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More than 1,000 patients have died while waiting for urgent medical evacuation from war-ravaged Gaza in the last year and a half, the World Health Organization said Friday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X that the UN agency and its partners had “evacuated over 10,600 patients from Gaza with severe health conditions, including…
New Delhi: The Ayush Expo will be a central feature of the second WHO Global Traditional Medicine Summit (GTMC), to be held this week, and will showcase India’s ancient medicine systems alongside global practices, the Ministry of Ayush said on Tuesday. GTMC, being organised by the Ministry of Ayush, in association with the World Health Organization…
New Delhi: The IndiaAI Mission, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), has announced a global call for abstracts highlighting impactful and scalable applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health systems. Shortlisted entries will be invited to contribute a chapter to the Casebook on AI…
Last Updated:October 17, 2025, 10:04 IST Dr Sivaranjani Santosh’s eight-year-long campaign highlighted how several companies were marketing sugar-rich drinks as ORS that gave a false impression of health benefits. Dr Sivaranjani Santosh is a Hyderabad-based pediatrician. (Photo Credits: Instagram) A major regulatory shift has come for food and beverage labelling in India following years of…
Last Updated:October 15, 2025, 04:01 IST The WHO has called for vigilance across all countries, especially concerning informal and unregulated supply chains, where these products could still circulate undetected The affected products are Coldrif (from Sresan Pharmaceutical), Respifresh TR (from Rednex Pharmaceuticals), and ReLife (from Shape Pharma). Representational image/X The World Health Organization (WHO) has…
Last Updated:October 08, 2025, 11:45 PM IST WHO had earlier told News18 that it had contacted the CDSCO for clarification regarding the incidents but had not received a reply In the updated response, the WHO said that the Indian regulatory agency, CDSCO, has clarified that ‘none of the products’ were exported from India. (File photo)…
United Nations: The United States will leave the World Health Organization on Jan. 22, 2026, the United Nations said on Thursday, after being formally notified of the decision by President Donald Trump, who has accused the agency of mishandling the pandemic and other international health crises. Trump announced the move on Monday, hours after he…
United Nations: The United States will leave the World Health Organization on Jan. 22, 2026, the United Nations said on Thursday, after being formally notified of the decision by President Donald Trump, who has accused the agency of mishandling the pandemic and other international health crises. Trump announced the move on Monday, hours after he…
Last Updated:January 06, 2025, 3:31 PM IST While Indian indices Sensex and Nifty dropped 1.6% on Monday, certain hospital stocks gained investor interest after the government confirmed three cases Hospital Shares While Indian indices Sensex and Nifty dropped 1.6% on Monday, certain hospital stocks gained investor interest after the government confirmed three cases of Human…
Amid the rising cases of respiratory illness in China, including those caused by the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), the Union Health Ministry on Saturday assured the people that there was no need for alarm over the recent surge. The ministry, in a statement, asserted that the “situation in China is not unusual” and that “India remains…