Health
Stricter tobacco-control policy need of the hour to save 13 lakh lives annually: BJP Spokesperson
Janjivan Bureau/ NEW DELHI : The tobacco-control policy should be further strengthened at the earliest to save lives of 1.3 million Indians annually who meet with untimely death due to consumption of tobacco, demanded noted economist and BJP's national spokesperson...
75% rise in MBBS seats, 93 % rise in PG seats since 2014: Govt in Parliament
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Amid a raging debate over gross mismatch between the demand and supply of medical education in India, the government on Tuesday informed the Parliament that there had been a massive 75 per cent rise...
16,000 mohalla clinics to be set up in Punjab, health card for every resident: Singla
Janjivan Bureau / Chandigarh : Extending the Delhi health model to Punjab, Health and Medical Education Minister Dr Vijay Singla on Monday announced that the Aam Aadmi Party Government would set up 16,000 mohalla clinics across the state. Besides, every...
CK Birla Hospital organizes a walkathon for International Women’s Day to #BreakTheBias and forge equality for women’s health
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : The CK Birla Hospital commemorated International Women’s Day through a 5 km long walkathon around their Punjabi Bagh West facility. There were over 500 participants, including senior leadership and doctors among general public who...
Medtronic Labs in association with National Health Mission & National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness conducts screening camps on World Hearing Day
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi: Medtronic Labs, a public benefit corporation, in partnership with the National Health Mission, Government of NCT Delhi and National Programme for Prevention and Control of Deafness today screened over 300 children for ear diseases and...
Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in India: Sources, A total of 1,270 Omicron cases have been detected across 23 states and UTs so far
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in the country in terms of the number of Covid-19 cases and 80 per cent of the travellers who tested positive have this new variant, official sources said...
2022 must be year to end Covid-19: WHO
Janjivan Bureau / Geneva : Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has called on the world to pull together to end the Covid-19 pandemic within the next year. Addressing reporters here on Monday, Tedros said the...
Simple, clear FOPL on packaged foods key to curb silent epidemic: health experts
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Attaching clear and simple specific warning labels to the front of food packaging (FOPL) that can be easily comprehend by all will help cut down consumption of high fat, sugar and sodium. This would...
Manipal acquires Columbia Asia Hospitals and Vikram Hospital
Janjivan bureau / New Delhi: Manipal Hospitals, the second largest multi-specialty hospital chain in India, today unveiled its new logo and announced the rebranding of their expanded facilities. These facilities include the recently acquired Columbia Asia Hospitals and Vikram Hospital. The...
WHO grants emergency use listing for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : World Health Organization’s technical advisory group approved for emergency use listing of India’s indigenous Covaxin. Covaxin has become the seventh vaccine to get WHO approval. The technical advisory group had on October 26 nee...
