H1N1 surveillance intensified in Kollam
The Health Department has intensified the surveillance and opened isolation wards as three H1N1 deaths and 15 confirmed cases were reported from the district in November. Currently throat swab collecting
Diseases
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E. coli outbreak: Romaine lettuce probed in US and Canada
Romaine lettuce has been linked to an outbreak of E. coli in the US and Canada, health officials say. At least 32 people have been sickened in the US, with 13 taken to hospital, while another 18 people
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Top drugmakers not doing enough to provide medicines to poor countries: Report
Many of the world's top drugmakers are not doing enough to provide medicines to poor countries, leaving big gaps in access to treatments in crucial disease areas, including cancer, according to a new report
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Access to medicine index 2018
The Access to Medicine Index finds that a handful of pharmaceutical companies are developing the bulk of urgently needed new medicines for the poor. The development of new medical products that are considered
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World malaria report 2018
This year's report shows that after an unprecedented period of success in global malaria control, progress has stalled. Data from 2015–2017 highlight that no significant progress in reducing global malaria
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Diseases contracted after health policy purchase should be covered, suggests Irdai panel
Chronic diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, AIDs/HIV infection and Morbid obesity should be covered under medical cover if a person contracts such ailments after buying a health insurance policy, according
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Trade-offs related to agricultural use of antimicrobials and synergies emanating from efforts to mitigate antimicrobial resistance
Use of antimicrobials in livestock and fish production has been increasing drastically in the last decades, with trends pointing towards further increases over the coming years. The situation is particularly
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Single dose moxidectin versus ivermectin for Onchocerca volvulus infection in Ghana, Liberia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a randomised, controlled, double-blind phase 3 trial
<p>The morbidity and socioeconomic effects of onchocerciasis, a parasitic disease that is primarily endemic in sub-Saharan Africa,<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/onchocerciasis_infection_Africa.pdf"
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Preserving microbial diversity
<p>Microbiota from humans of all cultures are needed to ensure the health of future generations.</p><a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/microbial_diversity.pdf" target="_blank"><img
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Niger: NGO alarmed by high fatality rates from malaria
The twin challenges of malaria and malnutrition are proving a challenge in Niger, where health and humanitarian aid workers say 10 children per day died during the month of August. “We have never seen