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Congo's Ebola outbreak has claimed 930 lives, with 37 deaths reported in 24 hours, as health authorities struggle to contain the rapidly spreading virus. Violence, attacks on health workers, unpaid staff and unknown transmission chains continue to hamper response efforts

India slammed a UN panel for falsely claiming that women community health workers do not receive social security benefits. BJP MP Poonamben Maadam said the panel’s report lacked credibility, while reiterating that ASHA workers are covered under pension, health, and insurance schemes.

Public anger in Telangana has reached a tipping point, with widespread protests erupting across sectors from health workers and junior doctors to farmers and panchayat staff. The Congress government faces mounting criticism over unpaid wages, broken promises, and administrative apathy.

Lymphatic filariasis (LF), commonly known as elephantiasis (Haatipaon), is a debilitating disease caused by the bite of a Culex mosquito, which breeds in polluted or stagnant water. It is one of the leading causes of long-term disability worldwide.

Over 17,000 nurses and midwives will be recruited and trained for the state's healthcare system.

Kozhikode: Two more people have been identified with symptoms of Nipah virus infection, Kerala health minister Veena George said here on Sunday. The two are among the 20 high risk contacts of the deceased 12-year-old child, she said. “We have identified 188 contacts till now. The surveillance team have marked 20 of them as high […]

The help desk will operate round-the-clock and track the recovery status of those who have tested positive for the virus.

FICCI YFLO, chairperson, Deepthi Reddy said that they intend to help all those in search of job opportunities as well guiding them towards the right path in terms of health and wellbeing mentally and physically.

When the ANM Manjula and Mallishwari, a health worker and other staff replied that there was no vaccination stock at the centre, Rajesh got angry and began abusing and assaulting them.

Those providing services in COVID management will be given priority in forthcoming regular government recruitments after they complete a minimum of 100 days of duty, the PMO said.

This will be the second all-party meeting called by the government to discuss the COVID-19 situation since the outbreak of the coronavirus.

These are students who hold or held a visa for 2020, and whose long-term commitment to study here was disrupted by COVID-19.

The Centre is also working on plans for building capacities in human resources, training, supervision and others on a massive scale.