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Licious commits to chicken welfare while global QSRs still lag in India
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (Delhi) [India], September 6 (ANI/NewsVoir): Over time, animal welfare has become a public health issue. Its strong credentials are becoming a way for businesses to differentiate their products from others by translating them to sustainable returns.
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Kerala reports Nipah virus death, Centre rushes medical team
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): The Central government has rushed a public health team to the Kozhikode district of Kerala as the state reported the first death due to the Nipah virus, the Union Health Ministry informed on Sunday.
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Experts underline the importance of community based approach in addressing
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): With malnutrition continuing to be a leading risk factor for death in children younger than 5 years, a webinar to address Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) was held recently by industry chamber ASSOCHAM brought together top Government officials, p
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Maharashtra records 4,342 fresh COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 2 (ANI): Maharashtra reported 4,342 new COVID-19 cases, 47,55 recoveries and 55 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the state's public health department bulletin on Thursday.
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Researchers explain how muscle fatigue effects ability of older adults to
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 28 (ANI): A University of Massachusetts Amherst team of scientists in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences is focused on understanding how muscle fatigue and changes in gait affect the ability of people in their 70s and 80s to remain active.
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Dr. Preethi John Director, Chitkara Global Health Institute, awarded Harva
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], August 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): In an effort to support the development of a diverse pool of women leaders in global health, the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI) and the Women and Health Initiative (W&HI) within the Global Health and Population Department at
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Canada sees jump in new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], August 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada's seven-day moving average of 1,609 new COVID-19 cases reported daily (Aug. 6-12) is an increase of 70 percent over the previous week, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on Friday.
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Doctors, public health experts emphasise importance of consumer-friendly f
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): To address the rising burden of non-communicable diseases in India, leading doctors and global public health experts recently come together to emphasise the importance of consumer-friendly warning labels.
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Decision to keep Pakistan on 'red list' based on 'risk assessment', says U
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] August 12 (ANI): After a Pakistan Minister lambasted UK's decision to keeps Pakistan on its 'red list', the UK Department of Health and Social Care said that its decision was made on the basis of an assessment of the risk to public health.
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It's against autonomy of states: IMA opposes PG Medical Education Regulat
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 9 (ANI): Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday opposed the Draft Postgraduate Medical Education Regulations 2021 and said it is against the autonomy and envisioned role of the states in working towards public health as the right of the citizens.
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Centre rushes high-level team to Maharashtra to support state in effective
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday decided to depute a high-level multidisciplinary team to Maharastra after the state reported its first Zika virus case in Pune.
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Recent COVID outbreak in China's Jiangsu province likely originated on fli
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow, [Russia], July 30 (ANI/Sputnik): As per Chinese public health officials, the latest COVID-19 outbreak in Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu province is likely to have originated on a flight from Moscow in early July.
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