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People are at the heart of any health issue, says WHO’s Dr Supriya Bezbaruah

November 17, 2022

Science should be for the people, of the people and taken forward by the people, she tells audience at the Health of India summit We have to put people at the...

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Heat-related deaths among people older than 65 years up by 68%: report

November 1, 2022

The persistent heat exposure led to 470 billion potential labour hours lost globally in 2021, with potential income losses equivalent to 0·72 percent of the...

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Discovery of new rare blood type to save lives

October 25, 2022

Scientists can now develop methods for early detection of blood type incompatibility between the mother and her child and transfuse the baby while still in the...

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Genome sequencing opens the door to tailor-made medication

October 20, 2022

Personalised medicines account for more than 25 percent of the new treatments approved since 2015 Kruxd explains how personalised medicine has developed over...

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Long COVID ‘insidious beneath-the-radar-screen public health emergency’: Fauci

October 18, 2022

Urges US Congress to avoid complacency and resume funding to combat the virus America’s top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has warned against...

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Why do smartphones explode and how to prevent it

October 15, 2022

An overheated battery is the primary cause of a smartphone explosion Whether eating, walking, watching TV, or even going to the washroom, people carry their...

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Deepika Padukone’s LiveLoveLaugh expands rural mental health program

October 12, 2022

LLL’s rural community mental health program, which has operated in Karnataka since 2017 and Odisha since 2019, has now expanded to Tamil Nadu. The organization...

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Breast cancer rates rise among younger women in Asia

October 11, 2022

Every year between 1990 and 2020, 131,377 women aged 15 to 39 were diagnosed with breast tumors. In 2019, over 63 percent of teenage breast cancer cases came...

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WHO probing Indian cough syrup after 66 children die in Africa

October 6, 2022

The four products are Promethazine Oral Solution, Kofexmalin Baby Cough Syrup, Makoff Baby Cough Syrup and Magrip N Cold Syrup manufactured by Maiden...

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Rising dengue cases in Afghanistan draw WHO attention

October 1, 2022

In August, the WHO confirmed a new wave of dengue fever in the country with a total of 64 cases reported between 12 June and 30 July from Nangarhar province...