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...
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Covid report mandatory for flyers from China from 1 Jan; no travel ban yet
The Ministry of Health has made it mandatory for passengers flying from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and...
India prepared to fight any Covid rise: Health Minister
India’s Minister of Health and Family, Mansukh Mandaviya, has said that India remains prepared to tackle any Covid situation amid...
Arsenic water contamination – the silent killer
According to the latest study (2021) by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), high arsenic contamination in water (beyond the...
Carboplatin, yoga more effective in fighting breast cancer
A study by the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), an organisation that has been at the forefront in the fight against...
Indian scientists find easier way to detect cancer
In a collaborative effort, Indian scientists from different institutes have found that sugar-coated pouches in body fluids could help detect...
WHO declares monkeypox a global health emergency
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the current monkeypox outbreak (read India’s first monkeypox case in Kerala; centre rushes...
India’s first monkeypox case in Kerala; centre rushes team
The centre has rushed a high-level multi-disciplinary team to Kerala to study the confirmed case of Monkeypox in Kollam district...
