Rare virus with 30% mortality detected in Hudson Valley; four US towns implement voluntary lockdown

The virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito, has health officials on high alert. In response to the growing threat, four towns in Massachusetts—Douglas, Oxford, Sutton, and Webster—have taken the unprecedented step of implementing a voluntary evening lockdown to curb the spread of this potentially fatal disease, the New York Post reported.

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India’s first Monkeypox RT-PCR kit launches from Andhra Pradesh medtech zone

The Kit has achieved rigorous validation from the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and received emergency authorization from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. This validation underscores the kit’s precision and reliability and highlights India’s growing capabilities in critical health diagnostics.

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Monkeypox scare in Mumbai: BMC sets up special ward in SevenHills Hospital

​Although no monkeypox case has been reported in India so far, the Union ministry last week issued guidelines on the management of the disease. BMC too held a meeting on Wednesday with airport authorities; the Airport Health Officer (APHO) department has already begun thermal screening of citizens coming from monkeypox-affected countries.

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SC directs secretary of health ministry to engage with chief secretaries to ensure safety of doctors

​The Supreme Court passed a slew of directions on Thursday while hearing a suo-motu case related to the rape and killing of a post-graduate medic at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud perused a status report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and an affidavit submitted by the West Bengal government

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How will public health infrastructure run: SC asks protesting doctors to resume work

"Once they get back to duty, we will prevail upon authorities to not take adverse action. How will public health infrastructure run if the doctors do not work," the bench, also comprising Justice J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, said.

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Indefinite stir over Kolkata doctor rape case: Doctors continue protests, demand workplace safety

​A doctor involved in the demonstration felt that now was the moment to take to the streets to seek justice, which they hadn't received within the hospital walls. The doctor mentioned that numerous incidents had gone unreported in the past and that the strike would persist until the doctors' demand for a central law to protect health workers was met. The doctor emphasised, however, that patient care remained a priority, which is why emergency services continued to function.

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Health Ministry issues Office Memorandum on National Task Force for safety of doctors

​Due to the ongoing strike by the Resident Doctors, the OPDs are affected by 65 per cent, admission by 40 per cent, Operation theatres reduced by 90 pc, laboratory services reduced by 30 pc, Radiological investigations by 55 per cent, Nuclear Medicine by 20 per cent till Wednesday 4:30 pm at AIIMS, Delhi.

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