WHO updates global guidance on medicines and diagnostic tests

Jul 09, 2019, at 05:33 pm

New York, July 9 (IBNS): WHO’s Essential Medicines List and List of Essential Diagnostics are core guidance documents that help countries prioritize critical health products that should be widely available and affordable throughout health systems.

Zika virus causes delayed childhood neurodevelopment: international study

Jul 09, 2019, at 05:29 pm

Beijing, Jul 9 (Xinhua/UNI) An international study has shown that the Zika virus may lead to delayed childhood neurodevelopment and impairment in children's vision and hearing, China Science Daily reported on Tuesday.

WHO updates global guidance on medicines and diagnostic tests

Jul 09, 2019, at 05:28 pm

New York, July 9 (IBNS): WHO’s Essential Medicines List and List of Essential Diagnostics are core guidance documents that help countries prioritize critical health products that should be widely available and affordable throughout health systems.

US astronomers discover asteroid with shortest year

Jul 09, 2019, at 05:19 pm

Los Angeles, Jul 8 (Xinhua/UNI) Astronomers have spotted an unusual asteroid with the shortest "year" known for such an object, according to a release by California Institute of Technology (Caltech) on Monday.

Several missing, 800 stranded after flash floods in Arunachal Pradesh

Jul 09, 2019, at 02:47 pm

Guwahati, July 9 (IBNS): A devastating cloudburst lead to flash floods in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday evening.

Let's pledge to be an organ donor: Miniter Harsh Vardhan

Jul 08, 2019, at 07:40 pm

New Delhi, July 8 (UNI) Union health minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday asked people to come forward to donate organs and take a pledge to this effect.

5.7 magnitude earthquake hits SW Iran

Jul 08, 2019, at 03:54 pm

Tehran, Jul 8 (Xinhua/UNI) A 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Richter scale struck Masjid Soleiman region in southwest Iran's Khuzestan province on Monday, Iranian Seismological Center reported.

Monsoon showers lash parts of Himachal Pradesh

Jul 06, 2019, at 05:07 pm

Shimla, Jul 6 (UNI) The southwest monsoon showers lashed many parts of Himachal Pradesh in past 24 hrs as it advanced in the hill state, MeT office said on Saturday.

Doctor commits suicide on first day of duty

Jul 05, 2019, at 07:46 pm

Nagpur, July 5 (UNI): A 26-year-old doctor allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in his hostel room of Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMCH) here, police said here on Friday.

6.4-magnitude earthquake hits Southern California

Jul 05, 2019, at 10:18 am

Los Angeles, Jul 4 (Xinhua/UNI) A 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted 12 km southwest of Searles Valley in the U.S. state of California 17:33:48 GMT on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

Pharmacist runs government health centre in the absence of doctors

Jul 04, 2019, at 12:27 pm

Guwahati, July 4 (IBNS): A pharmacist has been forced to run a government health centre in Assam in the absence of doctors.

Odisha to plant 6 crore trees this monsoon, to distribute 4 crore more

Jul 03, 2019, at 09:48 pm

Bhubaneswar, July 3 (UNI): Odisha's forest department will plant six crore trees during the current rainy season, chief minister Naveen Patnaik said here today.

Livelihoods of millions in East and Southeast Asia at risk from Swine Fever epidemic

Jul 03, 2019, at 10:06 am

New York, July 3 (IBNS): The rapid spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) across East and Southeast Asia is threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of households in the region which rely on pig farming, The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, reported on Tuesday.

June 2019 was hottest month ever on record: European satellite agency

Jul 03, 2019, at 09:56 am

London, July 3 (IBNS): Summer has barely begun, but temperature records are already being broken. Data released today show that the European-average temperature for June 2019 was higher than for any other June on record.

Scientists find zebra odour useful in fight against trypanosomosis disease

Jul 02, 2019, at 06:05 pm

Nairobi, Jul 2 (Xinhua) Researchers in Kenya have found that specific odours in zebra skin can provide leads to boost the management of the deadly trypanosomiasis disease, which is transmitted by tsetse flies to people and livestock.

Japanese Encephalitis claims 28 lives in Assam

Jul 02, 2019, at 04:06 pm

Guwahati, July 2 (IBNS): Japanese Encephalitis has claimed 28 lives in Assam so far, officials said on Tuesday.

