WHO says India tops MDR-TB cases in South East Asia
As per recent World Health Organization estimates, India has recorded about 63,000 cases of notified multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 2010, the highest in the South East Asia region. The prevalence of MDR-TB is approximately 2.3 per cent among new cases and 12-17 per cent among re-treatment cases. However, due to the size of the population More...
12 Swine Flu cases have been detected in Pune, India
About twelve Swine Flu cases have been reported over a fortnight in Pune, Maharashtra, India, which has led to an alert among the health authorities. The critical condition of patients admitted to the local hospitals More...
Dubai celebrates World Kidney Day
Marking seventh World Kidney Day, the Dubai Health Authority conducted free health screenings on this Thursday. Various hospitals and health centers emphasized on the need for kidney donation as well as an early More...
Shantha Biotech targeting global orders
Shantha Biotech is expecting orders from international organisations for its flagship pentavalent vaccine which is under clinical trials, currently. The company based in Hyderabad, India, was bought by French More...
Respiratory illness strikes many in Mexico
The United Mexican States government said that forty people recently died on account of extreme, cold weather, while thirty two died due to flu. The health secretariat explained that out of the forty, thirty individuals More...
Transfusion saves British baby born with no blood
Doctors gifted Oliver Morgan – a new life, after rescuing the baby boy born with practically no blood, post a lifesaving transfusion. A rare medical condition known as Vasa Previa, drained his body of nearly More...
Infant death toll reaches 82, in West Bengal
West Bengal, India: Deaths of seven infants have been reported from West Bengal’s Malda sub-division hospital, in last twelve hours. With this, the death toll has reached an overall figure of 82 in merely twenty More...
India moves resolution on mental disorders at WHO summit
New Delhi, India: India has insisted the world into joining hands to fight against mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. Foreseeing depression as the leading cause of More...
Combination drugs for Diabetes and BP
Jaipur, India: Free drug distribution centres in Rajasthan’s government hospitals will soon, make available – combination drugs for diabetes and blood pressure. This would facilitate their treatment for the More...
War against Bird Flu declared: Odisha
Following a central directive, the state officials of Odisha (India), ordered a mass culling of poultry birds in Khurda district’s Keranga area on Thursday, January 12, 2012. This is to prevent the spread of avian More...