India must become self-reliant in manufacturing technologies that can help remove disabilities such as speech and hearing and make them more accessible to the common man, said President Droupadi Murmu. ...
African swine fever (ASF) has been detected at a large pig farm in Laubere parish, central Latvia, the country's veterinary authority said. ...
South Africa's Minister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen voiced concern about the country's spreading foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). ...
The Ministry of Ayush is set to organise a two-day event themed “National Ayush Mission and Capacity Building in States” at the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) here next week, an official statement said on Sunday. ...
A new medication has been shown to significantly lower blood pressure in people whose levels stay dangerously high, despite taking several existing medicines, according to the results of a Phase III clinical trial. ...
The fatal amoebic meningoencephalitis or ‘brain eating amoeba’ has claimed two more lives including a three-month-old infant in the past 24 hours in Kerala, officials confirmed on Monday. ...
Training ASHA workers to identify red flags in babies with Spinal Muscular Atrophy can be a major boost in the fight against the rare disease in India, said health experts on Saturday. ...
Beta blockers, the standard treatment after a heart attack for the last 40 years, may offer no benefit for heart attack patients and can raise death risk in some women, according to a study on Saturday that called for a rejig into the standard treatment paradigm. ...
Surgery to treat chronic sinus disease can be more effective than antibiotics, according to a major clinical trial. ...
The Malappuram district panchayats in Kerala have stepped up health surveillance and preventive measures following reports of rat fever and amoebic meningoencephalitis in Peruvalloor and Moonniyoor, respectively. ...
