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“Pandora’s box” opened as COVID-19 cases surge

As cases of COVID-19 surge across India, some doctors have claimed “Pandora’s box” has opened. India’s second wave is underway, and figures now dwarf the peaks in September that saw speculation that India would rise to the most-affected nation. Such a severe second-wave is a shock considering that in early March, India’s Health Minister Dr …

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Liver disease a continuing problem

Liver disease takes many forms. Types range from alcoholic liver disease to cirrhosis to fatty liver disease, among many others. In India, many are at risk. As reported by Health Issues India in 2017, liver disease – then identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the tenth most common cause of death in India …

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India fails to outline pharmaceutical standard despite new research underlining the environmental importance

India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has failed to outline norms for discharge standards for effluents from bulk drugs and pharmaceutical industries, due to a lack of ‘necessary information’.  Home to one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical industries, India has long faced calls for regulation on effluents and runoff which have both an …

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Malaria management technology helps Mangaluru to continue decreasing case numbers

Malaria cases in Mangaluru have continued to decline thanks to malaria control system (MCS) technology that has helped to aid efforts, alongside active source reduction exercises taken in recent years against the spread of vector-borne disease.  Mangaluru, a coastal city known for having endemic malaria issues for three decades, has seen malaria incidence significantly reduced …

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COVID-19 cases highest since start of pandemic

Just a few short weeks ago, experts and media outlets speculated as to whether a resurgence of COVID-19 was likely to take place in India. These fears were proven more than true as daily case counts have now reached their highest point since the start of the pandemic. A total of 103,790 new cases of …

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Delhi High Court asks Indian government to provide greater focus on rare disease

The Indian government has been asked to increase efforts to tackle rare diseases by March 31st by the Delhi High Court.  Millions of people may be living with more than 7,000 illnesses categorised as rare diseases across India. With this in mind, the government has been asked to finalise and operationalise progressive policy implementation that involves …

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How are India’s climate emergency NDCs faring ahead of this year’s COP26 talks?

India’s involvement in the fight against climate change has been one of change. The country once saw the issue as something that concerned industrially-developed nations more than itself. That mantra has now shifted.   Today, the country is concerned with the impact it can make as industries face up to dangers posed to their own future …

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Diphtheria threat increasing as infection evolves antimicrobial resistance

Diphtheria’s threat is increasing as the easily-preventable infection, usually treated with antibiotics and vaccines, is evolving with antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) strains, posing a risk that the disease may once again become a major global challenge.  This is according to an international team of researchers from the UK and India. They conducted the study using genomics to …

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HPV awareness the need of the hour to fight cervical cancer

Today marks the culmination of the fourth International HPV Awareness Campaign, coinciding with International HPV Awareness Day. Raising awareness of HPV [the human papillomavirus] is essential in the fight against cancer – most prominently cervical cancer. As the World Health Organization (WHO) explains, “there are more than 100 types of HPV, of which at least …

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Hearing loss a growing problem – unless we act

Today we marked World Hearing Day, an observance which comes at a time when the number of people affected by hearing loss is poised to increase significantly worldwide unless action is taken. “Globally over 430 million people experience disabling hearing loss, a number that could grow to nearly 700 million by 2050,” explains the World …

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