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Govt spending on health, education can't be freebies: M K Stalin

He also took an apparent swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for opposing freebies but said he did not want to talk much about it as "it will become politics."

What is Langya virus and what are its symptoms: Here's the full detail

Langya virus has affected at least 35 people in Henan and Shandong provinces of China. What is its origin? What are its symptoms? How to protect yourself from it? Know everything in detail.

Amrapali Group ex-CMD gets interim bail from SC on health grounds

A bench of Justices U U Lalit and Bela M Trivedi had told Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati to file a status report by August 6 and posted the matter for hearing on Monday.

SC grants interim bail to Amrapali Group ex-CMD on health grounds

On Monday, the top court granting interim bail, asked Sharma to surrender after expiry of four weeks.

Do you qualify to be a heart donor? Find out

Over 54 years ago, Dr Prafulla Kumar Sen performed a heart transplant on a farmer suffering from chronic progressive cardiomyopathy in Mumbai. The surgery was a success. However, within three hours of the surgery, the patient died of heart failure. It was India's first human heart transplant and only the sixth in the world back then. Medical science has come a long way since then. So what is the basic requirement for a heart transplant? Let's take a look

Samples from Telangana's first suspected Monkeypox case sent to NIV

Samples collected from a man with suspected symptoms of Monkeypox were sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) Pune

Covid-19 crisis: Tracking the coronavirus footprint across the world

Follow the expanding footprint of the coronavirus pandemic across the world in this interactive map built by Johns Hopkins University

Covid-19: Experts bat for mixing vaccines in the wake of BA.2.75 variant

Senior research fellow at Oxford say BA.2.75 has several mutations in the spike protein, two of which are unique to it when compared to its parent strain BA.2

Education, health and personal care ads worst offenders: ASCI report

Regulator processed over 5,500 ads for its 2021-22 complaints report, 62% more than previous year

Monkeypox not a global emergency 'at this stage', says WHO panel

The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency

G20 aims to collect $1.5 bn to prevent, prepare for future pandemics

The G20 expects to collect no less than $1.5 billion by the end of this year to build infrastructure to prevent and prepare for potential pandemics in the future, said Indonesian Health Minister

Yoga Day 2022: Sarvesh Shashi explains how Yoga can prevent diabetes, PCOS

On the occasion of the International Day of Yoga, Business Standard spoke with Sarvesh Sashi, Founder of SARVA. Watch the video to find out how Yoga can prevent diabetes, heart disease and a lot more

1 in 8 people globally live with mental disorder: WHO

About one in eight people in the world live with a mental disorder, said the WHO in a landmark report released on Friday calling for urgent action on transforming mental healthcare

NTAGI members agree on reducing Covid booster dose gap; discuss monkeypox

NTAGI members agreed on reducing the gap between the second and precaution doses of Covid-19 vaccines from the current nine to six months, official sources said

What is Ramsay Hunt syndrome, the condition affecting Justin Bieber?

Justin Bieber has had to cancel future concert dates because of a viral infection that has paralysed one side of his face

WHO set to decide next week if monkeypox represents health emergency

There have been 1,600 confirmed and 1,500 suspected cases of monkeypox this year and 72 deaths, WHO said, in 39 countries

Monkeypox only spreads via air during 'sustained' face-to-face contact: CDC

Amid the rising cases of monkeypox, the US CDC has revealed that it can spread through the air but only through 'sustained' face-to-face contact with an infected person

US buys more monkeypox vaccine as global case count continues to grow

The U.S. government is buying more monkeypox vaccine as a surprising international outbreak continues to grow, health officials said Friday.

UK scientists say unclear if monkeypox has peaked as more cases surface

UK health officials said they cannot tell if the spread of monkeypox has peaked in the country as they announced another 45 cases

G7 Health Ministers' condemn attacks on health facilities in Ukraine

As the healthcare system in Ukraine continues to remain under significant strain, G7 Health Ministers condemned the 'indiscriminate' attacks on the Ukrainian population, health facilities and workers