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Kerala reports another amoebic meningoencephalitis death
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Malappuram District Medical Officer (DMO) Dr R Renuka said that 17 cases and five deaths were reported in the district due to amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare but fatal brain infection caused by free-living amoebae found in freshwater, lakes and rivers.
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Kerala: Veteran Congress leader PP Thankachan passes away at 88; CM condol
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
He breathed his last around 4:30 pm at a private hospital in Aluva, where he had been undergoing treatment for respiratory infection and age-related ailments.
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Pakistan: Punjab floods trigger health crisis as disease outbreaks spread
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Health issues are escalating due to the outbreak of flood-related diseases, with doctors and aid workers reporting a surge in patients suffering from diarrhoea, skin infections, and dengue fever.
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Monsoon woes: Essential eye care products to protect your eyes from season
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 6: Monsoon season tests our immune health every single day. It is the time when eye infections become especially widespread, causing irritation, dryness, redness and discomfort. While eye-related problems can occur throughout the year, their prevalence surges sig
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Tamil Nadu Health Minister asks people not to panic, says current illness
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian has stated that there is no need for panic, such as wearing masks, in Tamil Nadu, and added that the current illnesses are only seasonal infections that typically occur during the monsoon period.
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Invisible bacteria get free ride in city air, threatening human health
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Airborne pathogens, bacteria capable of causing infections in the lungs, gut, mouth and skin, are twice as abundant in densely populated parts of Delhi compared to less crowded regions, stated a release.
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Indore: 2 infants bitten by rats at MY hospital; one dies, another critica
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The incident was reported in the early hours of Monday (Sep 1), at around 3 am. Both the infants were very weak, suffering from serious infections and were admitted in the pediatric surgery ward. Among them, one was bitten on the hand and another on the shoulder.
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"Everything is going well": Singer Pink shares she contracted E. coli, sha
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Singer-songwriter Alecia Beth Moore-Hart, known as Pink, is recovering from a bacterial infection, reported People.
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SC stray dog order 'decision taken in anger, not viable': Kolkata NGO dire
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Mukherjee argued that housing large numbers of dogs together would risk cross-infection and high mortality, while the logistics and costs involved would be prohibitive.
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ECHO India Launches Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in Punjab and Andhra
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11: ECHO India, a non-profit trust working for health system strengthening through capacity building, today launched an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program to address the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in India. The three-year pilot will be implement
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Italy records 10th death due to West Nile virus
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The death toll from the West Nile virus in Italy since the beginning of the year rose to ten after a 93-year-old woman died at the Spallanzani Institute in Rome.
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Sakra Doctors Successfully Treats Complex Preterm Case of Rare Congenital
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 25: The infant girl was of only 20 days in critical stage with difficulty in breathing and unable to take her feeds, when she was brought to Sakra World Hospital, Bengaluru. She weighed 1.76kg with signs of a serious infection (sepsis) with a swollen bell
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