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The move comes following a letter from the ICMR that suggested for inclusion of sickle cell disorder in the curricula of both school and higher educational institutions
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Cases of influenza due to H3N2 in India started rising in December, 2022 and continues across many States even in March
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The rise of Influenza A (H1N1) cases in Telangana has also coincided with a large cross-section of individuals reporting to nursing homes and clinics with symptoms of fever, sore throat, body aches
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Front-of-the-pack warning labels have the potential to discourage individuals from making unhealthy choices
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Regenerative medicine, which involves the technology of using human stem cells to repair and regenerate damaged tissue or cartilage between two joints, has become a booming industry and a major area of research worldwide in the last few years.
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The Indian Council of Medical Research has issued guidelines warning against the use of antibiotics for conditions such as low-grade fever and viral bronchitis
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The Committee is of the view that an accurate mortality database in the hospital information system will improve cancer registry, follow up and outcome data.
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Diabetes can be reversed just by fixing your diet, limiting the intake of carbs and increase in protein and healthy fat intake can help both reverse diabetes as well as prevent its progression, revealed a study by ICMR.
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New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has received 31 bids from manufacturers showing interest in developing vaccine against the monkeypox virus after the medical body floated the Expression of Interest (EOI) for the development of vaccine and diagnostic kits, a source said on Saturday. According to the source, of the total 31 […]
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New Delhi: As schools across the country reopened after the summer vacation, there are concerns among parents about their children getting infected with COVID-19 as a surge in cases was witnessed in parts of India. However, an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) scientist said that there are very low chances of COVID infection among […]
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New Delhi: The COVID-19 cases in India have crossed the 4,000-mark for the second time in the past four days on Sunday, as the country logged 4,270 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. On Friday, after nearly three months, the daily tally of COVID-19 cases in India had […]
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New Delhi: Amid Monkeypox cases being reported from some countries, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has directed the National Centre for Disease Control and the ICMR to keep a close watch on the situation, official sources said Friday. The Union health ministry has also directed airport and port health officers to be vigilant, they said. […]
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Hyderabad: The BA2 variant of the SARS-CoV-2, which is behind the recent surge of Covid infections in China, South Korea, Europe and US, has continued to remain the dominant strain in Telangana and in the country, based on the data from Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium (INSACOG). The genome sequencing of Covid samples by INSACOG, which […]
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New Delhi: India saw a single day rise of 1,088 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,38,016, while the active cases dipped to 10,870, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,21,736 with 26 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am […]
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New Delhi: Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals has submitted the phase-II and phase-III trials data of India’s first mRNA COVID vaccine to the regulator Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Friday, said sources. The company has also developed an Omicron-specific vaccine which will be tested on humans for efficacy and immunogenicity. Earlier the DG, Indian Council […]
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New Delhi: The ICMR’s National Task Force for Covid-19 has decided against including antiviral drug Molnupiravir in the Clinical Management Protocol for Covid as of now, official sources said on Tuesday. The experts of the task force cited safety concerns and argued that Molnupiravir was not of much benefit in Covid treatment to arrive at […]
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Hyderabad: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has announced that it will provide Tenecteplase, a life-saving drug used in the treatment of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) patients, free of cost to visiting devotees during emergencies. TTD Additional Executive Officer A.V. Dharma Reddy released the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-approved drug at Ram Bagaicha Primary Health […]
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Hyderabad: City-based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and State government are all set to launch a state-wide SARS-COV-2 sero-survey from Tuesday. The survey will be conducted among general population and healthcare workers, in all the districts of Telangana and aims to assess the extent of community spread of the infection in the state. The sero-prevalence […]
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Hyderabad: Director, National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Dr R Hemalatha presented the first Tulpule Awards in the senior and junior categories to Dr Bharati Kulkarni, Scientist F and Head, Clinical Division and Dr Paras Sharma, Scientist C, Food Chemistry Division respectively for their contributions to nutritional and health sciences, a press release said. The Tulpule […]
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New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has designed a diagnostic kit for detection of Omicron variant of the coronavirus and has invited Expression of Interest from in vitro diagnostics (IVD) kit manufacturers for undertaking transfer of technology for its development and commercialisation. The ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, NE, Dibrugarh, one of the […]
