Jaipur, May 26 (IANS) Rajasthan is the first state in the country going to institutionalise health accounts which will help in estimating the amount spent on the health sector and its impact.
Tokyo, May 26 (IANS) Daily vitamin D supplements do not seem to prevent the development of Type 2 diabetes in people already at high risk of the condition, finds a study.
Ottawa, May 26 (IANS) The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has confirmed 16 cases of monkeypox in the country.
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) India saw an uptick in Covid-19 cases with 2,628 infections being recorded in the past 24 hours against previous day's 2,124 count, as per the Union Health Ministry's data on Thursday.
Washington, May 26 (IANS) The global coronavirus caseload has topped 527.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.28 million and vaccinations to over 11.48 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday, in his address at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos at Congress Centre, exhorted India's commitment to strengthen the Digital Health System and in closing the vaccine gap.
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Ministry of Ayush and Department of Biotechnology (DBT) on Wednesday to bring out the expertise under one platform towards evidence based biotechnological interventions in Ayush sector.
New York, May 25 (IANS) Covid-19 survivors have twice the risk for developing blood clots in lungs or respiratory conditions, according to a study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
London, May 25 (IANS) Scientists are speculating whether the waning smallpox vaccine protection could be behind the recent Monkeypox outbreak that has seen more than 200 confirmed or suspected cases in over a dozen countries.
London, May 25 (IANS) A team of researchers have found that some antiviral medications might have the potential to shorten symptoms and reduce the amount of time a patient is contagious with Monkeypox virus.
Lucknow, May 25 (IANS) Thyroid imbalance has now been found to be affecting even new-born babies.
Panaji, May 25 (IANS) The Goa government will launch an ambitious project of digitisation of medical records of patients in all government health facilities, right from the Public Health Centres to the apex government medical institute, the Goa Medical College, officials said on Wednesday.
Lucknow, May 25 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh has crossed the landmark of administering over 90 lakh vaccine doses to the children in the age group of 12-14.
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Meta (formerly Facebook) has released MyoSuite, an embodied artificial intelligence (AI) platform that could have significant impact in developing prosthetics and post-injury rehabilitation, along with creating more realistic 3D avatars.
Beijing, May 25 (IANS) The Chinese mainland reported 102 locally-transmitted confirmed Covid-19 cases, of which 44 were in Shanghai and 41 in Beijing, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.
Beijing, May 25 (IANS) Beijing reported 41 new confirmed locally transmitted Covid-19 cases and six local asymptomatic cases, the Beijing Municipal Health Commission said on Wednesday.
Beijing, May 25 (IANS) China has asked local authorities to further lower the price of Covid-19 nucleic acid tests to no more than 16 yuan (nearly $2.4) per person for a single test.
Minsk, May 25 (IANS) Test systems for detecting monkeypox will be ready to use in Belarus by mid-June as planned, the country's Deputy Health Minister and Chief State Sanitary Doctor, Alexander Tarasenko said.
Seoul, May 25 (IANS) South Korea's new Covid-19 cases stayed in the 20,000s for the second consecutive day on Wednesday, down nearly 7,400 cases from a week ago, as the Covid-19 pandemic is in retreat.
Chennai, May 25 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu health department has put the Anna University campus on high alert after six students tested Covid -19 positive.
Seoul, May 25 (IANS) The WHO is checking suspected Covid-19 data released by North Korea after the secretive country shared related information on its virus outbreak, the UN agency's report showed on Wednesday.
Seoul, May 25 (IANS) North Korea appears to have no intent on giving up its nuclear weapons on its own, South Korea's state Intelligence Chief Nominee said on Wednesday.