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Health Minister Nadda reviews dengue situation, preparedness
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Health Minister Nadda reviews dengue situation, preparedness

New Delhi, July 10: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the dengue situation across the country and the preparedness of the public health system. The meeting aimed “for prevention, containment, and management of dengue...
Tripura HIV cases are tip of the iceberg: Experts
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Tripura HIV cases are tip of the iceberg: Experts

New Delhi, July 10: Even as the Government of Tripura issued a clarification on misleading reports of HIV cases in the state, health experts on Wednesday said that it “is just the tip of the iceberg.” Earlier this month, a senior official from the Tripura AIDS Control Society (TSACS) claimed that...
Will start 10 new medical colleges from this academic year: Maharashtra Minister
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Will start 10 new medical colleges from this academic year: Maharashtra Minister

Mumbai, July 9: Maharashtra Minister of Medical Education Hasan Mushrif on Tuesday said that the government is trying to start 10 new government medical colleges from the current academic year. He told the house that the National Medical Council has sanctioned a student capacity of 50 students for...
Misleading ads case: Patanjali tells SC that it has withdrawn sales and advertisements of banned products
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Misleading ads case: Patanjali tells SC that it has withdrawn sales and...

New Delhi, July 9: Patanjali Ayurved on Tuesday apprised the Supreme Court that it has withdrawn the sale and advertisements of products whose manufacturing licenses were suspended by the Uttarakhand State Licencing Authority in April this year.A bench, headed by Justice Hima Kohli, was hearing a...
UK
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UK's sugar tax cut daily intake by 5g in kids, 11g in adults: Study

New Delhi, July 10: Introduction of the "sugar tax" in the UK led to a significant reduction of daily sugar intake by around 5 g in children and by around 11 g in adults, revealed a study on Wednesday. More than 50 countries have introduced a sugar tax on soft drinks to persuade manufacturers to...
Majority Indians aware of AI, stress on increasing trust & transparency: Report
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Majority Indians aware of AI, stress on increasing trust & transparency: Report

New Delhi, July 10: About 96 per cent of Indians are aware of Artificial Intelligence (AI), including generative AI platforms like Google Gemini (formerly Bard) and ChatGPT, but 81 per cent researchers and clinicians in the country stress increasing transparency, while a 71 per cent call for...
IMA
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IMA's national alliance of medical professionals to take on antimicrobial...

New Delhi, July 10: In a significant move, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Wednesday launched the National Alliance of Medical Professionals on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAMP-AMR) to tackle the menace of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). AMR, also known as drug resistance, is a rapidly...
10-year-old tests positive for cholera in Kerala
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10-year-old tests positive for cholera in Kerala's orphanage

Thiruvananthapuram, July 9: A 10-year-old boy has tested positive for cholera, while 10 others are under observation at the state run Medical College hospital in Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram. Those who are under observation and the positive case have been reported from an Orphanage located in...
Palestinian official warns of weak health capabilities in Gaza hospitals
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Palestinian official warns of weak health capabilities in Gaza hospitals

Gaza, July 9: The health capabilities in the hospitals of the Gaza Strip are weak, and the fuel shortage is a major crisis for the health sector, a Palestinian medical official warned. Munir al-Bursh, an official with the Gaza-based health authorities, said on Monday in a statement that 34 children...
South Korea to cut trainee doctor quota unless hospitals accept resignations by next week
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South Korea to cut trainee doctor quota unless hospitals accept resignations by...

Seoul, July 9: The South Korean government has notified hospitals that it will reduce next year's quota of trainee doctors unless they accept their resignations by next week, according to officials and the medical community on Tuesday. The move is seen as a measure to put pressure on trainee...
20-yr-old undergoes successful kidney transplant in Tripura
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20-yr-old undergoes successful kidney transplant in Tripura's medical college

Agartala, July 9: In a significant milestone, doctors have successfully transplanted a kidney on a 20-year-old man at the Govind Ballabh Pant Medical College and Hospital in Tripura. After the six-and-a-half-hour surgery at the hospital, Medical Superintendent Sankar Chakraborty said that a team of...
‘With just 20 health workers per 10K people, strain on healthcare is immense’
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‘With just 20 health workers per 10K people, strain on healthcare is immense’

New Delhi, July 7: With just 20 health workers per 10,000 people, unevenly distributed across regions, the strain on healthcare infrastructure is immense, Dr Shuchin Bajaj, Founder & Director Ujala Cygnus Group of Hospitals, said on Sunday. Since India gained independence in 1947, the population...
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