Health

Washington: The US administration is preparing to disband the COVID-19 response team, created in 2020 under former US President Donald Trump, in May due to the decrease in the number of coronavirus cases, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday,...

Kochi: Over 62 pc of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) are due to diabetes, hypertension and obesity in India.The prevalence of CKD and diabetic retinopathy (DR) increases proportionally to the disease duration in Type 2 Diabetes, said Dr Naresh Purohit,...

Geneva: The United States did not provide the World Health Organization (WHO) with access to data and reports that accuse a Chinese laboratory of causing COVID-19, Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses Lead at the WHO Health Emergencies Programme Maria Van...

Jalandhar: Punjab tops in the prevalence of hepatitis-C infection in the country, said Dr Naresh Purohit - Advisor, National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme (NVHCP), on Saturday.Voicing his concern on the recent data reported by Union Ministry of Health and...

Mumbai: Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre, one of India's leading multi-speciality medical facilities, on Saturday announced the launch of its advanced surgically implantable hearing device programme for hearing-impaired children.Hearing impairment is a serious yet significantly neglected condition in India. According...

Kolkata: According to Dr Naresh Purohit, advisor to the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP), there is a looming challenge for cancer control in the northeast (NE) region, and existing programmes and policies appear ineffective in addressing the region's cancer...

Hyderabad: In India, every year more than 1 Lakh children are born with severe to profound hearing loss and most of them need cochlear implant surgery to improve their speech and language skills, according to KIMS hospitals here on...

Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to make an official visit to this city on December 30 to preside over the 2nd National Ganga Council (NGC) in which West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has confirmed her participation.The...

Jammu: Assuring that there is no need to panic in view of rising Covid-19 cases in neighboring countries as no surge have been reported so far in the Union Territory, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta...

Bhopal: No fresh instance of novel coronavirus was detected in Madhya Pradesh for the second successive day on Friday even as the number of active cases remains five.“Sixty-five more samples were analysed. Two laboratories have been authorised to undertake...