All tuberculosis patients to get free medicines
NAGPUR: As part of the national target of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, the state public health department has now added a new scheme for eradication of the dreaded disease.…
New Ebola virus found in Sierra Leone
Freetown:A new Ebola virus has been found in bats in Sierra Leone, two years after the end of an outbreak that killed over 11,000 across West Africa, the government said…
Abbott India quits MNC lobby, ties up with IPA
NEW DELHI: In what could be a major setback for the multinational pharmaceutical lobby in India, American drug maker Abbott has quit Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) primarily…
Senior AIIMS doctor to head Noida child hospital
NOIDA: The government-run super-specialty child hospital in the city will remain under UP’s control for now and not be taken over by AIIMS, a senior health department official told TOI…
China launches nationwide vaccine sector inspection after scandal
Beijing: China launches nationwide vaccine sector inspection after scandal China’s drug regulator said it has launched a nationwide inspection of vaccine production as authorities step up the response to a…
Upto 1 in 3 women following childbirth develop incontinence: Prof. Christopher Chapple
Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Prof. Christopher Chapple, Secretary General, European Association of urology (EAU), The Netherlands, to know more about the latest advancements and breakthroughs in the management…
Panel recommends ban on 343 fixed dose combination medicines
NEW DELHI: In a move that could potentially deliver a big blow to pharmaceutical companies in India, an apex advisory board on drugs approved a report backing the health ministry’s…
Men of India, Beware of Hepatitis! Your Fertility may be in peril
New Delhi: Hepatitis does not endanger liver alone; it is a recipe for infertility in men too. If, as stats go, 52 million people in India live with hepatitis virus,…
Point of view: Should there be subject wise cut-off for NEET
NEET does not have a subject wise cut-offs, thus the student scoring in single digits in Physics and Chemistry can still get admission in Medical colleges Biology should have more…
UNAIDS calls for bold leadership to tackle HIV prevention crisis
Geneva: The Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has urged countries to take bold action to address the HIV prevention crisis amid the ongoing 22nd International AIDS Conference in…