Rain mayhem: 32 lives lost in Maharashtra, holiday declared today

Jul 02, 2019, at 03:55 pm

Mumbai, Jul 2 (UNI) At least 32 people were killed in various rain-related incidents, including wall collapses in this financial capital, Thane and Pune, and over 75 injured or missing on Tuesday, as rains battered parts of Maharashtra.

Jalandhar moves to build green, plastic-free future

Jul 01, 2019, at 08:12 pm

Jalandhar, Jul 1 (UNI): In order to make the district garbage-free, the administration and Municipal Corporation of Jalandhar will work jointly to encourage the residents to give their whole-hearted support for clean and green Jalandhar, by sensitising them under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.

Flute music helps to build brains of premature babies

Jul 01, 2019, at 05:03 pm

Bern, Jul 1 (UNI) Swiss neuroscientists have reported positive effects of specially composed and performed music on developing neural networks of premature babies.

Consumers empowered by sharing medical ‘selfies’: Study

Jun 30, 2019, at 07:00 pm

Sydney, June 30 (IBNS): Taking medical ‘selfies’ and sharing them with a doctor empowers and reassures healthcare consumers, and can improve doctor-patient relationships, a two-part QUT-led study has found.  

Video of tiger chasing bike riders goes viral on internet, Twitter users left shocked

Jun 30, 2019, at 06:07 pm

New Delhi, June 30 (IBNS): Social media users were left amazed and shocked after a video surfaced on the internet where two people riding on a bike could be seen chased by a tiger in Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala's Wayanad district.

Harsh Vardhan dispatches a Central Team to Review Japanese Encephalitis (JE) situation in Assam

Jun 30, 2019, at 05:46 pm

New York, June 30 (IBNS): In view of the recent reported Japanese Encephalitis (JE) cases in Assam, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare has dispatched a central team to review the Japanese Encephalitis (JE) situation in the State, on Sunday.

Ebola fight ongoing amid evidence of ‘several massacres’ in DR Congo’s Ituri province

Jun 29, 2019, at 08:14 am

New York, June 29 (IBNS): The vital work of tracing people infected with deadly Ebola virus disease in north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is progressing, despite evidence of “several” massacres in the affected area earlier this month, the UN said on Friday.

BSF conducts annual medical conference in Shillong

Jun 28, 2019, at 09:36 pm

Guwahati, June 28 (IBNS): The Border Security Force (BSF) organised their Annual Medical Conference at their campus in Shillong on Friday.

Gene therapy for corneal blindness: Light at the end of tunnel?

Jun 28, 2019, at 03:12 pm

India-born biomedical researcher Rajiv Mohan working in USA's University of Missouri is pursuing a singular mission: bring sight to the sightless. He has developed a way to genetically alter a pathway that limits the amount of light that enters the eye and help cure corneal blindness. Ralph Chapoco, Sean Na and Karina Zaiets report from USA with Godhuly Bose from India

Heavy rainfall, flood prediction during G20 Summit

Jun 27, 2019, at 01:56 pm

Osaka, Japan, Jun 27 (Sputnik): The authorities of Japan’s Osaka, which will host the G20 Summit on Friday and Saturday, warned on Thursday that the city may face heavy rainfall, floods and landslides following a tropical cyclone that is currently approaching the Kansai region.

Heavy rains lash Chennai and suburbs, bring relief from unrelenting heat

Jun 26, 2019, at 09:28 pm

Chennai, June 26 (UNI): Heavy rains lashed Chennai and its suburbs on Wednesday evening, brining the much needed respite from the unrelenting heat wave conditions in the area.

Hamdard launches its Wellness Centre in Bangalore

Jun 25, 2019, at 05:09 pm

Bengaluru, June 25 (IBNS): Hamdard Laboratories, over a 100 year old iconic FMCG company, and India’s leading Health & Wellness business house furthers its expansion into retail with the launch of their next Wellness Centre ‘Hamdard Wellness’ in Bangalore on Tuesday after the successful opening of the centres in Delhi, Hyderabad, Kanpur, Patna, Ghaziabad and Meerut.

Study finds that drinking just one pint of beer or a large glass of wine may impair sense of control

Jun 25, 2019, at 05:02 pm

London, June 25 (IBNS): New research by neuroscientists from the University of Sussex shows that drinking only one pint of beer or a large glass of wine is enough to significantly compromise a person’s sense of agency.

New study finds coffee could be the secret to fighting obesity

Jun 25, 2019, at 10:42 am

London, June 25 (IBNS): A new study finds that drinking a cup of coffee could have a direct effect on the body's brown fat functions.