Health
Indian children asked to blow whistle on open defecation
Children armed with whistles will soon be patrolling villages in central India to try to shame those defecating in the open, a report said Sunday.
Nov 2, 2014
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Skilled health workforce in India does not meet WHO recommended threshold
The skilled health workforce in India does not meet the minimum threshold of 22.8 skilled workers per 10,000 population recommended by the World Health Organisation, shows research published today in the online journal BMJ ...
May 27, 2019
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Vaccination
India to start mammoth vaccination drive on January 16
India will launch one of the world's most ambitious coronavirus vaccination drives next Saturday, aiming to reach 300 million people by July, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced.
Jan 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Virus, what virus? India gets back to work
India is on course to top the world in coronavirus cases, but from Maharashtra's whirring factories to Kolkata's thronging markets, people are back at workâand eager to forget the pandemic for festival season.
Oct 20, 2020
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India extends COVID-19 boosters to all adults; some must pay
India began offering booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine to all adults on Sunday but limited free shots at government centers to front-line workers and people over age 60.
Apr 10, 2022
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Abandoned asbestos mines still a hazard in India
Asbestos waste spills in a gray gash down the flank of a lush green hill above tribal villages in eastern India. Three decades after the mines were abandoned, nothing has been done to remove the enormous, hazardous piles ...
Dec 22, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Swine flu outbreak in India raises concern
Since December, an outbreak of swine flu in India has killed more than 1,200 people, and a new MIT study suggests that the strain has acquired mutations that make it more dangerous than previously circulating strains of H1N1 ...
Mar 11, 2015
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BioNTech co-founder 'confident' vaccine works against Indian variant
BioNTech co-founder Ugur Sahin on Wednesday voiced confidence that the vaccine that his company jointly developed with Pfizer works against the Indian variant of the coronavirus.
Apr 28, 2021
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India records over 400,000 COVID cases in 24 hours: official data
India recorded on Saturday over 400,000 new COVID cases in 24 hours for the first time, the first country to do so in the pandemic, official data showed.
May 1, 2021
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At UN, India vows to help produce virus vaccine for world
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to help the world produce and deliver potential coronavirus vaccines while making no mention Saturday of the heavy toll the pandemic has taken on his own country, where the enormous ...
Sep 26, 2020
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