Spices safe, no notice from Hong Kong, Singapore: MDH

Two of India's biggest spice brands - MDH and Everest - have come under the scanner over alleged unsafe food practices. "MDH Group reassures their consumers that MDH abides by health and safety standards, both domestically and internationally.

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ICMR to expand its clinical trial network to provide solutions for health issues

​The ICMR established INTENT, a network of medical colleges and research institutes, with an overarching goal of providing evidence-based, and culturally sensitive solutions to health issues of national priorities by conducting large, decisive, regulation compliant clinical trials.

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Keimed merges with Apollo Health Co; Combined enterprise value is Rs 22,481 crore

​In a statement here on Friday, AHL said it has entered into a binding agreement to raise equity capital of Rs 2,475 crore from global private equity investor, Advent International. It will invest in compulsory convertible instruments over two tranches to secure 12.1% stake in the merged entity, by valuing the combined entity at an enterprise value of Rs 22,481 crore.

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Government asks campus medicine stores to vacate from public health institutions

Certain campus medicine stores had approached the high court assailing the communication of the health and family welfare department issued on February 27, 2015. According to the department communication, no extension of license of on-campus medical stores was to be permitted and further, no new campus medical store was to be opened.

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Linking CGHS and ABHA IDs will streamline healthcare, promote digital health: Experts

By consolidating digital health records and facilitating interoperability between platforms, this initiative promises to streamline healthcare services, improve patient identification and elevate the standard of care across the nation, experts stated.

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Netherlands: Health Secy visits Bilthoven Biologicals, discusses collaboration on production of oral polio vaccine

The Union Health Secretary met with CEO Juergen Kwik and CEO of Poonawalla Science Park (PSP) at Bilthoven Jef De Clercq on EU pandemic preparedness partnership and collaboration on production of vaccines, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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Concerns rise over potential pandemic from Kenya's deadly Kitum cave

​​The World Health Organization (WHO) continues to monitor the situation closely, having previously issued alerts during a 2023 Marburg outbreak in several African countries. The fatality rate of over 88% associated with the virus underscores the critical nature of the threat it poses. Health advisories stress the importance of vigilance and preventive measures to curb the spread of this and other similar viruses.

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SC objects to Allopathic doctors prescribing expensive, unnecessary medicines; says "IMA needs to put it's house in order"

​The apex court said it would explore the larger issue of misleading health claims made by Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies and impleaded the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting as parties to the case.

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'Staggering' number of workers facing climate change-induced health hazards: UN

The report noted that numerous dangerous health conditions in workers had been linked to climate change, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory illnesses, kidney disfunction and mental health conditions.

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WHO panel re-defines term airborne, 4 years after Covid controversy

​That’s because, the World Health Organisation (WHO) then said, for an infection to be declared as airborne it was important that the microbes (in this case the SARS-CoV-2 virus) within the droplet nuclei stayed viable in the air for long periods of time and be transmitted to others over distances greater than 1 metre.

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Insurance regulator Irdai pushing companies to provide health coverage to all

While the regulations have been tweaked, many are interpreting it to mean a mandate from the regulator to ensure that those over 65 are not denied health insurance. Sources told TOI without mandating detailed norms, Irdai is going to monitor how companies are going to respond to the new regulations issued recently.

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Health ministry asks states, UTs to act strictly against hospitals involved in illegal transplant

In a letter to all states and UTs, Dr Atul Goel, Director General of Health Services (DGHS), Government of India, urged all states and Union Territories to ensure regular collection and sharing of data of all transplant cases, including those of foreigners, with the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO) on a monthly basis.

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China's drugmakers can't sell mRNA shots but haven't quit yet

​CSPC's first shot faced limited distribution by health authorities, partly because it did not target a more recent variant or had stricter storage and transport requirements than standard technology shots, staff at some medical institutions in China's two most populous cities, Beijing and Shanghai, told Reuters.

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More than one million women could die by 2040 from undiagnosed breast cancer: Report

​Laying out recommendations for tackling these challenges in breast cancer, the commission suggested better communication between patients and health professionals as a crucial intervention that could improve quality of life, body image, and adherence to therapy, and positively impact survival.

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After COVID, WHO defines disease spread 'through air'

The Geneva-based U.N. health agency released a technical document on the topic on Thursday. It said it was the first step towards working out how to better prevent this kind of transmission, both for existing diseases like measles and for future pandemic threats.

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WHO’s new AI-powered chatbot SARAH is giving wrong medical answers

WHO warns on its website that this early prototype, introduced on April 2, provides responses that “may not always be accurate.” Some of SARAH’s AI training is years behind the latest data. And the bot occasionally provides bizarre answers, known as hallucinations in AI models, that can spread misinformation about public health.

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UN report points to yawning gap of inequality in sexual and reproductive health worldwide

UNFPA's latest " State of World Population " report also estimates that nearly 500 maternal deaths occur in countries with humanitarian crises or conflicts, and shows that women of African descent in the Americas are more likely to die giving birth than white women.

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Study links being online with no sleep, exercise to higher risk of school absence

For the study, the researchers analysed the data of more than 86,000 adolescents aged 14-16, taken from the School Health Promotion study, a national biennial survey. The teens were asked about their relationship with parents, including how often they shared concerns with them, along with their sleep and physical activity.

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'First smoke-free generation': Rishi Sunak's anti-smoking bill passes first hurdle

Following an afternoon of debate, lawmakers decided late on Tuesday to give the bill a second reading by a vote of 383 to 67. Even though the Labour Party opposed the bill and health specialists overwhelmingly supported it, Sunak was opposed by more libertarian-leaning members of his party who called the plans "unconservative."

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Rwanda joins other African countries in recalling J&J children's cough syrup

Laboratory tests on the syrup by Nigeria's health regulator showed a high level of diethylene glycol, which has been linked to the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia, Uzbekistan and Cameroon since 2022 in one of the world's worst waves of poisoning from oral medication.

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