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China's first human to be infected with Monkey B virus dies: Report

A Beijing-based veterinarian who was confirmed as China's first human infection case with Monkey B virus (BV) has died, amid rising concerns, the official media here reported

US probes rash of health incidents among American diplomats in Vienna

The Biden administration is investigating a recent rash of mysterious health incidents reported by American diplomats and other government employees in Vienna, Austria, US officials said

Kerala govt to strengthen public-private partnership in healthcare in state

Kerala Health Minister Veena George said the public-private partnership in healthcare will be strengthened in the state

Alcohol linked to over 62,000 cancer cases in India last year: Lancet study

Alcohol consumption was associated with 62,100 or five per cent of newly diagnosed cancer cases last year in India, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology journal

Zika virus cluster identified in Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala health minister

Kerala Health Minister Veena George said a cluster of the Zika virus infection has been identified within a three-kilometre radius of Anayara locality in Thiruvananthapuram

J&J recalls Aveeno, Neutrogena sunscreens after carcinogen found in sprays

Johnson & Johnson said it is voluntarily recalling all lots of five Neutrogena and Aveeno brand aerosol sunscreen products from the market after detecting a cancer-causing chemical in some samples

Over 3 mn children in India missed out on first DTP-1 vax dose in 2020: WHO

Over 3 million children in India missed out on their first dose of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis combined vaccine (DTP-1) in 2020, WHO said

MBBS students may soon have to take internship in Ayush: NMC draft rule

NMC's draft regulation proposes internships for MBBS students in AYUSH along with other postings

Central team of experts dispatched to Kerala to monitor Zika situation

Kerala Health Minister Veena George has said that an action plan has been drawn up to control the spread of Zika.

Kerala reports first positive case of Zika virus, 13 suspected cases

Kerala Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Veena George said the first case of Zika virus has been reported in the state and the samples have been sent to NIV in Pune for final confirmation

Indian-American Meena Seshamani appointed to key US Medicare position

Indian-American health policy expert Dr. Meena Seshamani has been appointed as the Director of the US Centre for Medicare.

Maharashtra to train 20,000 youth to provide manpower to health sector

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray launched the CM's Maha Arogya Skills Development Programme, under which 20,000 youth will be trained in healthcare, nursing and paramedical fields

HC asks Centre for report on availability, imports of black fungus drug

Black fungus primarily affects those who have recovered from Covid

Dr Reddy's bullish on OTC products sale through Amazon, others in US

Dr Reddy's first began selling its OTC Habitrol brand nicotine patches on Amazon in 2016, as an experiment.

Over 3,000 affected by Black Fungus, 122 fatalities in Tamil Nadu: Minister

Owing to the increase in the cases across the state, the government has established special wards to treat those infected with black fungus, also known as Mucormycosis

Indian scientists working on developing mRNA vaccine technology get grant

The grant will be for three years and will fund research to develop the platform technologies for mRNA vaccine development

NPPA allows 50% price hike for ibuprofen, ranitidine, carbamazepine

These are scheduled drugs (or ones that are under price control) and low priced

Misuse of antibiotics soared in India during Covid pandemic: Study

Covid-19 likely contributed to 216.4 million excess doses of antibiotics for adults: study

WHO calls for price cut on drug for Covid-linked black fungus disease

This comes amid a sharp rise in cases of black fungus infections among Covid-19 patients in India and Nepal

Delhi's cloud-based health project likely to be out by March next year: CM

Kejriwal on Thursday reviewed the progress of the ambitious cloud-based Health care Information Management System (HIMS) and said it is likely to be rolled out by March next year.