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Govt formed lactation centres for sick, preterm & low-birth weight babies: MoS
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Govt formed lactation centres for sick, preterm & low-birth weight babies: MoS

New Delhi, July 26: The Union government established lactation centres to ensure the availability of safe, pasteurised donor human milk for feeding sick, preterm, and low birth weight babies, said Anupriya Patel, Minister of State (MoS) in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) in a...
Ayushman Bharat mission filled critical healthcare gaps during Covid: MoS Health
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Ayushman Bharat mission filled critical healthcare gaps during Covid: MoS Health

New Delhi, July 26: The Ayushman Bharat mission filled critical healthcare gaps during Covid, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel told the Parliament on Friday. Patel told the Lok Sabha, in a written reply, that the Centre undertook several initiatives during the Covid-19...
Head and neck cancers on the rise in India, youth at key risk: Experts
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Head and neck cancers on the rise in India, youth at key risk: Experts

New Delhi, July 27; India is witnessing a significant increase in the incidence of head and neck cancers, with projections estimating 2.1 million new cancer cases by 2040, healthcare experts said on Saturday. On the World Head and Neck Cancer Day, experts said this alarming trend underscores the...
This Chinese medicinal fungus may help treat chronic lung disease
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This Chinese medicinal fungus may help treat chronic lung disease

New Delhi, July 26: Cordyceps sinensis (CS) a traditional Chinese medicinal fungus can help treat idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) a disease that causes scarring and stiffness in the lungs, according to a study in mice.Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and progressive lung disease...
IASST team develops new model for early detection of cervical cancer
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IASST team develops new model for early detection of cervical cancer

New Delhi, July 25: Scientists at the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) on Thursday announced the development of a cutting-edge computational model that significantly enhances the diagnosis of...
HC seeks reports from state, Centre over rising HIV cases in Tripura
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HC seeks reports from state, Centre over rising HIV cases in Tripura

Agartala, July 25: Acting on a PIL, the Tripura High Court has issued notices to both the state and Central governments seeking comprehensive reports on the rising HIV cases in the state within two weeks, officials said on Thursday. Court sources said the PIL was taken up suo-moto by the high court...
India on the cusp of launching U-WIN platform to monitor kids
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India on the cusp of launching U-WIN platform to monitor kids' health records

New Delhi, July 25: India is unequivocally committed to the well-being of its adolescents the highest in the world and is soon set to launch a Co-WIN-like platform for monitoring and identifying health records of children, Union Health Secretary Apurva Chandra said on Thursday. "India is on the cusp...
Cameroon launches vaccination drive to curb outbreak of yellow fever
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Cameroon launches vaccination drive to curb outbreak of yellow fever

Yaounde, July 25: Cameroon began immunising children and adults against yellow fever in the commercial hub of Douala as part of preventive response intervention after confirmation of cases. The vaccination campaign, which will run until July 30, is carried out free of charge in all the nine health...
Every hour 26 lives lost to drowning worldwide: WHO
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Every hour 26 lives lost to drowning worldwide: WHO

New Delhi, July 25: About 236,000 lives every year, which can be 350 per day or 26 every hour, are lost due to drowning worldwide, said Saima Wazed, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for South East Asia on Thursday. July 25 is observed as World Drowning Prevention Day to...
Singapore reports 13 deaths due to dengue in H1
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Singapore reports 13 deaths due to dengue in H1

Singapore, July 25: Singapore recorded six deaths due to dengue infection from April to June, bringing the total dengue death toll to 13 in the first half of this year, the National Environment Agency said.The quarterly surveillance data showed that 4,090 dengue cases were reported in the second...
582 million people worldwide will be chronically under nourished in 2030: UN report
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582 million people worldwide will be chronically under nourished in 2030: UN...

New Delhi, July 24: About one in 11 people or 733 million people globally faced hunger in 2023, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report published on Wednesday by the UN agencies. The report showed that this will lead to about 582 million people...
IIT-Bombay study calls for stringent policies to restrict vehicular pollution in India
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IIT-Bombay study calls for stringent policies to restrict vehicular pollution in...

New Delhi, July 24: Stringent policies to restrict vehicular pollution are imperative to tackle the problems of increasing urban air pollution a major health concern in the country, said Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay researchers in a study on Wednesday. Emissions from motor vehicles...
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