Health

GST Council has recommended the exemption of cancer-related drugs, medicines for rare diseases and food products for special medical purposes from GST tax paving the way for these medicines to …

The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to the Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi, the first medicine proven to slow the course of the brain-wasting disease that leads …

The Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences located in Hyderabad, Telangana, achieved the singular distinction of becoming the first Government tertiary hospital in India to introduce the state-of-the-art robotic surgery system. …

The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has fixed the retail prices of 51 medicines which include those used for treating heart ailments, blood pressure  and diabetes. In a notification dated …

The entire staff, especially the doctors of the lone medical college of Arunachal Pradesh – the Tomo Riba Institute of Health & Medical Sciences – was delighted as they added …

With a view to provide veterinary services to the farmers and cattle owners in villages and remote areas, the Tamil Nadu Government will launch 250 mobile veterinary units across the …

The race to explore and tour Space, the final frontier for humankind, is getting competitive with more and more nations joining the race. Yet there is need for caution as a …

There is good news for diabetes patients in India as scientists have claimed that Joha rice which is cultivated in Northeast parts of the country is effective in lowering the …

It is a small and unremarkable creature yet the world is scared of it. So much so that on being spotted in Broward County in USA’s Florida State this week, …

One of New Delhi’s premier Government institutions, the Safdarjung Hospital was in news as it opened not just the Capital’s but North India’s first skin bank. Here the skin of …

The Department of Biotechnology announced today that the India-made Omicron-specific mRNA-based Booster vaccine for Covid has got for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the office of the Drug Control General …

A novel product that enables women to know whether they are pregnant through a saliva test at home has been launched in the UK and Ireland markets. UK news outlet …

Hygiene and cleanliness are vital for hospitals and this is what Lok Nayak Hospital in Delhi is embarking on by covering the beds for the patients with colour-coded bed sheets …

With the Union Government committed to the welfare of the unprivileged sections of the society, particularly of tribals, it has decided to create a database of their health profiles. Covering …

The record for the removal of the largest kidney stone in the world was with Indian doctors and it has now been broken by a group of Army doctors from …

Despite having died so young, a three-year-old boy from Mumbai’s Dombivili saved the lives of four people thanks to the organs donated by him. The boy’s parents after he was …

A bite from a tsetse fly – a common occurrence in sub-Saharan Africa – causes the deadly disease called sleeping sickness which is lethal and unfortunately has no treatment. The …

With a view to involve the local community especially the indigenous people and tribes, the Union Government’s Van Dhan Yojana is making efforts to help tribals earn money by becoming …

The beaming face of the 11-year-old girl from Yemen reflecting her intense happiness says it all. Her name is Hadia and she recently underwent a complicated and rare surgery at …

The Central government has banned 14 fixed dose combination drugs including Nimesulide and Paracetamol tablets and Chlopheniramine Maleate and Codeine syrup as they pose a risk to people. The Union …

Doctors in Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon performed a rare and complex surgery which was robotic-aided to treat the damaged ureter of a Zambian accident victim. Revealing this, the hospital …