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Watch: Delhi-NCR air pollution: Schools advised to suspend outdoor sports in November, December

The Commission for Air Quality Management has advised schools in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh to suspend physical sports activities and competitions during…

71% consumers in Mumbai rarely asked for prescription, survey finds; Maharashtra FDA acted against 880 drug licensees in three months

On prescription checks, 36% of 3,697 Mumbai respondents said chemists never refused to give them medicines without a prescription and another 35% said they…

Fungus found evolving resistance to drug meant for humans

Mycophenolic acid was found unintentionally exerting pressure on fungi that cause pneumocystis pneumonia

All you need to know about: nosebleeds

Occurring mostly in the under 10s and the over 45s, nosebleeds are very common: about 60% of the population is estimated to experience one…

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A dangerous dose of deception in Karnataka and beyond

A heap of discarded medical waste near a farmhouse in South Bengaluru district led police to an alleged counterfeit drug repackaging unit and to…

Sri Ramachandra Institute marks Founder’s Day with awards, home-care launch

U.S. regulators to examine testosterone therapy as use by menopausal women rises

The lack ​of a female-specific product creates practical challenges ‌for clinicians, an approved product could provide standardised dosing, labeling and safety-monitoring guidance and potentially…

Study links air pollution to death by suicide, suicidal thoughts

The researchers explained that air pollutants and water polluted with arsenic, lead, lithium or nitrate, have been linked to neurological effects, including chronic inflammation…

Kennedy tells anti-vaccine activists they have a friend in Trump’s White House

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tells anti-vaccine activists from an organization he once chaired that they have a friend in…

Fiji declares national HIV emergency and extends testing program as cases surge

The government said it was finding more cases because its testing efforts are reaching more people. It will provide more free testing, clean needles…

Concern over rising opioid analgesic abuse in Manipur

A jump in the prices of narcotic substances due to the prolonged ethnic conflict is believed to be the primary reason behind the shift…