Motorbike ambulance saves mothers and babies in Kenya: UNFPA
Jan 13, 2023, at 11:25 pm
New York: The hardship being felt across the Horn of Africa by the worst drought in 40 years has left many women weak and malnourished. The UN agency dedicated to women’s sexual and reproductive health, UNPA, is helping save mothers’ lives in Kenya, through the donation of a simple but effective way of accessing hard-to-reach areas - a motorbike, to enable safe emergency deliveries in hospital.
COVID-19: WHO highlights critical importance of sharing virus sequences
Jan 13, 2023, at 11:06 pm
New York: Although virus sequencing is vital to detect and track new variants in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing this information must be stepped up globally, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday in Geneva.
Uganda declares end of Ebola virus outbreak
Jan 13, 2023, at 11:02 pm
New York: In Uganda, a deadly outbreak of Ebola virus has been stopped in its tracks and declared officially over, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
Study shows Covid cases in China touch 900 million
Jan 13, 2023, at 08:43 pm
Beijing: A study by Peking University has revealed that some 900 million people in China have been infected with the coronavirus as of 11 January, media reports said.
Jan 12, 2023, at 05:35 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said two cough syrups made by Noida-based company Marion Biotech should not be administered to children.
Sun Pharma launches Palbociclib for advanced breast cancer therapy
Jan 12, 2023, at 01:21 am
Mumbai: Sun Pharma on Wednesday said it has launched a novel anti-cancer drug, Palbociclib, in India to treat advanced breast cancer, the most common cancer among women in the country.
How COVID-19 changed mental health discourse in India and Pakistan
Jan 12, 2023, at 01:08 am
When Amina Zia in Pakistan lost her husband to COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic, she descended further into depression.
Improve healthcare access to end ‘preventable tragedy’ of child mortality
Jan 10, 2023, at 11:18 pm
New York: A child or young person died every 4.4 seconds in 2021, and millions more could lose their lives by 2030 unless all women and children have access to adequate healthcare, two UN reports published on Thursday have revealed.
Mpox: Argentine Healthcare Ministry reports second death
Jan 10, 2023, at 10:49 pm
Buenos Aires: The Argentine Healthcare Ministry reported on Tuesday the second lethal case of mpox (previously known as monkeypox) in the country.
COVID-19: China blocks South Korea and Japan visas
Jan 10, 2023, at 10:04 pm
Beijing: Chinese authorities have stopped issuing short-term visas to individuals from South Korea and Japan in retaliation for Covid restrictions imposed on Chinese travellers.
China: More than 88 million people in Henan infected with COVID-19
Jan 09, 2023, at 10:57 pm
Beijing: Local health officials said the Chinese region of Henan is witnessing 90 percent of its population now being infected with Covid-19 virus.
India registers 170 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Jan 09, 2023, at 06:12 pm
New Delhi: India registered 170 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per government data released on Monday.
Jan 08, 2023, at 05:54 pm
Bhubaneswar/IBNS: Union Health Minister, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya laid the foundation stone for the ICMR School of Public Health and BSL III Laboratory in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.
COVID will likely recede into the background, says Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine developer
Jan 07, 2023, at 02:54 pm
Dhaka: Sarah Gilbert, who led a team that developed the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, believes that SARS-CoV-2 will likely recede into the background in the upcoming times.
Improve healthcare access to end ‘preventable tragedy’ of child mortality
Jan 06, 2023, at 11:44 pm
New York: A child or young person died every 4.4 seconds in 2021, and millions more could lose their lives by 2030 unless all women and children have access to adequate healthcare, two UN reports published on Thursday have revealed.
WHO continues to urge China to share more data amid COVID-19 surge
Jan 06, 2023, at 08:34 pm
New York: The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the COVID-19 surge in China, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, in his first virtual briefing for the year.
COVID-19: China infection surge on agenda at WHO coronavirus meeting
Jan 04, 2023, at 06:49 pm
New York: As COVID-19 infections surge in China, coronavirus experts gathered at the UN health agency on Tuesday, to discuss next steps.
Fresh Covid-19 pandemic emerging the world over with new medical challenges: Expert
Jan 01, 2023, at 10:28 pm
Kolkata: Visiting Professor at the Kolkata based West Bengal University of Health Sciences, School of Public Health-Dr Naresh Purohit has said the Covid-19 outbreak in China has caused the world to go into panic mode again, exactly three years after the first episode of SARS-CoV-2 was reported in December 2019.
XBB1.5 variant of coronavirus found in India
Jan 01, 2023, at 06:09 am
New Delhi/IBNS: XBB1.5 strain of coronavirus responsible for the rising infections in the United States, was detected in India for the first time on Friday, media reports said.
New Omicron subvariant accounts for over 40 pc of cases in US
Dec 31, 2022, at 09:26 pm
Los Angeles: New Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 40.5 per cent of Covid-19 cases in the United States in the week ending December 31, nearly doubling from the previous week, according to data updated Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
France introducing mandatory Covid testing for people flying in from China
Dec 31, 2022, at 09:15 pm
Paris: Beginning next month, all plane passengers traveling from China to France will be required to present negative COVID-19 test results and will be tested again upon arrival, Clement Beaune, the Minister Delegate for Transport of France said.
Maternal Mortality: Ticking up in Pakistan while India stems rise
Dec 31, 2022, at 08:28 pm
Despite gains, maternal deaths haunt South Asia. While the figure ticks up in Pakistan, in India the rise has been stemmed amid challenges, report Amer Malik and Abantika Ghosh from across the border
France introducing mandatory Covid-19 testing for people flying in from China
Dec 31, 2022, at 03:12 pm
Paris: Beginning next month, all plane passengers traveling from China to France will be required to present negative COVID-19 test results and will be tested again upon arrival, Clement Beaune, the Minister Delegate for Transport of France said.
1,50,000 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres operationalized
Dec 30, 2022, at 09:21 pm
New Delhi: In a significant achievement demonstrating strengthening of the country’s health infrastructure, India has surpassed a notable landmark- 150,000 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) have been operationalised before Dec 31.
India registers 243 fresh COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Dec 30, 2022, at 04:04 pm
New Delhi: India registered 243 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the government has recently announced several precautionary measures to prevent a surge in cases amid rise in infection in China and few other nations.
Dec 30, 2022, at 01:54 am
New Delhi/IBNS: All fliers from China, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand will have to submit a negative Covid-19 test report before arrival in India starting Jan 1, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said Thursday.
All govt centres in Delhi are out of free Covid booster shots, shows CoWIN app
Dec 29, 2022, at 03:28 am
New Delhi/IBNS: No government health centre in the national capital has free-of-cost Covid vaccines left, while paid vaccines for all at private facilities, continue to be available over the next few days, media reports said.
Four international travellers test COVID positive in Tamil Nadu
Dec 28, 2022, at 10:04 pm
Chennai: Four international travellers who returned from China and Dubai have tested COVID positive at the Madurai and Chennai international airports on Wednesday.
UN chief issues global ‘wake-up call’ on Day of Epidemic Preparedness
Dec 28, 2022, at 03:54 pm
New York: Three years ago this month, the virus that causes COVID-19 was first detected, the UN chief reminded on Tuesday, the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness.
2022 Year In health: New Ebola and cholera outbreaks, mpox emergency, COVID-19 ‘not over’
Dec 28, 2022, at 03:08 pm
New York: The UN warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is still a cause for global concern, and outbreaks of cholera, Ebola and Monkeypox (now renamed mpox) led to the mobilization of health and aid workers to contain life-threatening illnesses.