Zika: Health Ministry issues guidelines
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IBNS): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday issued guidelines on the Zika virus disease here.
Sanofi Pasteur to leverage its strong vaccine legacy in hunt for Zika vaccine
Lyon, France/Kolkata , Feb 2 (IBNS): Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced today that it has launched a vaccine research and development project targeting the prevention of Zika virus infection and disease.
Films showing smoking scenes should be rated to protect children from tobacco addiction
Geneva, Feb 1 (IBNS) WHO is calling on governments to rate movies that portray tobacco use in a bid to prevent children and adolescents from starting to smoke cigarettes and use other forms of tobacco.
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IBNS): Union health minister J P Nadda, on Friday, held a high level meeting with his senior officials and the All India Institute of Medical Science to take stock of the situation arising from the spread of Zika virus being reported from some countries.
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IBNS): Union minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan dedicated to the nation on Thursday a low cost motorized wheelchair, called Locomo, developed by the Department of Biotechnology under the Make-in-India initiative.
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IBNS): More than 60 percent women in the 15-49 year age-group in West Bengal suffer from anaemia, reveals the National Family Health Survey 2015-2016.
National Family Health Survey: Tobacco use in WB comes down
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IBNS) Consumption of tobacco has come down by a little more than 11 per cent in West Bengal, according to the recent reports released by the National Family Health Survey.
One in every two children in West Bengal is anaemic, NFHS reveals
Kolkata, Jan 27 (Just Earth News/IBNS): More than half the children under 5 years are still Anaemic in West Bengal, as the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS 4, 2015-‘16) data highlight.
Seven die, more than 1,000 affected in jaundice outbreak in Shimla
Shimla, Jan 27 (IBNS) Seven people have so far died and more than 1,000 have been affected of jaundice following a severe outbreak of jaundice in Shimla over the past month, reports said.
Governments must act to reverse alarming rise in childhood obesity, UN report warns
New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Facing a global epidemic in childhood obesity with the number of overweight children under five on track to jump from 42 million to 70 million over the next decade, a United Nations report on Monday called on governments to reverse the trend by promoting healthy foods and physical activity.
Dealing with epidemics presents growth: WHO
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, Jan 22 (IBNS): The recent Ebola epidemic challenged leaders of all nations and sectors and brought to light the need for resiliency and infrastructure to prevent and mitigate risks of future outbreaks.
Health Ministry releases results from 1st phase of NFHS-4 survey
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IBNS): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday released the results from the first phase of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4), 2015-16.
Electro magnetic field radiation from mobile phone towers are not hazardous , opines TRAI experts
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IBNS): TRAI experts on Monday said that electro magnetic Field Radiation from mobile phone towers are not hazardous.
Panic grips J&K over polio 'rumour'
Srinagar, Jan 17 (IBNS) Hospitals in Srinagar and other hospitals of the Kashmir valley witnessed a massive rush after rumours of children's death due to polio vaccine surfaced in the state on Sunday.
New Ebola case in Sierra Leone; WHO continues to stress risk of more flare-ups
New York, Jan 15 (IBNS) A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in Sierra Leone, reflecting the ongoing risk of new flare-ups of the virus in affected countries, WHO confirmed on Friday.