Close on the heels of maternal deaths in Kota, a serious medical concern has surfaced at PBM Hospital in Bikaner, where five women developed severe complications, including kidney failure, after giving birth....
Kerala has sounded a public health alert after fresh reports of Shigella infections in parts of the state, prompting the Health Department to order intensified containment and prevention measures on a war footing....
Uganda has deployed a team of health workers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to help contain the Ebola outbreak in the neighbouring country, a senior health official said on Monday....
Taking serious note of some travellers from Ebola-affected countries providing false addresses in Hyderabad, Telangana Health Minister Damodar Raja Narasimha on Monday ordered that cases be booked against such individuals....
At least eight more children died from measles and similar symptoms of the disease in Bangladesh on Monday, taking the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 628 since March 15 this year, as the country grapples with an escalating health crisis, local media reported....
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 550, including 101 deaths, with health authorities warning that the outbreak continues to trend upward....
West Bengal is poised to become the 36th State/Union Territory in the country to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), marking a major milestone in India's journey towards universal health coverage and equitable healthcare access, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday...
China recently introduced the "mutual aid elder care" programme and presented it as an innovative community-based solution, but analysts and social policy observers have said that the initiative showcases increasing financial pressure and structural weakness in China’s ageing welfare sys...
Patients suffering from Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have expressed concerns over the increasing price of treatment as well as the lack of access to advanced treatment for the chronic neurological disease and have requested the government to provide financial support to young pe...
As many as seven Bangladeshi children have died from measles-like symptoms in the 24 hours until 8 a.m. on Sunday, increasing the total number of confirmed and suspected measles-related deaths in the country to 620....
