving 'End of AIDS' as a public threat by 2030, Union Health Minister J P Nadda on World AIDS Day...
ZIKA ALERT: Health Ministry sends out high level team after 22 cases reported in Rajasthan Medical Dialogues Bureau9 Oct 2018 11:13 AMNew Delhi: Following 22 cases of Zika being reported from the state of Rajasthan, the Ministry of Health, now in alert mode has dispathced a high...
Central team sent to Jaipur after 8 more people test positive for Zika infection Medical Dialogues Bureau6 Oct 2018 9:36 AM New Delhi: A five-member central team has been sent to Jaipur to review the situation and formulate a strategy to contain the outbreak of Zika virus...
Ayushman Bharat is Great Commitment: WHO appreciates Modicare Medical Dialogues Bureau10 Sept 2018 4:00 AMNew Delhi: Calling it a "great commitment", the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) has praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's...
Strengthen emergency medical teams for better response to disasters: WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau9 Sept 2018 3:30 AM New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) this week called upon countries in its South-East Asia Region to strengthen emergency medical teams,...
