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Assam's public health system is among the finest in the country: Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam's public health system is now among the nation's best, with significant improvements in Maternal Mortality Ratio, now at 84, below th...- What is behind South Africa's anti-immigrant protests?South Africa faces escalating anti-immigrant sentiment, with protesters demanding undocumented foreigners leave. Despite claims of being ov...
- Scientists discovered a forgotten 'yellow brick road' at the bottom of the oceanScientists aboard the Nautilus exploration vessel were astonished to discover a remarkably paved 'road' on the ocean floor near Hawaii. Thi...
- Back from brink: India's vultures stage comeback as captive-breeding, release efforts gather paceVultures are making a comeback in India after a two-decade decline, with over 700 birds bred in captivity and released into protected tiger...
- CEOs are getting ruthless about worker performanceCorporate leaders are increasingly prioritizing results over employee comfort, with CEOs like Unilever's Fernando Fernandez demanding "volu...
- Eli Lilly halts India obesity awareness campaign after regulatory scrutiny, seeks rules clarityEli Lilly halted its obesity awareness campaign in India. The nation's drug regulator cautioned the company about potential violations. The...
- Experts back OTC access to NRT across all formats and dosages, including 2 mg and 4 mg, as India struggles with a Tobacco quit success rate under 5%The report highlights the significant economic burden of tobacco use, particularly among low-income households, and underscores how reducin...
- Scientists have discovered that cocaine-powered super salmon live longer and swim faster than normal salmonScientists found Atlantic salmon exposed to cocaine swam further and lived longer. This study highlights how drugs in waterways change aqua...
- Low conviction rate of cases related to fake drugs a concernThe parliamentary standing committee on chemicals and fertilisers has highlighted a concerning 5.9% conviction rate for spurious or adulter...
- 5.7 crore Indians dependent on alcohol, need treatment: Government surveyThe survey found that of an estimated 16 crore alcohol consumers in the 10-75 years bracket, as many as 19% of them were dependent on alcoh...
- Draft policy on drug demand reduction withdrawn from Cabinet to include new survey dataThe draft policy also proposed regulation of over the counter sale of sedatives and pain killers with the involvement of departments concer...
- SC asks Centre, AIIMS to expedite action plan on growing menace of drugs abuseThe apex court had on July 22 asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to formulate a national action plan to curb the growing men...
- World TB Day: Over 25% TB patients in India are resistant to at least one anti-TB drug"High rates of treatment failure and deaths are associated with fluoroquinolone resistance in the Indian cohort of MDR-TB patients," stated...
- Over 1000% difference in medical test prices across cities: Will govt standardise rates?An analysis by the economic survey reveals that there are not only wide differences in average prices of diagnostic tests but also the pric...
- 'Govt must scale up production of active ingredients of drugs'NIB, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has asked the govt to consider setting up a training acade...
- Maharashtra tops list of deaths due to drug abuse: GovernmentThe drug abuse and addiction suicides reported in 2012 were 4,008, which climbed up to 4,591 in 2013 and then fell by almost 21% in 2014.
- 'Udta Punjab' to be screened at AIIMS for doctorsAIIMS are mulling screening 'Udta Punjab' on the campus to make the resident doctors aware of the different aspects of drug abuse & addicti...
- Drug reduction policy draft likely to be moved to Cabinet soonThe survey revealed that the problem was more serious in border states such as Punjab, Rajasthan, Northeast and mega cities, the draft poli...
- Government plans survey to test, steps to tighten drug qualityThe health ministry is also working out a pilot project to test the feasibility of bar-coding on drug packs to ensure authenticity of the p...
- TB a national emergency: Health Minister Harsh VardhanVardhan said that an email repository will be built up for establishing connectivity between govt & all doctors in the country to help figh...
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