Over 40 individuals had overdosed in a Connecticut park in US on a drug suspected of being laced with an opioid. A suspect has been taken into custody, police said.


Mass overdose at US park, one arrested


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Researchers have identified a "zombie" gene that protects elephants from cancer, a finding that may also pave way for a new treatment for humans.


How elephants are protected from cancer?


The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to make its stand clear on steps to curb pollution and about the ill-effects of firecrackers on public health, saying that there was a need to strike a balance between the right to health and the right to carry on a trade or profession.


Make stand clear on firecrackers, curbing pollution: SC to Centre


On the eve of Independence Day, Indian Army's Tiger Division held an oral hygiene camp at the Tiger Asha School, Satwari Cantt, here, roping in nine doctors, who checked up 62 students in all.


Army marks Independence Day with oral hygiene camp


Marine mammals such as dolphins, manatees, seals and whales, which evolved to make water their primary habitat, lost the ability to make a gene that defends humans and other land-dwelling mammals from the neurotoxic effects of a popular human-made pesticide, a new study has revealed.


Why marine animals are more vulnerable to man-made pesticides


More than 660 million Indians are exposed to high air pollution as they live in areas where the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) exceeds the permissible limit, researchers said on Monday.


Excessive air pollution affects 660 m Indians: Researchers


Nine people were killed and 16 injured as fire engulfed a hospital in Taiwan's New Taipei City on Monday, officials said.


Nine killed in Taiwan hospital blaze


Two officials of a Patna shelter home were detained on Sunday for questioning after two women inmates died in a hospital, police said.


Two women inmates of Bihar shelter home die, two staff detained


A team of Indian-American researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and at the University of Utah at Salt Lake City, has used an ingenious process to enable curcumin to kill cancer cells.


Indian-American researchers unleash turmeric's power to fight cancer


MIT researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed novel machine-learning techniques to improve the quality of life for patients by reducing toxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy dosing for an aggressive form of brain cancer.


New AI technique to make cancer treatment less toxic


Urban air is being polluted by antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) whose exposure is posing threat to human health, researchers have warned.


Antibiotic resistance genes in air pose threat to human health: Study


Superstar Salman Khan, who is currently in Malta shooting for his upcoming film "Bharat", on Saturday shared a fitness video after he was nominated in an online challenge by Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju.


Salman Khan accepts Kiren Rijiju's fitness challenge


A 12-year-old girl student of a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) school died and 161 other students took ill following a medical dose administered at the school, officials said on Friday.


School girl dies, 161 hospitalised after taking tablets under Central scheme


Expressing concern over sexual abuse of minor girls at shelter homes in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the Supreme Court on Friday sought a report from the Centre on utilisation of funds meant for childcare institutes.


Concerned over rapes, SC seeks report on facilities in childcare homes


The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Jammu and Kashmir High Court order permitting moviegoers to carry their own eatables and beverages inside theatres.


SC stays J&K HC order for taking food inside cinemas


With growing cooperation between Saudi Arabia and India in the fields of education and health, Saudi Arabia has donated $5 million to the Jamia Hamdard University in New Delhi as a contribution towards the cost of building the medical college and expanding the existing Majeedia Hospital.


Saudi Arabia donates $5mn to Jamia Hamdard


A teenage girl student of a BMC-run Urdu medium school died of suspected poisoning from a medicine dose while at least 30 others were taken ill, officials said here on Friday.


Mumbai schoolgirl dies, 30 taken ill after taking medicines


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Nearly a dozen patients have died during a strike by Bihar's doctors, which was called-off on Friday after an assurance by the state government to fulfil their demands, officials said.


Dozen patients die, Bihar doctors end strike


The government on Thursday said that the Railway Board has decided to have Multi Purpose Stalls (MPS) at stations that could soon stock generic low-cost medicines.


MPS to sell generic low-cost medicines at railway stations: Gohain


The Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) is working on a strategy to improve occupational safety and the health of contractual workers, a top official said here on Thursday.

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