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Jharkhand: 5 thalassemia-affected children test HIV positive after blood transfusion; 3 officials suspended, probe orderedFive children in Chaibasa, Jharkhand, contracted HIV after receiving infected blood during transfusions. The state government has ordered a...
HIV is back; there has been a 30% surge in 2 years; is it that fatal now?New HIV has been diagnosed among heterosexual men and women in England, which has surged over 30 per cent in the last two years. According ...
3 ways of supporting employees diagnosed with AIDS: Be empathetic, be informedOn World AIDS Day, here are a few tips on how to support employees who have been hard-hit by a devastating diagnosis.
This is how doctors cured a German HIV-positive patient, check hereIn Germany, a man became the third person to be completely cured of the HIV virus after receiving a stem cell transplant, also known as a b...
Solving for India’s smoking addiction; saving precious lives
Public healthcare expert recommends new COVID-19 vaccine strategy for India“We are witnessing an awful resurgence of the pandemic in India, where it was perceived, just a few months back, to be essentially over. Un...
Q1 net more than annual profit! This API maker is creating a splash on Dalal StreetAPIs are active pharma ingredients used to make drugs, while formulation is the process where APIs are used in specific ratios to produce a...
Hospitals cannot detain patients, bodies over payment disputes: Draft patient charterAs per the draft, hospitals cannot detain a patient over procedural grounds such as payment disputes.
This company is ready to flood the US with cheap HIV drugsUS patents on key components for some important HIV therapies are poised to expire starting in December and Laurus Labs -- the Hyderabad, I...
Cognitive in healthcare ready for prime timeWhen Dr. Lukas Wartman began medical school at Washington University in St. Louis, he knew he wanted to study cancer and treat patients.
24% of global missed TB cases in India: WHOThe number of missed cases is defined as the difference between the estimated number of incident cases and notified (new and relapse) cases...
Pfizer's slams India's patent regime, says Indian standards are vague and malleableUS drugmaker Pfizer has slammed the patent regime in India, telling that all patents that the company has managed to get in India do not ha...
Panel seeks warning labels on medicinesAll antibiotics, TB drugs may soon come with a label warning users about the dangers of taking them without medical advice.
- Gujarat Congress promises affordable healthcare
The announcement comes after its promise to provide homes to urban women and plots in rural areas, that led to over 30 lakh women seeking f...
- Bush heads to Japan for G-8 summit
US President George W. Bush was due in Japan on Sunday for the summit of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialised nations amid growing intern...
- Delhi NGO opposes patent for Roche's HIV drug
HIV patient group-Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+)-has filed a post-grant opposition against Swiss major Roche’s patent for its HIV ...
- Rangarajan talks condoms & licensing of HIV drugs
As chairman of a pan-Asian commission studying HIV/AIDS,Chakravarti Rangarajan has been meeting sex workers across the continent.
- Nations should take firm stand against terror: Prez
Observing that disruptive activities of terrorists posed a serious threat to world peace, President Pratibha Patil said it is imperative fo...
- HIV testing at BPOs may be illegal
Adopting a tempered stance, the government says there is no public health rationale for mandatory testing of a person for HIV/AIDS.
- HIV testing at BPOs may be illegal
It opened a can of worms in what is fast becoming one of India’s most controversial and sensitive labour law issues.