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Meth addiction, HIV, and a struggling health system plague Fiji as tourism grows

With children as young as nine being treated for addiction, and with crime statistics and HIV and AIDS cases climbing dramatically, police have called for a state of emergency.

Study finds new gene in progression of Huntington’s disease

Berlin , August 24 (ANI): A novel gene has been linked by researchers in Berlin and Dusseldorf to the development of Huntington's disease in...

These 8 lifestyle habits can cut chances of dementia even for those with genetic risk

Dementia is the seventh leading cause of death among all diseases worldwide and is responsible for millions of older people enduring disability and dependency.

Rotavirus vaccine has curbed deaths in India by a third, deterred antibiotic misuse, finds US study

Study was published online this month in the journal, Vaccine. In children under 5, rotavirus associated deaths went down by 38.3% & antibiotic misuse by 21.8% from 2019 to 2021.

A2 labels on milk & ghee a ‘marketing gimmick’, say experts after FSSAI advisory on classification

On Wednesday, India's food safety regulator FSSAI instructed all e-commerce food business operators to remove A1, A2 labels from dairy products.

34 more fixed dose combination drugs likely to be banned, apex regulator says after big crackdown

A total of 344 such medicines were banned in 2018, and another 156, used for common conditions such as fever, allergies, hypertension, colds etc, earlier this month.

Widely used drug cocktails for fever, cold on Centre’s latest ban list, calls grow for penalising makers

Latest crackdown on fixed dose combination drugs is Centre's biggest in 6 yrs. While only CDSCO can issue licenses, makers convince state licensing authorities to approve manufacturing.

Drug regulator’s latest guidelines on recall lack teeth, legal backing, have too many ‘loopholes’

Public health activists say unless drug recall policy with legal backing is brought in, guidelines will not serve any purpose; ask who has ultimate authority to verify all batches are recalled.

A biomedical engineer with a mission & over 80 patents: Meet ‘Vigyan Shri’ awardee Rohit Srivastava

The IIT Bombay professor works on making healthcare accessible via affordable gadgets, like a glucometer and urine analyser.

Mpox is not the new COVID, says WHO official

BERLIN (Reuters) - A World Health Organization official stressed on Tuesday that mpox, regardless of whether it is the new or old strain, is not the new COVID, as authorities know how to control its

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At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas crash: Amid taunts from across border, a Pakistani pilot’s brother voices shared grief & solidarity

Speaking to ThePrint, Salman Akram urges dignity in tragedy, recalling the loss of his brother, Wing Commander Nauman Akram, in similar crash & the mockery his family faced after.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.