Include tobacco de-addiction treatment under IT exemption: IMA savita thakur thakur1 Jun 2016 10:20 PM ISTThe Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Heart Care Foundation of India (HCFI) have written to the Health and Finance ministries to include treatment...
Zika: UN health agency launches database on worldwide virus research savita thakur thakur16 April 2016 3:56 PM ISTBrazil : The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have launched a new Zika Research Projects List, a...
Yellow fever outbreak kills 178 in Angola: WHO -Prof.RamHarshSingh25 March 2016 9:17 AM ISTJohannesburg: The World Health Organization says the first yellow fever outbreak in Angola in decades has killed 178 people.The organization said that...
Now, simple blood test that can spot TB in HIV patients savita thakur thakur21 Feb 2016 8:39 AM ISTWashington D.C: Most commonly-used tuberculosis (TB) tests usually fail to detect the disease in the patients with HIV, but now a team of researchers...
Genes, bugs and radiation: WHO backs new weapons in Zika fight savita thakur thakur18 Feb 2016 11:09 AM ISTCountries battling the Zika virus should consider new ways to curb disease-carrying mosquitoes, including testing the release of genetically modified...
Guillain-Barre on rise in 5 Latam countries, no proven link to Zika - WHO savita thakur thakur16 Feb 2016 9:28 AM ISTA neurological disorder suspected of links to the mosquito-borne Zika virus is on the rise in Brazil, Colombia, El Salvador, Suriname and Venezuela,...
WHO: Zika vaccines at least 18 months away from broad trials savita thakur thakur14 Feb 2016 11:41 AM ISTGENEVA: Â Possible Zika vaccines are at least 18 months away from large-scale trials, the World Health Organization said as it advised pregnant women...
Chickenpox vaccine may cause eye inflammation: study savita thakur thakur27 Jan 2016 4:45 PM ISTNew York: Although rare, a vaccine for chickenpox and shingles which has been in use for more than 20 years and is considered an essential medicine by...
Kerala veterinarians bat for one health policy savita thakur thakur28 Dec 2015 11:55 AM ISTWith the developed countries all set to have a strong one health policy, ensuring a strong integration in the working between the health practioners...
Bacon and other processed meats can cause cancer : Experts Meghna A Singhania27 Oct 2015 12:15 PM ISTEating processed meats like hot dogs, sausages and bacon can cause colorectal cancer in humans, and red meat is also a likely cause of the disease,...
Genetics help explain poor showing for GSK malaria vaccine Meghna A Singhania23 Oct 2015 8:47 AM ISTLONDON: Scientists have found a genetic explanation for why the world's first malaria vaccine is not very effective in protecting some African...
Smokers in Kerala spends 226 crore on cardiovascular treatment Pooja Bhatia Bhatia29 Sept 2015 1:15 PM ISTAccording to a recent study published by the Public Health Foundation of India, the population of smokers in Kerala is stated to be spending high on...
