In a successful medical procedure, a 45-year-old Navi Mumbai man who had been experiencing avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head for the past year, underwent a total hip replacement surgery in Navi Mumbai. The patient, Mahesh Dhawalkar’s condition was a result of unmonitored steroid usage for managing Covid-19 infection. He had been s
20 December,2024 01:36 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentA case was registered at the Vidhana Soudha Police Station on Friday in connection with alleged irregularities in COVID-19 management. The case was registered on a complaint by Medical Education Department Chief Accounts Officer Dr M Vishnu Prasad against Dr P G Girish, government officer Raghu G P, non gazetted officer in the Health and Family We
14 December,2024 08:49 AM IST | Bengaluru | PTIAfter African countries struggled to get testing kits during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials vowed to make the continent less dependent on imported medical supplies. Now, in a first for Africa, a Moroccan company is filling orders for mpox tests as an outbreak continues. Moroccan startup Moldiag began developing mpox tests after the World Health
10 December,2024 08:29 AM IST | Morocco | AgenciesSARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic, remains in the skull and meninges for years after infection, leading to a long-lasting effect on the brain, according to a major German study. Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat (LMU) found that SARS-CoV-2 spike protein remains in the brain's protective lay
01 December,2024 01:01 PM IST | New Delhi | IANSIf not managed on time, diabetes can prove to be silent killer for many. As World Diabetes Day was observed on November 14, a study found that the Covid-19 pandemic has not only reshaped daily routines but also accelerated trends in diabetes and metabolic health causing alarming changes in disease onset age, weight gain and associated complica
15 November,2024 10:55 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentInfection caused by SARS-CoV-2, responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic, can raise the risk for developing dyslipidemia, or high cholesterol by almost 30 per cent, finds a study. The study, led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine involving more than 200,000 adults, showed that the abnormal lipid (fat) levels in the blood -- a major
03 November,2024 08:08 AM IST | Mumbai | IANS
According to the Global Tuberculosis Report 2024 released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on October 29, approximately 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in 2023—the highest number recorded since WHO began global monitoring in 1995. This is almost a 9 per cent increase from 7.5 million cases reported in 2022
01 November,2024 10:37 AM IST | Mumbai | Raaina JainLong-Covid -- continued illness post Covid-19 -- is common after other respiratory infections, according to a study. A team of researchers from the University of Oxford in the UK analysed data from 190,000 participants. They classified them into: people hospitalised with Covid and those hospitalised with other lower respiratory tract infections (L
28 October,2024 12:35 PM IST | Mumbai | IANSMumbai’s crime dynamics have evolved drastically over the past decade, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. The city, once plagued by the underworld, today grapples with a rise in sexual abuse cases and a wave of cybercrime. Policing experts say the rise in sexual violence among youth may be linked to the increasing use of social media, bu
20 October,2024 09:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar SharmaIndia restated its commitment of ensuring food security for its huge population through various programs at the United Nations, while also mentioning that around 250 million people have been free of poverty, ANI reported. Sneha Dubey, India's First Secretary at the United Nations conveyed India's statement at the General Discussion of the Second C
18 October,2024 10:45 AM IST | New York | mid-day online correspondentIn a major step towards enhancing marine biodiversity monitoring, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), in collaboration with the Mangrove and Marine Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Maharashtra, on Tuesday, October 15, launched JALCHAR, a mobile application dedicated to documenting sightings and strandings of marine mammals, birds, and o
15 October,2024 09:57 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
