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Neglected killer: Kala-azar surge in Kenya leaves record deaths, missed diagnosesA deadly kala-azar outbreak is claiming lives in Kenya's arid regions, with cases more than doubling in 2025. Misdiagnoses and a lack of tr...
Afghan Health Minister to visit India next weekAfghanistan's Public Health Minister Mawlawi Noor Jalal Jalali will visit India next week. This follows visits by other Afghan ministers. I...
Union health secy highlights India's health achievements, future goals at WHO assemblyIndia, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), plans to strengthen its drug regulatory system to ensure quick access to ...
What is Leishmaniasis? A skin infection triggered by Sand Fly bites - Symptoms and causesSand flies, approximately one-quarter the size of mosquitoes, are commonly found in warm, humid, rural, and forested regions. These tiny in...
Unveiling a hidden health threat: Sand flies in the US transmitting LeishmaniasisThe United States is facing a health concern similar to the bed bug invasion in Paris. Tiny sand flies, which transmit a parasite causing l...
Dr Reddy's, arm tie up with Swiss NGO to treat neglected diseasesAs per the memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreement, DNDi will offer its pipeline of new chemical entities, pre-clinical studies, networ...
From IIT-Hyderabad, oral drug to treat black fungusResearchers have kept the technology free of intellectual property rights and are looking for pharmaceutical partners who can take up mass-...
Human clinical trials of Gennova’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to start by the end of this yearPune-based biotechnology company Gennova Biopharmaceuticals will soon start human clinical trials of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate, joining ...
Cabinet gives ex-post-facto nod to MoC between health department, Gates FoundationIt covers areas of cooperation aimed at reducing maternal, neonatal and child morbidity and mortality, improve key nutrition outcomes by im...
Greater private sector innovation, digital tools key to quality healthcare services in India at low cost: Bill GatesBill Gates, who is currently on a three-day visit to India, said: "Our biggest work has been broadly in the health area helping to get new ...
Malaria eradication top priority for govt: Harsh VardhanThere are a couple of diseases which are on the radar of the health ministry and malaria is one of them, the Union Health Minister said.
India, UK, US to collaborate on neglected diseases initiativeIt involves collaboration between 25 under-graduate and Master's students in Chemistry from participating universities.
Licences of 10 drug manufacturers suspended, says government"We have not terminated their licence, but have asked the manufacturers to fulfill the conditions and then will restore their production," ...
Amid sedition row JNU sees dip in applications for admissionAmid a row over its students being charged for sedition, JNU has received over 76,000 applications for admission to the upcoming academic s...
Zydus ties up with US-based research centre NIAD to develop vaccineThe Group employs over 16,500 people worldwide, including over 1,600 scientists in R&D. Cadila Healthcare is part of Zydus Group.
Counterfeit drugs pose global threat: studyScientists report in a collection of journal articles that up to 41 % of specimens failed to meet quality standards in global studies.
Nick Clegg to announce mega investments during India tourA number of new tie-ups between British and Indian scientists, from health research to predicting the weather, are also due to be signed.
- Arsenic contamination in water can cause resistance to leishmaniasis drugs in India: Study
“The Indian subcontinent is the only region where arsenic contamination of drinking water coexists with widespread resistance to antimonial...
Zydus partner's with US-based IDRI for Kala-Azar vaccineVisceral Leishmaniasis is transmitted by the bite of an infected sand fly. There are over 500,000 new VL cases and 50,000 associated deaths...
- Indian drug makers welcome to join 'patent pool' prog: GSK
Indian drug makers and research cos can join 'patent pool' programme to develope low cost drugs for 16 neglected tropical diseases.