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India, Nepal Launch Cross Border Digital Payments, 84 Projects Handed Over
In a moment of both humanitarian and diplomatic significance, S Jaishankar virtually handed over 72 health facilities and 12 cultural heritage projects reconstructed with Indian development assistance following the devastating 2015 earthquake that killed nearly 9,000 people in Nepal.
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'Chained' Patient Among 13 Who Died In Sri Lanka Nursing Home Fire
The fire-ravaged nursing home and two other nursing facilities run by the same management are unregistered but government officials and institutions have worked with them.
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New World Screwworm Fly Threatens Texas Cattle Industry With Flesh Eating Larvae Infestation
Federal and state officials and cattle industry leaders have been sounding public alarms about the fly's movement through Mexico and toward the U.S. since a case was confirmed in southern Mexico in November 2024.
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Gujarat Government Reviews Statewide Expansion Of Cardiac Care
Gandhinagar, June 3 (IANS) Gujarat's health authorities have reviewed plans to expand specialised cardiac treatment across the state, with the U.N. Mehta Cardiac Institute reporting 8,504 successful heart surgeries and more than 3.94 lakh outpatient consultations during 2025.
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5 American Hantavirus Cruise Ship Passengers Leave Nebraska Quarantine Facility
Hantaviruses usually spread when people inhale contaminated residue of rodent droppings, but the hantavirus that has caused the current outbreak, called the Andes virus, may be able to spread between people in rare cases.
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UK Hospital Opens Rooftop Critical Care Garden With 60 Beds: Is This The Future Of Healthcare?
A UK hospital has unveiled a 60-bed rooftop critical care garden designed for ICU patients, blending nature, sunlight, and rehabilitation. Experts say such healing spaces may improve recovery, sleep quality, mental health, and overall patient outcomes.
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How Fruit Flies Affect Mangoes, And How To Get Rid Of Them At Home
Fruit flies often enter homes through fruits and vegetables that already carry invisible eggs on their surface.
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WHO Chief Lands In Congo, Saying Ebola Outbreak 'Can Be Stopped'
Containment has been particularly difficult because the disease likely spread for weeks before it was first identified in mid-May. The outbreak continues to spread faster than the response, despite health facilities becoming more organized and more equipment arriving.
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Exclusive: World's Newest Country Is Without Medicine. And It's Getting Worse
For the people of South Sudan, the destruction of an MSF-run hospital meant the disappearance of the only secondary healthcare facility serving nearly 250,000 people across the region.
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50,000 Evacuated As Toxic Chemical Tank Sparks "Catastrophic Explosion" Fear
A storage tank at the GKN Aerospace facility contains about 7,000 gallons of a chemical called methyl methacrylate.
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Ebola Outbreak: Tamil Nadu Intensifies Airport Screening And Hospital Preparedness
Chennai, May 24 (IANS) Tamil Nadu has intensified surveillance and precautionary measures across airports, ports and government healthcare facilities following an advisory issued by the Union Health Ministry regarding the possibility of Ebola Virus D
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40,000 Evacuated As Chemical Tank Leak Threatens Explosion In California
A storage tank holding between 6,000 and 7,000 gallons (22,700 and 26,500 liters) of methyl methacrylate overheated Thursday and began venting vapors into the air at an aerospace plastics facility in Garden Grove
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AIIMS Delhi Ceremony: Vice President Highlights Decade Of Health Infrastructure Growth
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan on Tuesday addressed the 51st Annual Convocation of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, and highlighted the expansion of healthcare infrastructure over the last decade to stre
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Australia To Quarantine 6 Cruise Passengers Following Hantavirus Outbreak
Australia will place six people from a cruise ship struck with the rat-borne hantavirus in a purpose-built quarantine facility north of Perth for at least...
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Gujarat: Over Five Lakh Girls Vaccinated Under HPV Campaign As State Nears 92% Coverage
Gandhinagar, May 7 (IANS) More than five lakh adolescent girls in Gujarat have received the first dose of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine under a state-wide campaign aimed at preventing cervical cancer.
