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AI-generated fake prescriptions pose serious public health threat: AIOCD
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
AIOCD President J S Shinde and General Secretary Rajiv Singhal informed that in a recent media investigation, including reports in a renowned newspaper, which have revealed that AI-generated prescriptions with fabricated hospital details are being accepted by certain online platforms.
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Delhi Doctors Sound Alarm on Indoor Air Pollution as Hidden Health Threat
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20: With Delhi's air pollution continuing to impact everyday life, more than 100 senior doctors and medical specialists from across the city came together at The Oberoi, New Delhi, to talk about a concern they say is often ignored--indoor air pollution. The closed-
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Israeli scientists discover tiny viral switch that could fight antibiotic-
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A tiny viral switch discovered by Israeli and American scientists could open a new front in the fight against antibiotic-resistant infections, a global health threat projected to kill up to 10 million people annually by 2050.
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India not only protecting its own, but supporting world in AIDS control: U
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Marking the occasion of World AIDS Day, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Jagat Prakash Nadda, inaugurated the national observance of World AIDS Day 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan on Monday, reaffirming India's commitment to accelerating progress toward ending AIDS as a public health
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WHO urges collective action to tackle health threats at human-animal-envir
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for stronger global cooperation and integrated action to address growing health threats arising from the interconnectedness of humans, animals, plants, and the environment on the occasion of World One Health Day, observed every year on November
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Odomos Pioneers AI-Led Storytelling for a Dengue-Free India
Updated : 8 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 24: Mosquitoes remain one of India's most pressing public health threats, with dengue cases rising every year. Yet, people often tend to overlook danger, not realizing that just a single mosquito bite can cause dengue. This underestimation weakens prevention beha
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Uniting for Impact: "United Against Dengue" Collaboration Launches to Elev
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], June 12: With dengue cases continuing to rise across Asia due to factors such as changing climate conditions, increased urbanization, and population growth, a new regional collaboration has been launched to contribute to ongoing efforts in addressing this growing pub
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WHO warns of critical health risks in quake-hit Myanmar
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
In the aftermath of the magnitude 7.7 and 6.4 earthquakes that struck central Myanmar on March 28, the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning of a series of rapidly rising health threats for tens of thousands of displaced people in earthquake-affected areas: tuberculosis (TB), HIV, vecto
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PM Modi flags issue of obesity, calls for cut in cooking oil consumption
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Prime Minister addressed the rising concern of lifestyle diseases, particularly obesity, which has become a significant health threat and referred to a recent report predicting that by 2050, over 440 million Indians will suffer from obesity.
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Takeda Accelerates Access to its Dengue Vaccine Through 'Make in India' Ma
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Singapore, February 27: Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) today announced a strategic partnership with Biological E. Limited, a leading vaccines and biologics company in India, to manufacture Takeda's dengue vaccine, TAK-003. The partnership marks a crucial step in the fight against the global publ
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Covid-19 global health emergency over: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"It is therefore with great hope that I declare #COVID19 over as a global health emergency. However, that does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat. Last week, COVID-19 claimed a life every three minutes - and that's just the deaths we know about," Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebrey
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Study reveals how high sugar, fat diet can cause chronic liver disease
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The study, conducted at MU's Roy Blunt NextGen Precision Health Building, identified the western diet-induced microbial and metabolic contributors to liver disease, advancing our understanding of the gut-liver axis and, as a result, the development of dietary and microbial interventions for
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