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DHR Invites Applications For Overseas Fellowships 2026: Check Eligibility, Last Date And More
DHR Overseas Fellowships 2026: Selected candidates will receive training at reputed international institutions for a duration ranging from 15 days to three months.
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India's Cancer Cases, Deaths Have Increased Since 2020: Union Minister
Estimated cancer cases and mortality due to it have increased in the country between 2020 and 2022, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, citing official data.
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US Health Department Hit by Cyber-Attack Amid Coronavirus
The US Department of Health and Human Services, a key part of the federal response to the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, was hit by an unspecified "cyber incident" on Sunday, officials said on Monday.
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Donald Trump Administration Sued Over Detention Of Immigrant Children
A New York civil rights group on Tuesday sued Trump administration officials over what it called prolonged detention of immigrant children, blaming recent shifts in U.S. government policy for keeping children locked up without cause.
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Malnutrition Responsible For 15% Of India's Total Disease Burden In 2016: Report
Disease burden due to child and maternal malnutrition in India was 12 times higher per person than in China in 2016 even as the life expectancy at birth in the country improved by over a decade, said a report on Tuesday.
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Tennessee Judge To Inmates: Get Sterilized And I'll Shave Off Jail Time
A judge in central Tennessee is hoping to help repeat offenders "make something of themselves" by offering them a highly original and probably unconstitutional deal: reduced jail time in exchange for sterilization operations.
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Surgeon General Is Removed By Trump Administration, Replaced By Deputy For Now
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy has been removed by the Trump administration and replaced temporarily by his deputy, Rear Adm. Sylvia Trent-Adams.
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US Ships Safe Blood To Zika-Hit Puerto Rico
The US Department of Health and Human Services said it was arranging and funding shipments of blood products to Puerto Rico to ensure an adequate supply of safe blood as the US territory struggles with an outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
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'Where's Syed?' Colleagues Tell How the Shooting Unfolded.
Another morning stuck in a conference room, another requisite all-staff meeting, and Patrick Baccari arrived to find his co-worker Syed Farook sitting at a table by himself. He was wearing a button-down shirt and a long beard. Baccari walked over to join him. "Ready to be bored?" Baccari asked, because that was always their joke. San Bernardino Cou...
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PETA Sues US Government Over Information About Elephants With Tuberculosis
Animal rights activists have sued the US Department of Health and Human Services, seeking the release of data about elephants and tuberculosis because of the risk that the animals could spread the potentially deadly disease to other elephants as well as humans.
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US Announces First Death From Measles in 12 years
Health authorities on Thursday announced the first US death from measles in 12 years, after an autopsy showed a woman's fatal pneumonia was caused by the contagious disease.
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President Obama Proposes New Agency to Make Food Safer
President Barack Obama is proposing a new government agency dedicated to keeping the nation's food safe.
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US Emergency Labs Ready to Work on Ebola Drugs if Asked
All three US facilities established to quickly make vaccines and therapeutics in the event of a major public health threat say they are standing by to support any U.S. government effort to scale up a treatment for Ebola.
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No Arrests Yet in Scam Targeting Migrant Kids: FBI
Scammers have been preying on the relatives of unaccompanied young migrants being held at two US military bases by conning them into paying nonexistent fees to be reunited with their loved ones, officials said.
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Justin Timberlake's eatery receives health department downgrade
Justin Timberlake's restaurant has received a less than perfect score in a recent health inspection.
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DHR Invites Applications For Overseas Fellowships 2026: Check Eligibility, Last Date And More
DHR Overseas Fellowships 2026: Selected candidates will receive training at reputed international institutions for a duration ranging from 15 days to three months.
-
India's Cancer Cases, Deaths Have Increased Since 2020: Union Minister
Estimated cancer cases and mortality due to it have increased in the country between 2020 and 2022, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, citing official data.
-
US Health Department Hit by Cyber-Attack Amid Coronavirus
The US Department of Health and Human Services, a key part of the federal response to the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak, was hit by an unspecified "cyber incident" on Sunday, officials said on Monday.
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Donald Trump Administration Sued Over Detention Of Immigrant Children
A New York civil rights group on Tuesday sued Trump administration officials over what it called prolonged detention of immigrant children, blaming recent shifts in U.S. government policy for keeping children locked up without cause.
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Malnutrition Responsible For 15% Of India's Total Disease Burden In 2016: Report
Disease burden due to child and maternal malnutrition in India was 12 times higher per person than in China in 2016 even as the life expectancy at birth in the country improved by over a decade, said a report on Tuesday.
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Tennessee Judge To Inmates: Get Sterilized And I'll Shave Off Jail Time
A judge in central Tennessee is hoping to help repeat offenders "make something of themselves" by offering them a highly original and probably unconstitutional deal: reduced jail time in exchange for sterilization operations.
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Surgeon General Is Removed By Trump Administration, Replaced By Deputy For Now
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy has been removed by the Trump administration and replaced temporarily by his deputy, Rear Adm. Sylvia Trent-Adams.
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US Ships Safe Blood To Zika-Hit Puerto Rico
The US Department of Health and Human Services said it was arranging and funding shipments of blood products to Puerto Rico to ensure an adequate supply of safe blood as the US territory struggles with an outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
-
'Where's Syed?' Colleagues Tell How the Shooting Unfolded.
Another morning stuck in a conference room, another requisite all-staff meeting, and Patrick Baccari arrived to find his co-worker Syed Farook sitting at a table by himself. He was wearing a button-down shirt and a long beard. Baccari walked over to join him. "Ready to be bored?" Baccari asked, because that was always their joke. San Bernardino Cou...
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PETA Sues US Government Over Information About Elephants With Tuberculosis
Animal rights activists have sued the US Department of Health and Human Services, seeking the release of data about elephants and tuberculosis because of the risk that the animals could spread the potentially deadly disease to other elephants as well as humans.
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US Announces First Death From Measles in 12 years
Health authorities on Thursday announced the first US death from measles in 12 years, after an autopsy showed a woman's fatal pneumonia was caused by the contagious disease.
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President Obama Proposes New Agency to Make Food Safer
President Barack Obama is proposing a new government agency dedicated to keeping the nation's food safe.
-
US Emergency Labs Ready to Work on Ebola Drugs if Asked
All three US facilities established to quickly make vaccines and therapeutics in the event of a major public health threat say they are standing by to support any U.S. government effort to scale up a treatment for Ebola.
-
No Arrests Yet in Scam Targeting Migrant Kids: FBI
Scammers have been preying on the relatives of unaccompanied young migrants being held at two US military bases by conning them into paying nonexistent fees to be reunited with their loved ones, officials said.
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Justin Timberlake's eatery receives health department downgrade
Justin Timberlake's restaurant has received a less than perfect score in a recent health inspection.
