Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/02/2025. The Supreme Court (SC), February 24, 2025 has directed all states to file their affidavits addressing concerns raised about antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs …
Such is the situation that Patiala’s Rajindra Medical College has exhausted its stock of testing kits and the lab is now waiting for kits from the Centre. In a shift of sorts in the seasonal flu pattern, Punjab, like several other parts of the country, is seeing a spurt in …
THE Government is rolling out the newly proven HIV prevention method of taking an antiretroviral drug before exposure to HIV risk (known as preexposure prophylaxis - PrEP). A report on New Vision TV quoted Dr Flavia Namatovu saying the new method of HIV prevention will be rolled out in seven …
WHO alerts countries to the increasing trend of resistance to HIV drugs detailed in a report based on national surveys conducted in several countries. The Organization warns that this growing threat could undermine global progress in treating and preventing HIV infection if early and effective action is not taken. The …
Bacterial drug resistance has emerged as a serious global threat mandating the development of novel methodologies that allow facile modulation of antimicrobial action in a controlled fashion. Conjugating antibiotics to nanoparticles helps to meet this goal by increasing the drug’s overall avidity, bioavailability and easier internalisation into mammalian cells, targeting …
‘Inadequate’ on parameters that reviewed policies and practices The latest global report on tuberculosis has criticised India’s control plans, even as the Union Health Minister JP Nadda has said that TB will be eliminated from the country by 2025. The Out of Step 2017 report published by Stop TB Partnership …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhoea, a sexually-transmitted disease, "much harder and sometimes impossible" to treat, as it cited data from 77 countries including India. The World Health Organization (WHO) has said antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhoea, a sexually-transmitted disease, “much harder and sometimes …
Doctors feel misuse will lead to a situation of medicines turning ineffective Concerns regarding a build-up of resistance to antiviral drugs used to treat swine flu are surfacing, after two such drugs — Oseltamivir and Zanamivir — were taken off the restrictive Schedule X of the Drugs and Comestics Rules. …
Basic ingredient of turmeric, in the form studied, is understood to be five times more ‘bioavailable’ in mice than in the regular one Curcumin, the basic ingredient of turmeric, when administered in a nanoparticle formulation has several favourable properties in the treatment of tuberculosis in mice, researchers have found. Prof. …
The latest global report on tuberculosis has criticised India’s control plans, even as the Union Health Minister has said that TB will be eliminated from the country by 2025. The Out of Step 2017 report published by Stop TB Partnership reviewed TB policies and practices in 29 countries which account …
At least 125 cases of malaria, 152 of chikungunya have been recorded till July 1 With rising cases of dengue and chikungunya in the national capital, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Anil Baijal conducted a review meeting on Thursday to discuss the preparedness of the vector-borne disease. Delhi, so far …
MUMBAI: The antiviral oseltamivir used to treat influenza H1N1 will be more widely available with the Union health ministry taking it off the stringent schedule X list. Now, patients will no longer need prescriptions in triplicate to buy the drug, but it would still not be available over the counter. …
Dar es Salaam — The government plans to include a new generic version of the anti-retroviral drug Dolutegravir (DTG) in the national HIV/Aids treatment protocols. Kenya became the first African country to include the drug in its treatment programmes. The Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Ms …
PANJIM: The staff at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) got into a state of panic, as two patients were admitted in the hospital with swine flu symptoms. The panic worsened when one of the patients tested positive for swine flu. Medical Superintendent Dr SN Bandekar informed Herald that a …
CHENNAI: A shortage of drugs has affected the state since July 1 when the Goods and Services Tax (GST) kicked in, with dealers and distributors uncertain over the taxation structure and facing software-related billing issues. Karthik Nagappan, who had to check a half a dozen pharmacies before locating one that …
Kenya has become the first African country to introduce the generic version of the new first-line drug Dolutegravir (DTG) for people living with HIV. Kenya and Unitaid (global health initiative working with partners to end world’s tuberculosis, HIV/Aids and malaria epidemic) announced the rollout of the drug, which has been …
Diagnosis is complicated due to challenges associated with sample collection While detection of tuberculosis (TB) in children remains a challenge, it has now emerged that Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR) TB is higher among children than expected. This has been described as a “worrying trend” by the Union Health Ministry. As many …
Rabat – Drugs prices for several common chronic disease medications have been reduced by 46 percent, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Health on Monday. Drugs to treat illnesses like cancer, diabetes, blood pressure, infectious diseases and inflammatory illnesses have had their process slashed in a …
Recently, increasing attention has been paid to the welfare of farm animals, which have been evaluated using behavioral and physiological measures. However, so far, the measures have almost always been used to estimate poor welfare. In this review, firstly we focus on how oxytocin (OT) relates to positive social behavior, …
positive for the mutated Michigan strain of the virus, the state health authorities do not have a single vial of the new vaccine required to fight the mutated virus. This despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) advising countries earlier this year to stock up on the new vaccine strain (A/Michigan/45/2015) …
Nagpur: A recent survey of 3,406 students at local schools found 71 to be positive for filaria. Their treatment began immediately, without which their feet would have swelled as thick as a tree trunk. The positive cases appeared despite the government distributing free medicines in the district since 2005. Now, …
