African American men and women who had severe sleep apnea or other disrupted sleep patterns had higher blood sugar levels than those who slept normally. More research is needed to see whether treating sleep apnea…
NIH Statement on World Asthma Day 2020 Bethesda, Maryland (USA), 05th May 2020. Today on World Asthma Day, the National Institutes of Health stands with patients, families, advocates, researchers, and health care professionals to raise…
Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras accepting orders on WhatsApp and e-mail to facilitate medicine procurement during lockdown New Delhi, 05 MAY 2020 by PIB Delhi. Amid lockdown many Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJK) under…
“The COVID-19 pandemic is causing untold fear and suffering for older people across the world”, said United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres last week on the launch of the policy brief on older persons and…
New Delhi, 5 May, 2020. While the country eases lockdown norms and more people move about as economic activity resumes, people need to keep themselves and their families safe. This calls for not only physical…
Brazzaville, 4 May 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed innovations around the world including repurposing drugs, traditional medicines and developing new therapies in the search for potential treatments for COVID-19. According to a…
Learn the ABCs of Viral Hepatitis May is Hepatitis Awareness Month in United states. Hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C are three types of viral hepatitis. Although each type of viral hepatitis is caused…
Tehran, 3 May 2020 — The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered additional medicines to the Islamic Republic of Iran for its participation in the Solidarity Trial, a global effort to find an effective treatment…
The United Nations (UN) data estimates that 168 million people worldwide will need assistance in 2020 to deal with humanitarian crises, including natural disasters, extreme climate events, conflicts and infectious disease outbreaks. 25% of these…
New Delhi, May 02 (Umashankar Mishra): The Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) has launched a scientific knowledge-based essential oil vapouriser concentrate formulation called CIM-RespCool. It could be helpful in the management of…
New Delhi, May 02 (By isw ): The Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) has taken up the challenge of making an affordable RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) kit indigenously. The Institute intends to…
New Delhi, May 02 (By ISW): In the wake of evolving pandemic situation of COVID-19 outbreak in India, the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh, has developed “Aerosol Restricting Canopy (ARC) for Dental Procedures –…
Learn the ABCs of Viral Hepatitis May is Hepatitis Awareness Month in United states. Hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C are three types of viral hepatitis. Although each type of viral hepatitis is caused…
Genital Herpes: Causes, Symptoms, and treatment About half a billion people worldwide are living with genital herpes, and several billion have an oral herpes infection, new estimates show, highlighting the need to improve awareness and…
May 5 marks the International Day of the Midwife. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, midwives continue to show resilience and provide life-saving services to pregnant women, ensuring healthy outcomes for women and their babies. The theme…
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: Myth busters COVID-19 IS NOT transmitted through houseflies New Delhi, 01st May. Does COVID-19 transmit through houseflies? No. COVID-19 IS NOT transmitted through houseflies. According to WHO Myth…
New Delhi, May 01 (Umashankar Mishra ): Testing is the key component in the fight against COVID-19. It helps to monitor and restrict the spread of this coronavirus. This is the reason why there is…
New Delhi, May 01 (Umashankar Mishra ): COVID-19 testing centres were opened in two of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) labs and with their training, 16 CSIR labs across the country are involved…
DALLAS – April 30, 2020 – Strategies that treat households in the broad vicinity of a recent malaria case with anti-malarial drugs, insecticides, or both could significantly reduce malaria in low-transmission settings, a challenge with…
New Delhi, 1st May 2020 : Nearly 20 leaders from think tanks, research groups, renewable energy companies, sustainable development organizations, industry associations, and health care services have come together to publish an open letter calling…
