While sugary foods and beverages are more blamed for the global rise in obesity rates, a new study suggests that sodium -- found in chips, processed meat products, bread, and dairy products, especially cheese -- may also be a significant risk factor. ...
Fertility clinic chain Indira IVF Hospital has withdrawn its draft initial public offer (IPO) papers, which were filed through the confidential pre-filing route. ...
Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Thursday said that more than 400 new TB cases were found in six districts of the state after the 100-day TB Elimination Campaign was launched on December 7 last year. ...
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. ...
The Health Department of Munger in Bihar has confirmed the outbreak of Avian Influenza (H5N1), commonly known as bird flu, after half a dozen crows were found dead under mysterious circumstances in Tegra village, located in Haveli Kharagpur block. ...
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. ...
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, on Wednesday, directed the state administration to submit a proposal for the establishment of a Public Health Infrastructure Corporation to make maximum schemes and health facilities of the health department available online and to build state-of-the-art infrastructure in t...
Doctors across government hospitals in Bihar began a three-day strike from Thursday, leading to the closure of Outpatient Department (OPD) services across the state over failure of the government to res...
Two children tragically lost their lives due to suspected food poisoning at the Nirvana Rajkiya Bal Grah, a government-run children’s home in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. The incident has also left 23 other children hospitalised, with two in critical condition being referred to King George’s Medical U...
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India said on Tuesday that out of the allotted budget by the Punjab government, health funds ranging from 6.5 to 20.74 per cent were not utilised. ...
