Has China already unleashed deadlier-than-Covid H5N1 virus?
While the world continues to grapple with new challenges involving post-Covid strains and a looming world war, researchers and health...
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Free tele-mental health service ‘Telemanas’
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has a toll-free, 24x7 helpline number 14416 or 1800-891-4416 to provide last mile...
India launches world’s most affordable gene therapy for cancer treatment
The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, launched India’s first home-grown and significantly low-cost gene therapy cancer treatment at IIT Bombay...
Government exempts customs duty on drugs for rare diseases
The government has fully exempt basic customs duty on all drugs and food for Special Medical Purposes imported for personal...
Covid-19: New daily cases surge to 3,016
According to government estimates, India's active Covid-19 caseload currently stands at 13,509. As of 30 March 2023, 3,016 new cases...
Case of missing Janausadhi Kendras
The government of India’s ambitious foray into generic medicines and equipment deserve kudos considering the benefits to the common man...
Odisha: The mining curse and apathy of ‘Maharatnas’
Odisha has sadly become an object of ridicule or, even worse, pity, in most parts of India, especially the racist...
India announces world’s first intranasal Covid19 vaccine
India’s Health Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya today launched the world’s first intranasal Covid19 vaccine, iNNCOVACC (BBV154), which could drastically speed...
Government invites online applications for new Janaushadhi Kendras
The government is inviting online applications from registered pharmacists across the country to open new Janaushadhi Kendras (generic medicine stores)...
Zebrafish protein could hold the answer to chronic back pain
A study by Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune, India, says that a protein found in zebrafish could induce disc regeneration,...
