Dhaka, June 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) Bangladesh will conduct a week-long special campaign from June 4 to expedite the inoculation with Covid-19 booster doses. People aged 18 years and above, who have received their second dose of…
New Delhi, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday released a pocket book on standard treatment guidelines for substance use disorders and behavioural addictions, and a mobile app ‘Addiction-Rx’ on the occasion of…
New Delhi, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi on Tuesday saw its Covid tally rise again, at 373 cases in the last 24 hours, against 212 recorded on previous day, as well as reporting one more death,…
New Delhi, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Most common cancer among male in India is oral cancer which is mainly caused by the use of smokeless form of tobacco, said Dr Abhishek Shankar, Associate Professor, Department of…
New Delhi, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) In view of the increasing number of Monkeypox cases being reported from the non-endemic countries, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday issued ‘Guidelines on Management of Monkeypox Disease’. The guidelines…
London, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Disruption to cardiac services during the Covid-19 pandemic has caused a “global collateral damage” that may have lasting ramifications, according to a study published on Tuesday. In the paper published in…
New York, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) US researchers have found an HIV drug that could help reverse memory loss in middle age, in a possible early intervention for dementia. Human brains rarely record single memories -…
New Delhi, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Centre to ban the sale of loose cigarettes, increase the age of smoking from 18 to…
New Delhi, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) There is no need to avoid LGBTQ+ parades, said the World Health Organisation (WHO), amid the recent outbreak of monkeypox virus with over 435 cases confirmed in nearly 24 countries…
New Delhi, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Bureau of India (PMBI) has for the first time crossed Rs 100 crore sales in the month of May. This is the implementing agency of…
New Delhi, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Pharmacy Council of India to accept and process the applications of new pharmacy colleges, which moved the high courts of Delhi and Karnataka…
Geneva, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) While tobacco is harmful for human health, it also causes severe damage to the environment. The costs of cleaning up littered tobacco products fall on taxpayers, particularly in countries like India,…
Bengaluru, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a bid to expose rampant smoking in public places, thousands of cigarette and bidi butts were collected by NSS volunteers, citizens and civil society organisations across the city. The collected…
Canberra, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The number of people hospitalised for Covid-19 in Australia’s capital Canberra has hit a new record high, authorities said on Tuesday. According to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Health Department, there…
Raichur (Karnataka), May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) One person was dead and 62 others, including 23 children, have been hospitalised after consuming contaminated water in Karnataka’s Raichur city. Superintendent of the Raichur Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS),…
Lucknow, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) A recent Global Youth Tobacco Survey-4 (GYTS) for Uttar Pradesh has found that children are just around nine-and-a-half years of age when they initiate cigarette smoking. Children even younger than that…
New Delhi, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) India reported 2,338 fresh Covid cases in a span of 24 hours, which is a decline from the previous day’s count of 2,706, the Union Ministry of Family and Health…
Los Angeles, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) As the United States marks the Memorial Day and celebrates the unofficial start of summer, the seven-day average for Covid-19 cases in the country is more than six times what…
London, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Health authorities in Britain issued new guidance to control the spread of the monkeypox virus in the country. The guidance, issued by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) as well as…
Beijing/Shanghai, May 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Two days ago, U-Town Mall in Beijing’s Chaoyang district welcomed a batch of eager shoppers after business had been suspended for weeks due to the latest Covid-19 flare-ups. “Many have phoned…