More than 1 million new curable sexually transmitted infections every day- WHO Hina Zahid10 Jun 2019 7:25 PM ISTEvery day, there are more than 1 million new cases of curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among people aged 15-49 years, according to data...
New Gonorrhea Test gets Breakthrough Status by FDA Deepanjana Sarkar12 Jun 2019 7:05 PM ISTUS Food and Drug Administration, FDA has approved new Gonorrhea Test ResistancePlus GC in order to efficiently treat this deadly infection.News test...
Experts question WHO advice to reduce saturated fat to curb chronic disease Hina Zahid3 July 2019 8:20 PM ISTExperts have raised questions on WHO advice to reduce saturated fat to curb chronic disease.Advice to reduce intake of total saturated fat and...
New Australian-Pacific scabies treatment has lasting results, study finds Hina Zahid9 July 2019 7:15 PM ISTResults of a two-year update of the world's first comparative trial of mass drug administration against scabies, show that the infection rate is still...
Guidelines for siddha practitioners for clinical management of dengue fever Hina Zahid16 July 2019 7:00 PM ISTDengue is considered to be one of the anthropod borne human viral infections. Aedes aegypti is the vector that spreads dengue fever. In Asian region,...
1 in 10 children missed out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in 2018: WHO Hina Zahid17 July 2019 7:30 PM ISTAccording to new data from World Health Organisation 20 million children worldwide – more than 1 in 10 – missed out on life-saving vaccines such as...
Baby foods have high sugar content and are inappropriately advertised: WHO report Deepanjana Sarkar17 July 2019 8:35 PM ISTWHO calls for a ban on certain baby food products having inappropriately high sugar content and are wrongly advertised. The report stated that a high...
Indian government prohibits colistin use in food-producing animals to contain bacterial resistance Hina Zahid27 July 2019 7:10 PM ISTThe Indian government has banned the use of the last-resort antibiotic colistin in food-producing animals, according to Indian media reports.Centre...
Oral Nifedipine more effective than methyldopa for lowering high BP in pregnancy within 6 hours Deepanjana Sarkar2 Aug 2019 7:30 PM ISTOral Nifedipine more effective than methyldopa for lowering high BP in pregnancy within 6 hours, finds a Lancet study.Pregnancy-induced hypertension...
Women more prone to Influenza related hospitalizations during pregnancy than otherwise Deepanjana Sarkar6 Aug 2019 7:15 PM ISTWomen are more susceptible to Influenza infection and hospitalizations during pregnancy than normal days, revealed a study published in BMC Infectious...
FDA approves medication for highly drug resistant Tuberculosis Deepanjana Sarkar15 Aug 2019 8:10 PM ISTThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new medication for treatment-resistant forms of tuberculosis (TB) that affects the lungs, making...
Transformative strategies for malaria prevention and treatment is key to eradicate malaria: WHO Deepanjana Sarkar26 Aug 2019 7:05 PM ISTTransformative strategies including accelerated R&D in new tools for malaria prevention and treatment is the key to eradicate malaria, said the...
