Health

NEW DELHI: US researchers have engineered a new ‘smart’ immune cell that when activated by ultrasound can continuously sense and destroy cancer cells for extended periods.

NEW DELHI: Industry experts on Thursday welcomed the exemption of Indian pharmaceutical exports from Trump’s reciprocal tariffs while also stressing the need to strengthen domestic manufacturing.

NEW DELHI: A team of Canadian researchers has identified three novel genes linked to rare childhood diarrhoea.

KAMPALA: Uganda launched a landmark malaria vaccination campaign, aiming to immunise 1.1 million children under two years old in its largest rollout to date.

ULAN BATOR: The total number of measles cases in Mongolia has increased to 220, the country's National Center for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: India has seen a record number of child adoptions, 4,515 in FY 2024-25 -- the highest in the last 12 years, according to the Ministry of Women and Child Development.

JERUSALEM: Israeli researchers have developed scNET -- an AI tool that analyses how cells behave in changing biological environments, including their reactions to drug treatments.

SEOUL: South Korea will work to triple the size of the animal medicine market to 4 trillion won ($2.7 billion) by 2035 as part of efforts to foster new growth engines for the economy, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: In a bid to achieve 'Anaemia Mukt Bharat' (AMB), rice fortification initiative was scaled up in a phased manner, and by March 2024, all custom-milled rice has been replaced with fortified rice in every scheme, the government said on Tuesday.

ADDIS ABABA: The Ethiopian government has launched a cholera vaccination campaign in the southwestern part of the country, targeting about one million people at risk.

NEW DELHI: A team of Australian researchers on Tuesday said that 4-degree Celsius rise in global temperatures would cut world GDP by around 40 per cent by 2100 – a sharp increase from previous estimates of around 11 per cent.

NEW DELHI: The number of Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) beneficiaries has surged by 39 per cent from 34.2 lakh in 2019-20 to 47.6 lakh in 2023-24, according to latest health Ministry data.

NEW DELHI: Love to scroll your phone while in bed? Scientists have found that using a screen in bed can drive your risk of insomnia by 59 per cent.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab has achieved a significant milestone in its fight against Tuberculosis (TB) by securing the second rank nationally in the 100-Day Intensified TB Elimination Campaign— “TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan”, as announced by the Government of India on World TB Day.

CHANDIGARH: Former Health Minister of Punjab and Congress leader Balbir Singh Sidhu, while talking about many important projects prepared by the Congress government related to the health department, said, "The debt on the head of Punjab is increasing day by day, but the question is where is the government spending the money? Neither is any kind of development happening in the state nor is any project related to the health department being completed."

NEW DELHI: Following the tremendous success of its inaugural edition, Startup Mahakumbh 2025 is all set to drive India’s innovation landscape and economic transformation.

SACRAMENTO: The United States is grappling with a significant increase in measles cases, US health authorities have said.

BENGALURU: Made-in-India surgical robotic system maker SS Innovations on Friday announced that its SSI Mantra has successfully performed robotic cardiac surgery via telesurgery spanning a distance of 2,000 kilometres.

NEW DELHI: An international research group has developed a new method to help the immune system recognise and attack cancer cells by leading them to expose themselves.

LONDON: Britain's King Charles III has suspended his planned public visit to Birmingham in England, originally scheduled for Friday, due to side effects from his ongoing cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace announced.

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday released the national guidelines on medical oxygen management.

MALAPPURAM: Ten drug addicts have tested positive for HIV at Walancherry in Kerala's Malappuram during the health screening among the high-risk category of people.

NEW DELHI: Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, on Thursday hailed the courage of a wheelchair-bound employee who attempted adventure sport bungee jumping in Rishikesh.

SYDNEY: The significant reductions in international funding for HIV prevention and treatment programmes may result in more than 10 million infections, and about 3 million deaths by 2030, according to a study published in The Lancet HIV journal on Thursday.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has ordered the Uttarakhand government to pay Rs 1 crore to the family of a doctor shot dead while on duty in 2016.

NEW DELHI: The 100-day intensified TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan has laid a strong foundation for a tuberculosis-free India, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.

NAIROBI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) commended Kenya for its sustained efforts in fighting tuberculosis (TB).

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday announced the implementation of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) in the national capital and allocated Rs 2,144 crore for the flagship scheme.

NEW DELHI: Indian Army doctors conducted more than 350 cataract surgeries on ex-servicemen, including those from Nepal during a state-of-the-art eye surgical camp at 158 Base Hospital, Bagdogra, West Bengal, an official said on Monday.

MANILA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday called on countries to take "urgent and decisive action" to end Tuberculosis (TB) by 2030.

SYDNEY: Researchers in Australia are developing next-generation nanoparticles to supercharge current treatments for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) -- one of the most aggressive and deadly forms of the disease.

SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH NAGAR: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann laid the foundation stone of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Government Medical College to come up at a cost of around Rs 300 crore.

NEW DELHI: Radiotherapy may leave behind microscopic cancer even when scan images suggest the tumour is gone, and this “residual disease” is more common than expected and is linked to worse long-term outcomes, researchers have warned.

NEW DELHI: While radiotherapy is a highly effective cancer treatment -- useful for about 60 per cent of all cancers -- it may lead to residual cancer that has the potential to hide behind clear scans and lead to worse outcomes, according to a study.

DINA NAGAR: Under the leadership of Chief Minister S. Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Government is continuously improving the infrastructure of health institutions in the state under the Health Revolution. Due to these efforts, the Punjab government will spend Rs 2.10 crore to renovate CHC Singhowal (Dinanagar). The foundation stone of the repair, renovation and upgradation project of CHC Singhowal was laid today by MLA and Aam Aadmi Party State Working President Mr. Aman Sher Singh Sherry Kalsi, Chairman Punjab Health Systems Corporation Mr. Raman Bahl, MLA Dera Baba Nanak Mr. Gurdeep Singh Randhawa and Mr. Shamsher Singh Dinanagar.