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Expand AYUSH-based services to promote integrative oncology approaches: Parliamentary panelA parliamentary committee urges the expansion of AYUSH healthcare for cancer treatment, advocating for integrative oncology and dedicated i...
Snakebite cases are 'notifiable disease': CentreThe ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) has designated snakebite cases and deaths as a 'notifiable disease' in India. This mandat...
Delhi govt declares black fungus epidemic as number of cases rises, issues regulationsThe government said that all healthcare facilities will report each and every suspected or confirmed cases of black fungus to the city heal...
Make Mucormycosis a notifiable disease: GovtRajasthan, Telangana have declared it an epidemic under the Epidemics Act
Notify health policy for rare diseases by March 31, HC asks Centre; directs setting up of R&D bodyThe court said the Policy shall be placed before it and the petitioners shall make a representation to the Committee for further processes ...
There’s no evidence of bird flu infecting humans: Sanjeev BalyanThe minister said the disease so far had been reported in five states — Rajasthan, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh.
Government to take action against CGHS-empanelled hospitals refusing treatmentThe warning was issued after the ministry reviewed representations from Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) beneficiaries regarding dif...
Delhi authorities get power to seal areas over Covid-19The regulations give officials the power to take “coercive action” against any person if he refuses to “cooperate” with the authorities. “A...
Govt to come up with financial assistance for fighting rare diseasesThe decision comes as the government comes up with a new draft policy for the treatment of rare diseases, more than a year after it withdre...
Lessons for Delhi: How China cut PM2.5 emissions by 33% in 5 yrsIn 2013, it was estimated that the health loss due to PM2.5 pollution in the 74 leading cites in China was 4.2 lakh premature deaths.
Fixing drug prices helped consumers save Rs 5,060 crore: GovernmentAs per the provisions of the DPCO 2013, to control the prices of essential medicines, NPPA has fixed the prices of medicines appearing in S...
India declares itself free from bird fluThe Centre has emphasised the need for "continued surveillance especially in the vulnerable areas bordering infected countries and in areas...
'Nine lakh people die to diseases attributable to tobacco use'Nearly nine lakh people die every year due to diseases attributable to tobacco use in India and the govt has taken a series of measures to ...
Dengue toll for 2010-14: 29 or 1,221?With rising cases of dengue, hospitals across Delhi continue to remain inundated with patients with long queues forming outside almost all ...
Dengue outbreak: Delhi corporations caught on wrong foot over dataDr Sudhir Joseph, the director of St Stephen's hospital, said 600-700 patients were treated and nearly 10 patients died in his hospital thi...
Analytics to enable real-time disease surveillance: AccentureDisruptive technologies like analytics and big data can enable real-time-surveillance of disease outbreaks in India.
- Bird flue scare in West Bengal
The death of some poultry birds reported from parts of Birbhum and South Dinajpur districts in West Bengal has a led to a Bird Flu scare in...