Health Department
-
Cough syrup tragedy: Death count reaches 15 after new fatality in Chhindwara; Punjab bans medicine
India | Oct 07, 2025, 02:57 PM ISTGoa, Gurgaon, Karnataka, Jharkhand and Maharashtra are also among those that have banned the sale, distribution or use of Coldrif Syrup. In Kerala, the health department issued a directive that children under 12 should not be given any medicine without a doctor’s prescription.
-
Trump administration highlights: US President likely to make major announcement on Autism
World | Sep 23, 2025, 03:04 PM ISTAutism is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how a person communicates, interacts and experiences the world. It often includes differences in social skills, repetitive behaviors and sensory sensitivities.
-
Punjab officials raid unhygienic momo factory, find severed dog's head in fridge
India | Mar 18, 2025, 07:58 PM ISTPunjab health officials raided a momo factory in Mohali, discovering shocking unhygienic conditions and a severed dog’s head in a fridge. The unit had been supplying food across Chandigarh and nearby areas for over two years.
-
Trump nominates Kolkata-born scientist Jay Bhattacharya to lead health dept | Who is he?
World | Nov 27, 2024, 11:13 AM ISTAccording to Trump, Bhattacharya is a Health Policy professor at Stanford University, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, the Freeman Spogli Institute, and the Hoover Institution.
-
Bengal govt suspends Sandip Ghosh, ex-principal of RG Kar Hospital, medical council follows suit
Kolkata | Sep 03, 2024, 11:20 PM ISTSandip Ghosh has been suspended by both the West Bengal Health Department and the West Bengal Medical Council. These actions underscore the seriousness of the issues surrounding Ghosh's conduct, leading to his removal from professional duties.
-
Chandipura virus: Gujarat reports 13 new suspected cases, five fatalities
Gujarat | Jul 21, 2024, 10:52 PM ISTWith the latest cases, the tally of confirmed and suspected cases has reached 84. Meanwhile, the death toll for confirmed and suspected cases has gone up to 32.
-
Karnataka: Two medical students test positive for cholera, health department on alert
Karnataka | Apr 07, 2024, 01:31 PM ISTThe Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Department on Friday said that six confirmed cases of cholera have been reported in the state so far this year.
-
Nipah Virus: Kerala Health department to strengthen contact tracing, find source of infection
India | Sep 06, 2021, 11:21 AM ISTThe Chathamangalam Panchayat and adjacent areas are completely cordoned off after the boy was found infected with Nipah virus.
-
Health Department will conduct 50,000 random tests in Guwhati city: Sarma
India | Jun 13, 2020, 08:20 PM ISTThe Health Department will conduct 50,000 random tests in Guwahati city following the recent spike in COVID-19 positive cases, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.
-
COVID-19: Andhra Health Department official drinks sanitiser, mistaking it for water
India | Apr 10, 2020, 04:50 PM ISTA Health Department official in Andhra Pradesh on Friday took ill after consuming a sanitiser, mistaking it for drinking water.
-
3 women in health deparment suspended for dance video gone viral
India | Jul 27, 2019, 08:39 PM ISTThree women employees have been suspended for indiscipline as they had allegedly shot a video of them performing to some songs, which has gone viral, a senior official said.
-
53 children die of AES in north Bihar in 10 days
India | Jun 11, 2019, 10:05 PM ISTSome 53 deaths have been reported in the past 10 days, though the state Health Department has confirmed only 11 deaths of suspected AES during this period. Official figures put the number of reported AES cases this year at 48, up from 40 reported cases last year.
-
Bihar govt confirms 11 deaths; says 10 of them victims of hypoglycemia, not AES
India | Jun 10, 2019, 10:59 PM ISTBihar's health department on Monday confirmed the death of 11 children in the state this month and 10 of them were victims of hypoglycemia, and not Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) as reported in the media.
-
New Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy hikes Asha workers' salary to Rs 10,000
India | Jun 04, 2019, 08:11 AM ISTJagan expressed that he was surprised to see the pathetic condition in government hospitals during the last five years.
-
Not invited for Beti Bachao programme: Haryana Health Minister
National | Jul 21, 2015, 01:48 PM ISTChandigarh: Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, who courted controversy after questioning the state government's move to rope in actress Parineeti Chopra for 'Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao' initiative, today claimed he has not been invited to a
-
Delhi's private labs and hospitals cashing in on swine flu fear
India | Feb 18, 2015, 07:34 PM ISTNew Delhi: With a total of 624 deaths in the last 50 days, the fear of swine flu has swelled to epidemic proportions. In February 2015 alone over 300 people have died from the swine
-
After two deaths, UP wakes up to swine flu threat
India | Jan 17, 2015, 12:28 PM ISTLucknow: After two swine flu deaths in the state capital in the last four days, health department officials on Saturday admitted that the state was facing acute shortage of Tamiflu, the medicine used for treating
-
Second swine flu death in Lucknow
India | Jan 16, 2015, 01:01 PM ISTLucknow: Swine flu has claimed its second victim in Uttar Pradesh in two days, sending alarm bells ringing in the health department and the state government.The second death was reported from the from Command Army
-
10 new swine flu cases reported in Delhi
India | Jan 14, 2015, 07:57 AM ISTNew Delhi: The national capital on Tuesday reported 10 new cases of swine flu, taking the total to 61 this year, a health official said.According to the health department, the new cases were of four
-
SC issues notice to Tripura govt for procuring sub-standard medicines by health department
India | Mar 03, 2014, 07:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court today issued a notice to Tripura government on a PIL seeking a CBI probe in alleged gross “irregularities and illegalities” in procuring sub-standard medicines by its health department. A bench,