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October 6, 2026 12:26 PM
India’s national telemedicine service eSanjeevani has crossed the milestone of 50 crore teleconsultations, marking a major expansion of digital healthcare services across the country. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the platform crossed the landmark on September 15, 20...
October 6, 2026 9:44 AM
A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances, prompting authorities to quarantine dozens of people and the head of Russia's health watchdog to fly to the Irkutsk region. The death has sparked public health fears on social media, but th...
October 5, 2026 3:24 PM
Scientists Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics," the award-giving body said on Monday. Karl Deisseroth, a 54-year-old American, Hegemann, a 71-year-old German, and Ge...
October 1, 2026 12:16 PM
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare organised a voluntary cleanliness drive, or Shramdaan, under the ‘Swachhata Hi Seva 2026’ campaign near Gate No. 3 of Kartavya Bhavan-1 on Dr Rajendra Prasad Marg in New Delhi. Dr Rajiv Bahl, Secretary, Department of Health Research and Direct...
September 30, 2026 10:11 PM
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare J.P. Nadda on Wednesday highlighted the expansion of India’s primary healthcare network, noting that around 1.86 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs are bringing comprehensive primary healthcare closer to communities. Addressing the World Congress of Gastroent...
September 30, 2026 3:42 PM
India’s Ayush services sector has emerged as one of the country’s fastest-growing service segments, with its economic contribution estimated at US$36.92 billion in FY2024-25, according to a new study by the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). The sector recorded a 16...
September 29, 2026 4:22 PM
A heart problem does not always announce itself with dramatic chest pain. Sometimes it can remain unnoticed until a heart attack or stroke occurs. This hidden nature of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is at the centre of World Heart Day 2026, being observed on September 29 with the World Heart Federati...
September 28, 2026 3:52 PM
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday said the first kidney transplant surgery in the state was successfully conducted at the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), here. The CM described the procedure as a major milestone in Arunachal Pradesh's healthcare jou...
September 28, 2026 3:51 PM
A large multicentre clinical trial has found that daily use of a standardised Ashwagandha root extract for 24 weeks was well tolerated, with no evidence of treatment-related liver or kidney injury. The study, published in Frontiers in Medicine on August 20, 2026, involved 1,200 apparently healt...
September 28, 2026 2:27 PM
The government is providing health security through the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) to 25 crore people, Union Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Monday, highlighting the scale of the country’s social security and welfare programmes. Speaking at the CII-EF...
