Health

Muslims must learn from Hindus to donate organs: MoS Baghel 

NEW DELHI: Minister of State (MoS) for Health S P Singh Baghel has appealed to the Muslim community to start donating organs to save and protect the life of others on humanitarian grounds, even if it means circumventing the popular belief that such an act is prohibited in some faiths. “Muslims don’t believe in the […]

Dreams come true for transgenders as Delhi hospital opens India’s first dedicated OPD

New Delhi: Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital steps on a path breaking initiative by dedicating a separate Outpatient Department (OPD) only for transgender and thus achieving a rare first-of-its-kind in the country. The OPD will be in service every Friday with a timing that suits the community. The most common issues faced by transgenders […]

Nipah scare: Central team rushes to Kozhikode for field investigations

KOZHIKODE: A central team from the department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying will conduct field investigations in Kozhikode district, Kerala, from Monday to Wednesday regarding the Nipah Virus (NiV) outbreak. The four-member team has already arrived in the district on Sunday. The team comprises H.R. Khanna, Joint Commissioner (National Livestock Mission); Vijay Kumar Teotia, Joint […]

UNHCR cites water crisis as emergency, lauds India’s efforts

NEW DELHI: UN ECOSOC India Water Foundation analyzed policies and programs in India related to the human right to water and sanitation, especially in the context of the climate emergency the world is grappling with, at the 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) meetings. Speaking at an event titled “Safeguarding the […]

Nipah: India to seek Oz aid for monoclonal antibodies

Kozhikode: Amid Nipah virus infection being reported in Kerala, with 1080 people registered as the primary contacts and many under strict observation, India has decided to reach out to Australia to procure 20 more doses of monoclonal antibodies for treatment of the deadly virus. The ICMR DG Rajeev Bahl said that the apex body for […]

Nipah cases rise to 5 in Kerala, govt steps up surveillance in two districts

Kozhikode: With one more Nipah case confirmed on Friday and the total infected cases reaching five in the state, the health department has decided to increase the surveillance across the state. The health authorities said that a 39-year-old man currently under observation at a private hospital is the latest infected person. The department officials revealed […]

Nipah In India: Experts divided if mRNA or covid vaccine can work

New Delhi: At a time when two people have died due to Nipah virus infection following its outbreak in kerala,  epidemiologists and health experts have cautioned that the absence of a covid like vaccine remains a concern even as they insisted that mRNA vaccines may be used to reduce transmission.  The New Indian talked to […]

Mandaviya confirms Nipah virus, Kerala on high alert

KOZHIKODE/NEW DELHI: Following the Virology Institue of Pune confirming the presence of the Nipah virus in the two deceased in Kozhikode, Kerala, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya confirmed the virus outbreak in the state, assuring that a team would be sent to investigate further, on Tuesday. “I spoke with the Kerala […]

Ex-Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee admitted to Hospital for respiratory distress

Governor of West Bengal, Dr. C V Ananda Bose, paid a visit to Woodlands hospital and tweeted a picture of him with Bhattacharjee's family, expressing his support and best wishes for the leader's health.

Union Health ministry deploys teams of doctors for riot-hit Manipur

The teams consist of doctors from AIIMS, Kalyani, AIIMS, Guwahati and NEIGRIMS, Shillong.