2 Guillain-Barré Syndrome patients die in Kolhapur, Pune reports zero new cases for first time in over a month

Kolhapur health authorities said they will now investigate the Shahu Mill neighbourhood to determine what caused GBS in the 65-year-old resident. "We will be testing water samples too. More details will also be sought from CPR hospital. But most of the GBS patients admitted in the city are from rural areas," said Prakash Pavara, Kolhapur Municipal Corporation's chief health officer.

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AP reports first death due to GBS; 16 cases in hospitals across the state

Another four patients are undergoing treatment for GBS in GGH, Guntur, while another 12 patients diagnosed with GBS admitted to different hospitals in the state. Health minister Satya Kumar said that they have kept sufficient stocks of immunoglobulin for providing best treatment to the GBS patients.

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Karnataka on alert for Guillain-Barré syndrome after rise in diarrhoeal cases

Amid possible outbreak of GBS in Karnataka, health minister Dinesh Gundu Rao acknowledged a few cases as well. "But these were not fulminant and there is no evidence of an outbreak till date," Rao said, while adding that there's no cause for concern as the health department is fully geared to tackle any emergency.

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Providing top medical facilities to every Indian our priority: Union Health Minister Nadda

He said the Union government will launch cancer day-care centres in 200 districts of the country with plans to extend this service to every district within the next three years.

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Trump admin fires CDC 'disease detectives' as bird flu fears rise: sources

The sackings come as Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency pushes to downsize the federal government and as newly-confirmed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr vows to overhaul the nation's health agencies.

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205 Guillain-Barre Syndrome cases detected in Maharashtra, death toll rises to 8

Maharashtra Health Department said, "A total of 205 suspected patients have been detected till date. Of these, 177 patients were diagnosed with GBS. A total of 8 deaths have occurred. Of these, 4 deaths were confirmed as GBS and 4 suspected deaths were reported.

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Trump's foreign aid freeze forces health clinics in vulnerable region of Syria to close

Fares had been working in three clinics run by Medecins du Monde, or Doctors of the World, offering free health care to the displaced population in northern Syria, which until the fall of former President Bashar Assad in December had been the country's main rebel-held enclave. It sheltered millions of people who had fled years of civil war.

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