MoHFW Issues New Guidelines for Hospitals to Curb Infections
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has released new guidelines for hospitals to monitor and prevent healthcare-associated infections…
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ICMR Licenses Nine Health Technologies at India MedTech Expo 2025
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has signed licensing agreements for nine innovative health technologies with industry partners under…
Government Panel Declines Proposal to Add Nine Medical Conditions to RPwD Act Disability List
A high-level inter-departmental committee has rejected recommendations to include nine medical conditions such as asthma, epilepsy, and single-sided deafness in…
8.74 Lakhs Cancer Deaths Reported in India for 2024: ICMR Study
A new analysis by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), published in The Journal of the American Medical Association…
ICMR Hosts Nationwide S.H.I.N.E. Program to Inspire Young Scientists
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Department of Health Research (DHR) organised S.H.I.N.E. (Science, Health and Innovation…
No Link Found Between COVID-19 Vaccines and Sudden Deaths: Claim Health Ministry
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has clarified that there is no direct connection between COVID-19 vaccinations and the…
ICMR Develops Portable, Rapid Test Kit for Nipah Virus Detection
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has introduced a portable testing kit capable of detecting the Nipah virus with…
New XFG Covid Sub-Variant Detected in Telangana
For the first time, a Covid-19 sample from Telangana has tested positive for the XFG sub-variant, according to genome sequencing…
India Reports New Covid-19 Variant NB.1.8.1 and LF.7 Amid Localized Case Surges
India has detected one case of the newly emerging Covid-19 variant NB.1.8.1 and four cases of another subvariant, LF.7, according…
Genome Sequencing of 10,000 Mycobacterium TB Isolates Completed
Union Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Jitendra Singh, announced on 24 of March, the successful completion of genome sequencing…