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Thailand detected its second case of the coronavirus on Friday. The latest patient was from China’s central city of Wuhan, which has reported 41 cases of pneumonia potentially linked to the new type of virus. read more

The committee is expected to take a call on the option of permitting a single parent to have children through a surrogate. The permission will bring it in consonance with the adoption law that allows a single parent to adopt. read more

The NMC Act, which seeks to usher in mega reforms in the medical education sector, received the assent of the president on August 8 and was published the same day. read more

India has the highest annual incidence of TB in the world as well as the highest TB-related mortality. An estimated one million cases of TB go unreported in India every year. More than one million women and girls are diagnosed with TB in India every... read more

The CPWD, which operates under the Union housing and urban affairs ministry, carries out several development projects of the Centre and a number of state governments. Read on to know more... read more

Aggressive case identification and reporting has improved resulting in the number of notified TB patients increasing by 18% in 2018 (21,55,894) as compared to 2017 (18,27,959). read more

The unadjusted prevalence of hypertension in Punjab is 35.7% (men 41%, women 25.4%) against the prevalence in India which is 25.3% read more

Union Health Ministry has asked the Central Institute Body (CIB) of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to review and examine the tuition fee of students and also to fix inform user charges for patients in all medical institutes. read more

Parliament’s science and technology panel — in the first report of all the panels of the current Lok Sabha — has also recommended that the government should have a “robust mechanism to check the prices” of cancer medicines read more

The BoG, which is vested with the powers of the MCI, has now initiated consultations with states and sought their suggestions for framing draft guidelines for the fee structure. read more

The commission will have four autonomous boards, including a Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) to assess medical colleges and develop a system of ranking to help the students make an informed choice. read more

About 87% children are covered under the government’s universal immunisation programme (UIP), which is a significant jump from the national average of 70% in 2014. read more

All devices, including instruments, apparatus, appliances and implants, whether used alone or in combination for various purposes like diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of any disease, investigation, replacement or modification... read more

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi conducted the survey on behalf of the health ministry to know the exact number of people who suffer from blindness and causes that lead to the condition. read more

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the digital platform will provide oral health information gathered from authentic scientific resources and connect the people to timely advise for managing any dental emergency or oral health problem. read more