Healthcare

Kozhikode: A 14-year-old boy from Kerala’s Mallapuram district who was undergoing treatment for Nipah virus infection died on Sunday. State Health Minister Veena George said the boy from Pandikkad suffered...

London: A 60-year-old HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) patient in Germany seems to have been cured of the deadly virus after receiving a stem cell transplant. The man, who wished to...

Ahmedabad: A new virus seems to be taking grip in Gujarat. There is apprehension that the Chandipura virus, which was first reported in north Gujarat, is spreading to new areas. A...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha witnessed a spurt in dengue cases as total 488 persons have tested positive for the disease so far this season. According to official sources, Khurda district accounted for...

Kozhikode: Kerala is on high alert after a fourth case of a rare amoeba brain infection was reported recently. Amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare brain infection caused by a free-living amoeba...

New York: More than 8 million people die from tobacco use every year as it causes cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, more than 20 different types or subtypes of cancer and...

Berhampur: The Odisha government will take steps to fill up the vacant posts of doctor in all government-run medical colleges in the state soon. This was stated by Health and...

Berhampur: The doctors have performed an awake brain surgery on a 71-year-old man successfully at the Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS) and SUM Hospital’s Sitalapalli campus in Berhampur. Unlike traditional...

Bhubaneswar: Two more children of Narayapatna in Odisha’s Koraput have succumbed to suspected diphtheria. While one of the deceased, a five-year-old of Bikrampur village under Narayanpatna block, died at a...

New Delhi: Pre-emptive bird flu vaccination for human beings is set to be rolled out for the first time. That distinction goes to Finland, which could launch the vaccine as...