How do vaccines work?
Germs are all around us, both in our environment and in our bodies. When a person is susceptible and they encounter a harmful organism, it can lead to disease and…
AMU: JNMC surgeons remove 17-year old’s rare cardiac tumour
AMN / Aligarh Seventeen-year-old, Saba, a resident of Firozabad was weak and emaciated for the past four years. She complained of breathlessness and would fall unconscious. Her life upended after…
Govt to make India Trans Fat free by 2022: Health Minister
WEB DESK Health Minister Dr Harsh today said that the aim of the government is to make India Trans Fat free by 2022, a year ahead of target set by…
Health Ministry issues guidelines for management of co-infection of COVID-19 with other seasonal diseases
AMN / NEW DELHI Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has issued the guidelines for management of co-infection of COVID-19 with other seasonal epidemic diseases like Dengue, Malaria, Seasonal Influenza,…
Telemedicine service ‘eSanjeevani’ completes 5 lakh tele-consultations
AMN‘eSanjeevani, Ministry of Healt’h’s telemedicine initiative, is rapidly gaining popularity amongst patients and doctors. Health Ministry in a statement said that it has recorded five lakh tele-consultations in a short…
COVID-19 disrupting mental health services in most countries: WHO
World Mental Health Day on 10 October to highlight urgent need to increase investment in chronically underfunded sector The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted or halted critical mental health services in…
Dr. Harsh Vardhan releases ‘Ayush Standard Treatment Protocol’ to fight Coronavirus
Clinical studies have established some Ayurveda interventions like Ashwagandha, Laung & Giloy as anti inflammatory, antiviral & immunity-modulating which help protect against COVID-19. AMN / NEW DELHI UNION Health Minister…
World Heart Day being observed
AMN/ WEB DESK Today is World Heart Day, aimed at drawing people’s attention to heart ailments and the whole range of associated health issues. This initiative was launched in 2000…
COVID-19 crisis must be seen as opportunity to radically reform health sector: VP
Addresses 38th Annual Convocation of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) By Andalib Akhter Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today said that the COVID pandemic crisis must be…
India aims to end Tuberculosis by 2025: Health Minister at UN
AMN / NEW DELHI Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that India has accorded high priority for ending tuberculosis TB by 2025, five years ahead of the Sustainable Development…