Geneva, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) A large-scale vaccination campaign to fight a polio outbreak in the Gaza Strip is set to begin on September 1, announced the World Health Organisation (WHO) representative for the occupied Palestinian…
Chandigarh, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda on Friday said about 20,000 posts were lying vacant in health services in the state. “There is a shortage of 14,000 doctors in hospitals. About…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Finding it hard to spare 30 minutes for a walk outside? A bout of squats every 45 minutes may help counter the effects of prolonged sitting, according to an expert…
Gaborone, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Four children, aged between three and nine, have died from diarrhoea in August alone, Botswana health authorities said. On Thursday, Christopher Nyanga, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, said the…
Seoul, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The South Korean government plans to inject 400 billion won ($294 million) next year to improve trainee doctor schemes, a presidential committee on medical reform said on Friday, amid a protracted…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) India must be prepared for another Covid-19 outbreak, said an expert on Friday, amid rise in cases in several countries including the US and South Korea. According to estimates from…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cardiovascular-disease (CVD) is responsible for deaths among two in three people with a high body mass index (BMI), according to a study. The study comes as the global prevalence of…
Beijing, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Beijing will extend the original 10-minute break between classes for compulsory education to 15 minutes starting this autumn semester, local education authorities announced on Friday. The move aims to provide teachers…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Union Health Ministry on Friday urged people to adopt organ donation as a way of life, to help provide a new lease of life to hundreds of people with…
Patna, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Dengue cases in Patna have been increasing for the past few days, with 15 to 20 patients being admitted to hospitals daily, said officials here. The city marked the season’s first…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Doctors in Gurugram have successfully treated a 60-year-old woman who was suffering from paralysis in both legs due to a significant spinal tumour. The patient had initially sought treatment at…
Kinshasa, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) decided to allocate $10 million to contain the mpox outbreak. The announcement came after DRC President Felix Tshisekedi met with visiting WHO Director-General Tedros…
Seoul, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea’s presidential committee on medical reform said on Friday it has proposed increasing cost coverage rates by the state health insurance system in essential medical fields within three years. The…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than half of the world’s population does not consume enough calcium, iron, or vitamins C and E, according to a new study. The study, published in the Lancet journal,…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) A team of Finnish researchers has developed a new suite of methods to test for the antivirulence and antibacterial effect of hundreds of unknown compounds from the Arctic Sea. The…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Efforts led by the government to curb tuberculosis (TB) in India has led to a 16 per cent decline in incidences, while deaths have been lowered by 18 per cent,…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Managing abortion at home using pills is safe and may ease hospital burden, claimed a study published in The Lancet journal on Friday. The randomised controlled trial of 435 women…
United Nations, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Israel and Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in the Gaza Strip for the polio vaccination campaign, a World Health Organization (WHO) official has said….
Jaipur, August 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Bagde on Thursday pressed the need for natural farming in Bikaner, claiming that incurable diseases like cancer are increasing due to the indiscriminate use of chemical fertilisers. Addressing…
Faridabad, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) A whopping 75 per cent of corneal blindness cases in India are untreated due to lack of eye donors, said an expert on Thursday. Corneal blindness is the second leading cause…