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World Allergy Week: Tips to avoid monsoon allergies with these rich foods

To manage allergies and lift your body's guards for an allergy-free life, focus around what you eat. Remembering nutrient-rich food sources in your daily diet can help you better your immune system

Yoga Day highlights: 'Nearly 200 countries' have embraced yoga due to PM Modi's efforts, says UP CM

International Yoga Day 2024 LIVE news updates: People across the world turned to performing Yoga Asanas on the occasion of Yoga day. The International Day of Yoga is celebrated annually on June 21

ADB approves $170 million loan to strengthen health sector in India

The $170 million policy-based loan will help in the implementation of the government's National Health Policy 2017

Nepal bars sale of Indian antibiotic injection Biotax 1gm over health risk

Nepal's Department of Drug Administration said laboratory tests on batch F300460 of 'Biotax 1gm', manufactured by Zydus Healthcare Ltd, indicated non-compliance with production standards

Eight signs and symptoms of heatstroke that everyone should know

The cases of heatstroke are rising not only during the day but at night as well. Hence, it is very important to know the signs and symptoms of a heatstroke

Cancer treatment: Doctors reveal facts you didn't know about Chemotherapy

Cancer is a disease wherein some of the body's cells grow uncontrollably and spread to different parts of the body. And, chemotherapy is used to eradicate those cancer cells in cancer patients

Haiti's new PM Conille discharged after spending night in hospital

Haiti's newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille was discharged from a hospital on Sunday after spending a night in treatment for an undisclosed condition. In a video published on YouTube, Conille said he is now feeling well and is ready to continue to help steer the country out of its current security crisis by forming a government that will also prioritize issues like health care. "The whole time I was at the hospital, I was thinking of something, Conille said in Sunday's video. People that need to go to the general hospital can't get there due to security problems. People who need health care can't afford it. Conille arrived in Haiti on June 1 after a transitional council selected him as the nation's new prime minister. He had been working outside the country as UNICEF's regional director for Latin America. Gang violence is still surging in parts of Haiti's capital and beyond as Conille takes over the helm of the troubled Caribbean country awaiting the UN backed deployment of

Haiti PM hospitalised days after being selected to lead nation: Official

Haiti's newly selected prime minister, Garry Conille, was hospitalised late Saturday in the capital of Port-au-Prince just days after arriving in the country, an official told The Associated Press. It wasn't immediately known why Conille was hospitalised. Louis Grald Gilles, a member of the transitional presidential council that recently chose Conille as leader of the troubled Caribbean country, said he was en route to the hospital and did not have further information. A spokesman for Conille did not immediately return a message for comment. AP journalists observed high-ranking officials entering the hospital, including Frantz Elb, director of Haiti's National Police. Also present was Bruno Maes, UNICEF's representative in Haiti. They both declined comment. A handful of curious onlookers gathered outside the hospital as authorities blocked the street with tinted-glass SUVs. Conille was chosen as prime minister May 28 after a convoluted selection process. He faces an arduous task

Heatwave spurs eye stroke cases: Know the symptoms and prevention tips

Amid the scorching heat, cases of eye strokes are rising rapidly causing partial or complete blindness. Here are the signs, symptoms and prevention tips to protect your eyes during this period

Heatwave spurs surge in 'eye stroke' cases: What it is & how to stay safe

Heatwaves can pose more than just a threat to our physical well-being; they can also wreak havoc on our eyesight

How quickly can the human body get dehydrated during severe heatwave?

Heatwave Dehydration: Scorching summer heat has shattered several records this year causing several illnesses, some of which can become life-threatening if not treated on time

State regulators asked to withdraw marketing of cancer drug Olaparib

Manufacturer AstraZeneca Pharma India says its study shows drug may have detrimental effect

Non-profit criticises ICMR for rejecting Covaxin study, alleges censorship

Researchers associated with Banaras Hindu University have said Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine has side effects in children

SII to acquire 20% stake in needle-free tech company IntegriMedical

The collaboration leverages SII's manufacturing and distribution strength with IntegriMedical's innovative technology

Dr. Lal PathLabs Q4 results: Net profit rises 49% on healthy testing demand

The company's consolidated net profit jumped 49% year-on-year to Rs 84.5 crore ($10.1 million) in the fourth quarter

Not producing, distributing Covishield since December 2021: Serum Institute

AstraZeneca Covid vaccine row: As of April 30, 2024, over 1.7 billion doses of the Covishield vaccine has been administered in India

SC criticises state authority for inaction in Patanjali misleading ads case

'When you want to do something, you do it with lightning speed, but if you don't, then for years nothing moves,' the Supreme Court bench told the Uttarakhand State Licensing Authority

World Asthma Day 2024: All you need to know about this long-term disorder

Asthma is a persistent long-term lung disorder. World Asthma Day is observed every year to bring issues to light about the disorder and how we can make lives more easier for asthma patients

U-WIN may allow mothers to track and report vaccine side-effects on babies

Similar to the CoWIN portal for covid-19, the government's U-WIN platform registers and tracks routine vaccination and immunisation

Astrazeneca row: Only 7 in a million at risk of TTS, says ex-ICMR scientist

Former ICMR scientist Raman Gangakhedkar said the risk is highest after the initial dose, eventually decreasing with subsequent doses