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H1N1 virus spreads again in Ernakulam district
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Two women were tested positive for H1N1 in Ernakulam district.One of them is a pregnant woman, but now free of the symptoms.While one case was reported from Kalady, the other was from Thevara.
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Complaint numbers at health centres gain popularity
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The health department is taking action on the complaints being registered on toll-free number at every district hospital and health care centre.
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Centre asks schools to ban all unhealthy food
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Junk food, in all its tasty and tempting forms, will soon be on its way out of school canteens. Taking cognisance of health problems faced by children, the Union health and family welfare ministry
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Two more test H1N1 positive
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Two more persons tested positive for the H1N1 virus on Friday, taking the total number of positive cases to 24 since March this year.
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India cracks down on Chinese drug manufacturing firms
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India is increasing the heat on Chinese drug firms exporting medicines to India.
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Traditional medicine to get separate drug control chief
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India will have two separate drug controller generals - one for allopathic medicine and the other for traditional medicine.
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Govt promotes safe abortion initiatives
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The Union health ministry has sent guidelines on "Comprehensive Abortion Care" to all the states, including directions on how to counsel women before and after conducting an abortion.
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Monozyme kit scam report in 2 weeks
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The four-member committee that is probing the Monozyme kit scam will submit their report to chief minister Mamata Banerjee in two weeks, Dr Nirmal Maji, vice president of West Bengal Medical Council said today.
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Tamenglong under scanner for Hepatitis B
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The Manipur health services department is all set to hold a widespread Hepatitis B awareness programme in the remote Tamenglong district after nearly 30 persons from Noney and its surrounding areas in the district were tested positive for the disease.
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Liverpool-CSIR to work together to identify malaria-prone areas
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The UK’s University of Liverpool has tied up with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to identify areas in India that are at higher risk of malaria outbreaks, following changes in monsoon rainfall patterns.
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Shortage of nursing staff hits patient care
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Shortage of nursing staff in the hospitals of Assam is creating a situation in which doctors and patients, not to mention nurses, are having to endure difficult times.
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New strategies reducing malaria deaths in Odisha
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India's health ministry is pinning its hopes on new strategies to bring down malaria deaths in Odisha's tribal and urban populations.
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30mn Indian school children have no access to toilets
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Nearly 30 million school children in the country still have no access to toilets, even as schools have made significant progress in providing the facility in recent years, a study by UNICEF's
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Ranbaxy launches India's first new drug
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Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd today launched a new drug for malaria — Synriam. This is the first drug to be developed indigenously in India.
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H1N1 toll rises to four in Tamil Nadu, state on high alert
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The H1N1 toll in the state increased to four with the death of a 65-year-old woman at Rajaji Government General Hospital in Madurai on Tuesday
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H1N1 cases in Kerala touches dozen
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The number of H1N1 cases in Kerala has touched a dozen, a health official said Tuesday, adding that the authorities were fully prepared to deal with the situation.
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3-year-old shows polio symptoms
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A three-year-old boy has tested positive for Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) in the district. This has increased the worry of polio attack in the state.
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Over 5 crore Indian teens anaemic
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Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday said more than five crore adolescents is anemic in India. Adolescent girls are more vulnerable to anemia due to the rapid growth
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Drug-resistant malaria import under scrutiny
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The National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR) has joined the global Tracking Resistance to Artemisinin (TRAC) study, being spearheaded by the University of Oxford, which will look at parasite clearance time
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Heavy bags cause metro kids to suffer backache: Survey
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In a wake up call for government and parents, an ASSOCHAM survey has revealed that over 82 per cent of the children between age group of 5-12 are carrying avoidable "excessively load" in their school bags causing higher risk of back pain,
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Bihar hikes financial help for kala azar patients
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To ease the financial burden on those suffering from kala azar, most of whom are from impoverished backgrounds, the Bihar government has decided to provide minimum specified wages to each patient
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Industry chamber to prepare report on promoting Coimbatore as healthcare city
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As part of efforts to promote Coimbatore as a healthcare destination, the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry here plans to prepare a project
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India, Kuwait to cooperate on healthcare
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India and Kuwait Monday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on bilateral medical cooperation to boost healthcare
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Punjab records first swine flu death
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The deadly swine flu is back in Punjab, with the state reporting the season's first fatality due to the disease, sending the state health department
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Doctors' rally against recovery order on May 6
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More than 200 doctors will take out a rally in the Madhya Pradesh capital on May 6 to protest against the recovery of benefits extended to medical practitioners by implementing four-tier pay scale in 2008.
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