The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has obtained permission for “restricted use in public health emergency” of two second-line HIV medications for use against the novel coronavirus (nCoV).
In India, deaths due to AIDS have been reduced by nearly 55 per cent over the last decade and new HIV infections have been reduced by 66 per cent since 2000. India has said that achieving global targets
Model tender documents for showcasing health insurance scheme released Pre-authorisation will be mandatory for 636 of the 1,350 packages – or 47 per cent of all treatments covered under the National
Rajasthan government requested the CPCB to asses the extent of pollution by joint monitoring of the rivers and their tributaries as well as the canals originating from Punjab at Harike. More than a
India accounts for the largest number of TB cases in the world and 60 per cent of the global burden of leprosy. At 27.9 lakh, India’s TB incidence in 2016 was down marginally from the previous year’s 28.4
Addressing a press conference in Kozhikode district after an all-party meet that discussed the situation post-Nipah, state Health Minister KK Shylaja said the virus has been brought under control and its
China announced last week it was halting approvals of some new solar projects this year and cutting subsidies to developers to ease its pace of expansion, which is expected to slow demand in the world’s
Nipah outbreak in Kerala: With the last casualty being reported on May 30 and no new cases till now, officials say the virus scare has been averted to a large extent. Health officials in Kozhikode and
While India’s ranking by the Global Burden of Disease team in IHME may appear counter-intuitive, the truth is that incidence alone does not tell India’s full cancer story. In a recent paper in Jama
Five months after the Noida Authority relaunched its anti-plastic drive to implement the ban on plastics in the city, shop-keepers and residents are flouting the guidelines. "We hardly make any profit
World Environment Day 2018: Every year, a different global host country is picked where the official celebrations take place and this time it's India. The focus on the host country helps bring focus towards
