The Norwegian government announced a major financial commitment to the World Health Organization (WHO), pledging 1 billion Norwegian kroner ($93 million) over the next four years (2025-2028). ...
Childhood immunisations and low-cost prevention and treatments combined with new health technologies may help reduce premature deaths by 50 per cent, according to a new study published by The Lancet Commission on Tuesday. ...
The Tamil Nadu Health Department has geared up for the northeast monsoon, likely to hit the state starting Wednesday as per the Meteorological Department. ...
The second round of the polio vaccination campaign began in the middle area of the Gaza Strip, UN humanitarians said. ...
The Desferal drug -- a part of the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines -- is seeing a significant shortage in public hospitals, said Thalassemia Patients Advocacy Group (TPAG) on Monday, noting that it is creating a life-threatening crisis among thalassemia patients, especially those...
The Joint Platform of Doctors, a prominent association of medical practitioners in West Bengal, on Tuesday approached the Calcutta High Court against the prohibitory orders imposed by Kolkata Police on the route of the human-chain protest by representatives from the medical fraternity in central Kolkata. ...
Cancer and dementia are the major risk factors that increase the risk of mortality among patients with sepsis admitted to the emergency medical department, according to a study on Tuesday. ...
Coming in support of protesting doctors in Kolkata who are demanding justice in the RG Kar rape and murder case, the medical professionals from Jodhpur in Rajasthan on Tuesday started a 12-hour hunger strike. ...
Climate change is likely to have a severe impact on health emergency services around the world, international experts in emergency medicine warned on Sunday. ...
Zimbabwe has announced two confirmed cases of mpox in people who have travelled to South Africa and Tanzania. ...
