The World Health Organization (WHO) has released two companion reports regarding the potential application of human genome editing in improving public health. “Human genome editing has the potential to advance our ability to treat and cure disease, but the full impact will only be realised if we deploy it for the benefit of all people, …
The Zika outbreak in Kerala continues, with more cases reported in the state already embattled by COVID-19. The state detected cases of Zika last week, putting it on alert. As of yesterday, the total case count is nineteen. The state health minister Veena George announced the establishment of testing facilities at the medical colleges in …
At the time of writing, COVID-19 officially has claimed more than 400,000 lives in India. Some believe the true death toll of COVID-19 to be considerably higher. In an interview with The Wire, data journalist Rukmini S. posits the actual number of fatalities to be 2.5 million including 1.5 million fatalities during the second wave. …
Mansukh L. Mandaviya replaced Dr Harsh Vardhan as Minister of Health and Family Welfare, following the reshuffle of the Union Cabinet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week. Who is the new health minister? A member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Mandaviya represents Gujarat in the Rajya Sabha, elected at the age of 38 …
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Dilip Kumar, a renowned actor and producer and legend of Hiindi cinema, died on July 7th due to prostate cancer at the age of 98. A legendary performer within Hindi cinema and considered one of Bollywood’s best, the passing of Dilip Kumar saw tributes pour in from the industry and the political sphere. Prime Minister Narendra …
India needs to “be watchful” against the Lambda and Kappa variants of COVID-19, according to Dr Vinod K. Paul of government think tank Niti Aayog. The COVID-19 pandemic has witnessed the emergence of several variants, including the Delta variant which has been found in multiple countries which first emerged in India. The Lambda and Kappa …
So-called ‘long COVID’, where survivors of COVID-19 continue to experience debilitating symptoms even requiring hospitalisation, remains a concern for India’s healthcare system. As The Economic Times reports, “doctors are dealing with [a] rising number of long Covid patients with symptoms like persistent body ache, low grade fever, lung fibrosis, pulmonary embolism and brain fogging in …
This week marked an importance observance which went overlooked by large swathes of the media, including this publication. World Zoonoses Day took place on July 6th, coinciding with the anniversary of the first rabies vaccine administered by French biologist Dr Louis Pasteur in 1885. Zoonoses, as explained by the World Health Organization (WHO), refer to …
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in scenes of violence against doctors, as angered families take out their rage on the country’s beleaguered medicos. Prefacing a BBC News report is the story of Dr Seuj Kumar Senapati who bluntly expresses his fears that he would be killed. As the report summarises, Dr Senapati attended a patient …
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Criticism has been raised by the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) against a paper claiming to link the Ayurvedic herb Tinospora cordifolia (TC) — also known as giloy — to liver disease. While the paper, published in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology — a peer-reviewed journal …
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