Health

Ebola outbreak reaches seventh region in DR Congo, official says

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to Sud – Ubangi, where an official confirmed one death linked...

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ICMR says Southern Hemisphere flu vaccine can be used amid shortage

India’s premier medical research body has advised people to use a Southern Hemisphere(SM) flu vaccine, as supplies of the preferred Northern Hemisphere(NH)...

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Ebola outbreak in Congo surpasses 3,200 deaths as cases near 6,700

Health officials said there have been almost 6,700 confirmed cases of the Ebola virus in six provinces of the Democratic Republic of...

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Saitual becomes first Mizoram district to achieve ‘Surakshit’ HIV status

Saitual has become the first district in Mizoram to achieve “Surakshit” status under the National AIDS Control Organisation’s Mobilisation AIDS Suraksha campaign...

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J&K’s fertility rate falls as doctors flag reproductive-health concerns

Doctors and health experts have raised concern over reproductive health problems in Jammu and Kashmir, citing delayed marriages, lifestyle changes and conditions...

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Punjab H1N1 cases reach 220 as first suspected death reported

Punjab has reported 220 confirmed H1N1 cases this year and its first suspected swine flu death of the season as infections rise...

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Genetically modified pig kidney bridges man to human transplant

The first known patient to transition from an animal kidney to a human donor organ was a man with end-stage kidney disease...

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Inside the mortuary, Kashmir’s medical negligence cases hit a wall

Investigators say they can trace almost every stalled medical negligence case in Kashmir back to one moment: a family saying no to...

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Scientists take first step towards universal vaccine against pneumonia, meningitis

Scientists have found common targets among strains of the pneumonia-causing bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae, in a step toward a universal vaccine against the...

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