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Goa minister suffers heart attack, admitted to hospital
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], Jun 5 (ANI): Goa Power Minister Pandurang Madkaikar suffered a heart attack on Monday night, state's health minister Vishwajit Rane has told ANI.
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Kerala govt gears up to prevent spread of Nipah virus
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 2 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister K. K. Shailaja on Friday said that her department is fully geared to prevent the Nipah virus from spreading.
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'Nipah Virus not major outbreak, only a local occurrence'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): The Central High-level Team, appointed by the Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda to probe the outbreak of Nipah Virus in Kerala, observed that the disease is not a major outbreak and is only a local occurrence.
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Death toll in Nipah virus outbreak rises to 10
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], May 22 (ANI): The death toll in the deadly Nipah virus outbreak has risen to 10, Kerala health minister K.K. Shailaja confirmed on Tuesday.
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Nipah outbreak: Virus spreading through direct contact
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], May 21 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister K.K. Shailaja on Monday said the reason for sudden outbreak of the deadly Nipah virus was due to the disease being spread through direct contact.
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Tripura Health Min expresses concern over increasing HIV among women
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], May 14 (ANI): Tripura Health Minister Sudip Roy Barman expressed concern over increase of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection especially among women in two districts of Tripura.
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HIV/AIDS: A health crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 13 (ANI): At a science session on Saturday, the government officials and former Jihadi leaders discussed the HIV/AIDS spread, prevention and control in Afghanistan.
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Stanford University to partner with UP to combat chronic diseases
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 10 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh on Wednesday informed that the United States Stanford University will come in a partnership with the state to combat disease like Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES).
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Offering namaz with intention of seizing land not allowed: Anil Vij
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India] May 07 (ANI): Haryana Health Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anil Vij on Monday stated that offering prayers at a place with the intention of seizing thE land is wrong and will not be allowed.
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Nadda directs states to enhance preparedness against vector-borne diseases
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): With the monsoon season inching closer, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda directed all states to be well prepared by May end to tackle vector-borne diseases.
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ORDI appeals to state governments to implement rare disease policy
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 21 (ANI): Organisation for Rare Disease India (ORDI), a non-profit patient association focusing on improving the health of patients with rare diseases, has taken the initiative to appeal to the state governments to implement individual state rare disease policies as pe
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Anil Vij attacked in Panipat, escapes unhurt
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Panipat (Haryana) [India], Mar. 30 (ANI): Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij was attacked here on Friday by an unknown person when the minister was on his way back from Mini Secretariat.
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