Health

Maharashtra Food Poisoning: 40 hostel students fall ill after meal in Nandurbar; 25 hospitalised

Forty hostel students fell ill after a meal in Nandurbar, with five requiring ICU care. What contaminated the food, and who will be held responsible after the lab reports arrive?

Health Alert: High-alcohol medicines to need licence, doctor’s prescription under new rules

The Centre has tightened norms for medicinal formulations containing more than 12% ethyl alcohol, making them licence-based and prescription-only to curb misuse while ensuring access for genuine patients.

Telangana Food Poisoning: 26 students fall ill after breakfast at tribal residential school

Twenty-six students fell ill after breakfast at a Telangana tribal residential school, triggering concern over food safety and hospital facilities.

Maharashtra FDA Warns Against 3 Beauty Creams After Tests Detect Excessive Mercury, Lead Levels

Do you use skin-lightening or beauty creams? Maharashtra FDA has flagged three popular products after tests found dangerous levels of mercury and lead. Here’s why consumers have been asked to stop using them immediately.

Delhi Food Scam Exposed: Expired branded products sold as fresh after expiry date tampering

Delhi Police uncovered a large-scale racket involving expired branded food products being relabelled and sold as fresh items. Seven people were arrested and goods worth over Rs 20 lakh were seized in the operation.

Rajasthan bans specific batch of Bupivacaine injection used in surgeries, C-sections

A batch of Bupivacaine injection commonly used during Caesarean deliveries and surgeries has been suspended across Rajasthan after patients in Hyderabad suffered severe reactions. Here’s why.

Why Common Infections Are Becoming Harder to Treat: Doctor warns of antibiotic resistance crisis

Doctors are now warning that this protection is weakening. Across the world, many bacterial infections that were once easy to treat are no longer responding to commonly used antibiotics. This growing threat is known as antimicrobial resistance, or AMR.

Three Children Gone in Two Days: Jharkhand faces alarming cerebral malaria outbreak

Three children have died in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum as cerebral malaria cases rise sharply. Authorities launched mass screening across villages, while over 20 patients remain under treatment at Jamshedpur hospital.

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo tops 1,200 cases; Death toll reaches 321

According to the report, released on Friday (local time), 148 patients have recovered, while 419 patients are in isolation or receiving hospital care. Health authorities also identified 265 suspected cases, including 77 deaths.

Can Tamil Nadu reach every child? Mega pulse polio drive begins

Tamil Nadu is set to begin its annual Pulse Polio Immunisation Campaign, targeting over 52 lakh children below five years as the state strengthens efforts to maintain protection against the infectious disease.