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India, Nepal Launch Cross Border Digital Payments, 84 Projects Handed Over
In a moment of both humanitarian and diplomatic significance, S Jaishankar virtually handed over 72 health facilities and 12 cultural heritage projects reconstructed with Indian development assistance following the devastating 2015 earthquake that killed nearly 9,000 people in Nepal.
-
'Chained' Patient Among 13 Who Died In Sri Lanka Nursing Home Fire
The fire-ravaged nursing home and two other nursing facilities run by the same management are unregistered but government officials and institutions have worked with them.
-
New World Screwworm Fly Threatens Texas Cattle Industry With Flesh Eating Larvae Infestation
Federal and state officials and cattle industry leaders have been sounding public alarms about the fly's movement through Mexico and toward the U.S. since a case was confirmed in southern Mexico in November 2024.
-
Gujarat Government Reviews Statewide Expansion Of Cardiac Care
Gandhinagar, June 3 (IANS) Gujarat's health authorities have reviewed plans to expand specialised cardiac treatment across the state, with the U.N. Mehta Cardiac Institute reporting 8,504 successful heart surgeries and more than 3.94 lakh outpatient consultations during 2025.
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5 American Hantavirus Cruise Ship Passengers Leave Nebraska Quarantine Facility
Hantaviruses usually spread when people inhale contaminated residue of rodent droppings, but the hantavirus that has caused the current outbreak, called the Andes virus, may be able to spread between people in rare cases.
-
UK Hospital Opens Rooftop Critical Care Garden With 60 Beds: Is This The Future Of Healthcare?
A UK hospital has unveiled a 60-bed rooftop critical care garden designed for ICU patients, blending nature, sunlight, and rehabilitation. Experts say such healing spaces may improve recovery, sleep quality, mental health, and overall patient outcomes.
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How Fruit Flies Affect Mangoes, And How To Get Rid Of Them At Home
Fruit flies often enter homes through fruits and vegetables that already carry invisible eggs on their surface.
-
WHO Chief Lands In Congo, Saying Ebola Outbreak 'Can Be Stopped'
Containment has been particularly difficult because the disease likely spread for weeks before it was first identified in mid-May. The outbreak continues to spread faster than the response, despite health facilities becoming more organized and more equipment arriving.
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Exclusive: World's Newest Country Is Without Medicine. And It's Getting Worse
For the people of South Sudan, the destruction of an MSF-run hospital meant the disappearance of the only secondary healthcare facility serving nearly 250,000 people across the region.
-
50,000 Evacuated As Toxic Chemical Tank Sparks "Catastrophic Explosion" Fear
A storage tank at the GKN Aerospace facility contains about 7,000 gallons of a chemical called methyl methacrylate.
-
Ebola Outbreak: Tamil Nadu Intensifies Airport Screening And Hospital Preparedness
Chennai, May 24 (IANS) Tamil Nadu has intensified surveillance and precautionary measures across airports, ports and government healthcare facilities following an advisory issued by the Union Health Ministry regarding the possibility of Ebola Virus D
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40,000 Evacuated As Chemical Tank Leak Threatens Explosion In California
A storage tank holding between 6,000 and 7,000 gallons (22,700 and 26,500 liters) of methyl methacrylate overheated Thursday and began venting vapors into the air at an aerospace plastics facility in Garden Grove
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AIIMS Delhi Ceremony: Vice President Highlights Decade Of Health Infrastructure Growth
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan on Tuesday addressed the 51st Annual Convocation of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, and highlighted the expansion of healthcare infrastructure over the last decade to stre
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Australia To Quarantine 6 Cruise Passengers Following Hantavirus Outbreak
Australia will place six people from a cruise ship struck with the rat-borne hantavirus in a purpose-built quarantine facility north of Perth for at least...
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Gujarat: Over Five Lakh Girls Vaccinated Under HPV Campaign As State Nears 92% Coverage
Gandhinagar, May 7 (IANS) More than five lakh adolescent girls in Gujarat have received the first dose of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine under a state-wide campaign aimed at preventing cervical cancer.
