public health

Jaipur, April 7 – The Rajasthan government has taken serious note of the reported deaths of children linked to an unidentified illness in the Salumber district, and has launched an extensive disease control and surveillance drive across all seven districts of the Udaipur division.Acting on the...

The Poonch District Administration, in collaboration with the District Legal Services Authority and the Health Department, celebrated World Health Day with great enthusiasm today, under the theme "Together for Health: Stand for Science."Two programs were organized at the Raja Sukhdev Singh...

Shimla, April 7 The number of tuberculosis (TB) cases in Himachal Pradesh decreased to 14,653 in 2025 from 15,760 in 2022, representing a decline of over seven percent, Himachal Pradesh Governor Kavinder Gupta said on Tuesday.Eliminating tuberculosis (TB) is not solely the responsibility of...

Hyderabad, April 7 – The government of Telangana has declared cancer a notifiable disease, making it mandatory for all government and private hospitals to report all cases of cancer.The Department of Health, Medical and Family Welfare issued a Government Order in this regard on Tuesday...

New Delhi, April 7 The Delhi government has approved an expanded newborn screening program under Mission ANMOL, increasing annual coverage from approximately 1.5 lakh to 2.5 lakh infants to ensure early detection of congenital disorders, officials said on Tuesday.The decision, cleared by the...

New Delhi, April 7 A NHRC core group on the Right to Food and Nutrition has recommended setting up a multi-sectoral surveillance system and a robust framework to investigate food samples in a time-bound manner, and developing cost-effective AI tools to enable "real-time monitoring" of its...

World Health Day is being celebrated around the world today to raise awareness about good health practices. The theme this year is "Together for health. Stand with science." Under this theme, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a year-long campaign celebrating the power of...

Dhaka, April 7 – As Bangladesh grapples with an outbreak of measles, a total of 118 people, mostly children, have died from suspected cases, local media reported on Tuesday, citing the country’s Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).According to the DGHS, the deaths have been recorded...

Srinagar, April 6 The Jammu and Kashmir Floriculture Department and Government Medical College Srinagar organized a therapeutic visit for patients to the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden on Monday.The visit was organized at the initiative of the director of floriculture in Kashmir, and...

New Delhi, April 6 According to a civic report, Delhi has reported 16 cases of malaria, 59 cases of dengue, and 2 cases of chikungunya so far this year.No deaths have been recorded due to any of the three diseases, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) said in its weekly report for the...

Kolkata, April 6 The Indian Council of Medical Research has recommended a new, low-cost anaemia screening tool developed at IIT Kharagpur, offering a simple and rapid way to check haemoglobin levels without bulky machines, an institute spokesperson said on Monday.Called HemoQR, the portable...

Hyderabad, April 6 Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla inaugurated the 'NIVRUTTI' de-addiction center at the Cherlapalli central prison on Monday, calling it a commendable initiative.Addressing the gathering, the governor noted that substance abuse has emerged as a serious social and public...

New Delhi, April 6 An analysis of three rounds of a large-scale national survey shows stillbirth rates of 12.8 per 1,000 total births at or after 28 weeks of gestation, 16.2 at or after 24 weeks of gestation, and 22 at or after 20 weeks of gestation.Researchers from the Institute for...

Hyderabad, April 6 Telangana Health Minister C Damodar Rajanarasimha said on Monday that the state government will establish a special mechanism to check food adulteration and take tough measures against those involved in it.The proposed measures include invoking the provisions of the...

Vientiane, April 6 – More than 6,000 people in Laos die annually from tobacco-related diseases, resulting in economic losses exceeding 3.6 billion Lao kip (approximately $1.6 million), health officials said.The figure was presented at a meeting of the National Committee for Tobacco Control...

Dhaka, April 5 Bangladesh on Sunday said a severe outbreak of measles has claimed the lives of at least 94 children in the past 19 days, prompting the government to launch an emergency campaign to combat the infectious disease.As the outbreak affected 56 out of the 64 administrative districts...

New Delhi, April 5 Nearly 80 per cent of adolescent girls in India experienced disruptions in their daily activities due to menstrual problems, with around 30 per cent missing school, according to findings from programmes led by the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, highlighting a...

New Delhi, April 4 – As many as 40 public grievances were formally registered and taken up for redressal by different departments at the New Delhi Municipal Council's (NDMC) Suvidha Camp, organized on Saturday, an official said."The issues taken up at the camp, held at the New Delhi City...

Hyderabad, April 4 Police have launched a crackdown on artificial mango ripening as the season gathers pace, cautioning citizens against chemically treated fruits and those falsely labelled as "organic".The Goshamahal police searched a warehouse in Chudi Bazar and apprehended a trader...

New Delhi, April 3 – The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday hailed the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, recently passed by both Houses of Parliament, as a significant step to safeguard public health.According to the provisions of the Bill, 784 provisions...