How to Stay healthy in winter
Most parts of India are facing severe cold these days. People are trying their best to protect themselves from chilled weather as it has has a profound effect on human…
Vietnam to make blood donation compulsory
AMN / HANOI Vietnam is likely to make blood donation compulsory for its citizens. If a proposal by the Health Ministry of the country is approved Vietnamese adults will be…
200 million ladies undergone Female Genital Mutilation FMG worldwide
AMN More than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation, FMG in the countries where the practice is concentrated, according to WHO report. Furthermore, there…
Russian Vaccine to end Western ‘Monopoly’ on Ebola Treatment
WEB DESK Russian scientists successfully tested a new Ebola vaccine. The vaccine, dubbed rVSV-ZEBOV, has proved to be highly successful in trials conducted in Sierra Leone and Guinea, scientists from…
Malaria control improves in Africa, global progress still off-track
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER GENEVA – WHO’s World Malaria Report 2016 reveals that children and pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa have greater access to effective malaria control. Across the region,…
India needs to invest more in public healthcare: WHO
WHO says India needs to invest more in public healthcare and build a robust health delivery system in all aspects, including infrastructure and human resources, with special focus on rural…
Seasonal influenza: Symptoms & Prevention
As the weather changes and the winter setting in, the risk of flu and other viral infections also increase. People with the flu are contagious from the day before symptoms…
HC sets aside Centre’s decision to ban 344 fixed FDC medicines
The Delhi High Court today set aside the Centre’s decision to ban 344 fixed dose combination medicines. The court, while allowing 454 pleas of pharma majors, said, the Centre went…
First case of Zika virus transmitted by mosquito
Health officials in the US state of Texas say they have recorded the first case of the Zika virus transmitted by a local mosquito. Up until now, all Zika cases…
FSSAI to set up food safety standards review panel
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) today said it is in the process of setting up a food safety standards review panel to identify gaps in the…