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Health Ministry’s surveillance programme reported 50 deaths in 2023, while Registrar-General recorded 271 fatalities the same year; however, ICMR study says 5,726 people die of rabies annually
Read article →Pike remains in critical condition, her lawyers said, two days after the state administered two doses of pentobarbital but failed to kill her.
Read article →When people are uprooted from their language, culture and communities, distress can deepen in ways clinical care alone may not address. Suicide prevention must therefore draw on the collective strengths and knowledge of Adivasi communities themselves
Read article →Rani Vanvasi, a 20-year-old pregnant woman gave birth on the roadside outside government district hospital in Bhadohi on September 29, after she was allegedly denied admission for delivery; the victim’s family also alleged that hospital staff failed to provide timely treatment and did not admit her.
Read article →9-year-old was admitted to a private hospital with persistent abdominal pain and vomiting. Scans revealed severe intestinal obstruction, and a subsequent endoscopy confirmed a large mass of hair accumulated in stomach and small intestine
Read article →He describes such reports as ‘media creation’ and maintains that adequate stocks are available in government hospitals
Read article →Thirty-seven had already developed Grade-2 disability at diagnosis, raising questions over delayed detection and continuing transmission
Read article →The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India said the sample, collected from Bharat Hotels Ltd (The Lalit) in Connaught Place, has been declared non-compliant under the FSS Act, 2006
Read article →A Stanford University experiment called ‘xenocortication’ lets human brain tissue develop inside a living mouse, offering a novel way to study the developing human brain and, potentially, how disease develops. It also raises new ethical questions about how far such experiments should go
Read article →The researchers examined four broad dimensions of adult temperament - negative affectivity, extraversion/surgency, effortful control and orienting sensitivity - along with adverse childhood experiences
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