Innovation one of 33 shortlisted from over 150 applications got under ICMR-NIN INFUSE initiative. Study protocol published preprint last April, intended product is a smartphone app.
In a paper, researchers linked to ICMR’s antimicrobial resistance division & others said that while introduction of new antimicrobials offers hope, resistance may develop rapidly.
Interventions to be studied include administration of antenatal corticosteroids, early enteral feeding, immediate kangaroo mother care & use of continuous positive airway pressure.
Project by ICMR has been started in Delhi, Pune, Bengaluru, Indore, Shillong and Purulia as part of which 3,000 children will be enrolled and tracked over the next two years.
New Delhi: India’s top health research agency—the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)—is urging states to purchase and deploy a fully made-in-India hand-held portable...
Wastewater surveillance works as an early detection system for outbreaks, allowing public health officials to better understand and respond to public health threats.
Fewer than 10 percent of people with hypertension had their blood sugar under control & fewer than 66 percent of diabetics had metabolic disorder under control in 2019-21.
‘Miracle drug’ can cost Rs 13 lakh for haemophilia A patient annually, but reduced dose found efficacious & cost-effective in small trial. Larger trial is under way.
While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.
Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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