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ICMR-NIN launches Nutrition Atlas in online and interactive form
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ICMR-NIN launches Nutrition Atlas in online and interactive form

Hyderabad, June 28: ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) has developed Nutrition Atlas, an online virtual, interactive web application that helps access nutrition data from different national surveys from different time points and geographies on a single platform. NIN Director Dr R. Hemalatha...
Anti-polio campaign launched in Pakistan
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Anti-polio campaign launched in Pakistan

Islamabad, June 29: A polio vaccination campaign was launched in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province with a target to vaccinate nearly 1.3 million children, the Provincial Emergency Operation Center said. Around 9,921 teams have been formed to vaccinate children under the age of...
Centre unveils 3 new initiatives to bolster healthcare services
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Centre unveils 3 new initiatives to bolster healthcare services

New Delhi, June 29: In another bid to ensure healthcare for all, the government has unveiled three new initiatives which will play a major role in improving the quality of healthcare services in the country. These initiatives include virtual National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) assessment for...
Centre okays Rs 700 crore to set up institutes of pharma, medical technology
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Centre okays Rs 700 crore to set up institutes of pharma, medical technology

New Delhi, June 28: The Central government has earmarked Rs 700 crore to set up centres of excellence at the National Institutes of Pharmaceutical, Education & Research (NIPER) over the next five years to boost pharma and medical technology in the country. Of the Rs 700 crore, a sum of Rs 243...
India ahead of global countries in ensuring One Health goals: V.K. Paul
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India ahead of global countries in ensuring One Health goals: V.K. Paul

New Delhi, June 27: India has taken the lead in ensuring One Health goals, Vinod K. Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, said on Thursday. Paul said this as he inaugurated a two day National Consultation on Legal Environment Assessment for "One Health" initiative, in the national capital. "India is...
Cabinet Secretary asks states to make inventory of all water bodies
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Cabinet Secretary asks states to make inventory of all water bodies

Hyderabad, June 27: Union Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba on Thursday emphasised the need for all states to complete the inventorisation of all water bodies, including geo-tagging and preparation of a scientific plan. He conducted a video conference with Chief Secretaries, administrators of states...
Union Health Minister to launch 3 initiatives to bolster public health facilities
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Union Health Minister to launch 3 initiatives to bolster public health...

New Delhi, June 27: Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda is scheduled to unveil three public health initiatives in the national capital on Friday, in the presence of Ministers of State Jadhav Prataprao Ganpatrao and Anupriya Singh Patel. The Union Minister is set to launch a virtual National Quality...
Air pollution exposure during childhood may affect lung health later
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Air pollution exposure during childhood may affect lung health later

New Delhi, June 28: Early life exposure to air pollution may have a direct effect on lung health later in life, reveals a study on Friday that underlines the need to reduce pollution.Scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) found that the link between childhood air pollution...
Blame a gut bacteria for your compulsive eating, obesity
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Blame a gut bacteria for your compulsive eating, obesity

New Delhi, June 27: Worried about your food addiction? Take heart, a team of researchers has identified a specific gut bacteria associated with both mice and human compulsive eating disorder and obesity. In the research, presented on Thursday at the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies...
Israel reports fourth fatality of West Nile fever
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Israel reports fourth fatality of West Nile fever

Jerusalem, June 27: The number of patients who died from the latest outbreak of West Nile fever in Israel has risen to four, with one new death case, the country's Ministry of Health has said. The ministry said on Wednesday that it is currently investigating a suspected case where the virus may have...
S. Korea’s SK bioscience to acquire German biotech firm IDT Biologika
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S. Korea’s SK bioscience to acquire German biotech firm IDT Biologika

Seoul, June 27: SK bioscience, a biopharmaceutical arm of South Korea's SK Group, on Thursday said it has agreed to pay 339 billion won ($243 million) for control of German biotech company IDT Biologika. According to the company officials, the acquisition of IDT Biologika will give SK bioscience a...
Delhi doctors remove tumour from teenager
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Delhi doctors remove tumour from teenager's thigh, prevent leg amputation

New Delhi, June 27: A 16-year-old girl has been given a new lease of life after doctors here removed a large tumour in her left thigh in an eight-hour-long surgery, and prevented her left leg from amputation. The girl Maya, a student of class XII school and hailing from Najafgarh in Delhi's...
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