Health

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's National Department of Health appealed for vigilance as three new cases of monkeypox, also known as mpox, were confirmed in the country.

NEW DELHI: India needs regulation and awareness on junk food to fight obesity in India, said Luke Coutinho, holistic health coach, while praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to fight the condition in the country.

PATNA: The district administration in Bihar's Jehanabad has confirmed that the recent deaths of several crows on February 18 were caused by Avian Influenza (H5N1), commonly known as bird flu, officials said.

NEW DELHI: India has made a significant stride in healthcare since 2014, with particular emphasis on quality and affordability for all, said Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Friday.

NEW DELHI: While the Covid-19 pandemic is over, its effects continue to haunt a large majority of people infected by the infectious disease. Two separate studies have shown that several neurological and respiratory disorders as well as other health complications continue to affect people who were hospitalised with the disease.

SYDNEY: A health alert has been issued over a local outbreak of measles in Australia's second-most populous state.

KARNATAKA: As the district authorities take steps to contain the bird flu outbreak in the Chikkaballapur district, located close to Bengaluru, the State Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Department has issued an order to cull 350 chickens in a poultry farm.

NEW DELHI: The Indian pharma sector has grown at 8 per cent CAGR and has also seen a 9 per cent increase in export rates in 2024, according to a report.

BHUBANESWAR: Union Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda arrived in Odisha on Friday to participate in a national summit to be organised by National Health Mission in Puri.

NEW DELHI: Previous infections with seasonal H1N1 flu may boost immunity and reduce the severity of H5N1 bird flu, according to a study.

BENGALURU: Health services in Karnataka were severely affected on Thursday as more than 9,000 nurses and paramedical staff hired on a contract basis by the state government went on an indefinite strike overnight.

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NEW DELHI: India’s pharmaceutical industry has witnessed a sharp drop of 11 per cent in regulatory violation instances in 2024, according to a report.

SYDNEY: A team of Australian scientists has developed a new blood test that is capable of detecting health complications early in pregnancy.

LOS ANGELES: The US state of Texas has reported the first death from the ongoing measles outbreak.

NEW DELHI: A team of international researchers has developed a new blood test that could predict the risk of about 30 age-related conditions like lung cancer and heart disease that can appear decades later.

NEW DELHI: While continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) may be of significant help to people living with diabetes, they may harm healthy adults by showing inaccurate results that can lead to unnecessary food restrictions, according to a study on Wednesday.

SEOUL: The South Korean government has raised the possibility of scrapping a controversial increase of medical school admissions for next year, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, as it seeks to resolve a prolonged dispute with trainee doctors.

PHNOM PENH: A boy, aged two years and seven months, in southeast Cambodia's Prey Veng province has died of H5N1 avian influenza, becoming the second death in 2025, the Southeast Asian nation's Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.

SYDNEY: The number of deaths from a disease linked to heavy rainfall and flooding in northeast of Australia's state of Queensland has more than doubled to 12, local health authorities said.

SEOUL: Acting President Choi Sang-mok on Wednesday reaffirmed the government's commitment to turning South Korea into one of the world's top five leaders in the advanced bio sector, stressing the emerging sector is comparable in size to major industries combined.

SEOUL: The number of babies born in South Korea increased for the first time in nine years in 2024, driven by a post-pandemic rise in marriages, evolving attitudes toward parenthood, and demographic changes, the statistics agency said on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: HIV self-testing is proving to be a revolutionary tool in Mizoram’s fight against HIV/AIDS, offering a more private, convenient and effective means of diagnosis, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

GAZA: The UN agency for Palestine refugees said that it has vaccinated more than 454,000 children against poliovirus in the Gaza Strip over the past two days.

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Ayush has conferred the prestigious ‘National Dhanwantari Ayurveda Awards’ for the current year on three distinguished practitioners for their exceptional contributions to the field of traditional Indian medicine.

CHANDIGARH: To further ramp up the public health infrastructure in the state, the Punjab Health and Family Welfare department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi to establish a state branch at the Community Health Centre (CHC) Manawala in the Amritsar district.

CHANDIGARH: In yet another move aimed at strengthening healthcare accessibility, particularly in rural and underserved areas as desired by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Punjab's Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Balbir Singh flagged-off 10 Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) from Punjab Bhawan here on Monday. He was accompanied Punjab Power Minister Harbhajan Singh ETO and MLAs from Mansa and Bathinda districts.

KABUL: The Afghan interim government's Ministry of Public Health on Monday announced a four-day vaccination campaign aimed at protecting nearly 6.3 million children under the age of five from poliovirus.

NEW DELHI: Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra and Infosys co-founder and Chairman Nandan Nilekani on Monday said that in order to build a strong economy towards the 'Viksit Bharat' goal, the country needs a healthy population as well.

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Sudha Murty on Monday nominated Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian Olympic Association head PT Usha to advance the campaign against obesity launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

ULAN BATOR: Mongolia has confirmed another imported case of measles, bringing the total to four, local media reported on Monday, citing the country's National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD).

NEW DELHI: Teenagers and adolescents who spend more than three hours a day engaged in sedentary behaviours -- which includes playing video games or increased screen exposure -- have a higher risk of facing mental health issues such as anxiety and depression, according to a study.

SEOUL: Celltrion, a major South Korean biopharmaceutical firm, on Monday said its new biosimilar for an autoimmune disease treatment has obtained approval from the European Commission (EC).

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone for the Bageshwar Dham Medical and Science Research Institute in Madhya Pradesh's Garha village at the invitation of Bageshwar Dham chief Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri.

NEW DELHI: Developing optimism and learning how to flexibly cope can help maintain and improve mental health in diverse situations, according to a new study.