in-hotdailynews: 2015-03-24 India Health

More needs to be done to control TB, says Nadda
The Hindu
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare J.P. Nadda on Monday said India, which has 2.2 million new cases of TB identified every year, has come a long way in TB control, but there is still more ground to cover. Referring to the high burden of TB in the ...

Seeking Solutions to a Global Health Crisis   TheParliamentMagazine.eu

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TB patients growing resistant to drugs?
Hindustan Times
Tuberculosis (TB) and its more virulent strains such as multiple drug resistant (MDR) and extremely drug resistant (XDR) have become major health concerns. In 2013, there were 145 cases of XDR TB in the state and Mumbai reported 112 cases. In 2014 the ...

Godrej, Aamir ask PM to treat it as a 'national crisis'   Times of India
Can India defeat tuberculosis and save three lakh lives?   Daily News & Analysis
Seminar on TB   The Hindu
Huffington Post India
NYOOOZ
Science 2.0
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Sale of Gutka to be non-bailable offence in Maharashtra
Hindustan Times
The Maharashtra government on Monday said that those involved in the sale of gutka would be booked under non-bailable sections regarding the offence. The manufacture and sale of gutka is banned in Maharashtra, but it is not implemented effectively as ...

Sale of gutka to be non-bailable offence   The Hindu
Soon, no bail for gutka sellers   The Asian Age
10-year rigorous imprisonment for gutka possession or sale in state   Times of India
NDTV
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DRL In Pact with Hetero to Sell Hepatitis C Drug
The New Indian Express
HYDERABAD: The country's second largest drug maker Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd (DRL) has signed a pact with Hetero Drugs to sell Hepatitis C drug — Sofosbuvir tablets in 400 mg — in India. The drug will be sold under the Resof brand and is used for the ...

Dr Reddy's, Hetero tie up for hepatitis-C drug   mydigitalfc.com
Dr Reddy's to sell Hetero's hep C drug in India under its own brand   Business Standard
Dr Reddy's to launch Hepatitis C drug in India   Jagran Post
Livemint
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Government launches media campaign to educate masses on immunisation
Daily News & Analysis
The government on Monday launched a major 15-day media campaign to educate the masses on immunisation, ahead of implementing its ambitious health programme 'Mission Indradhanush' in April. The government on Monday launched a major 15-day ...

Immunise All Kids, Urges Minister   The New Indian Express
Govt launches mega campaign on immunization drive   Times of India
Government launches mission Indradhanush to vaccinate all children   Hindustan Times
Zee News
Business Standard
Economic Times
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15 more succumb to swine flu; 32482 affected in total
Daily News & Analysis
Fifteen more persons succumbed to swine flu as the toll from the disease touched 1,926 and the number of cases today rose to 32,482 in the country. Sharing the data as on March 22, the Union Health Ministry said that in Gujarat, which is one of the ...

One more positive of Swine Flu   KanglaOnline
77-year-old man from South Africa becomes 34th victim of swine flu in Mumbai   Mid-Day
One more swine flu death in Chhattisgarh   Times of India
Business Standard
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World body urges India to resist tobacco industry pressure
Times of India
MUMBAI: The World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) has urged countries including India, Pakistan and Nepal - that are planning to implement adopt stricter tobacco control regulation, to stand firm against the tobacco industry pressure.
Pakistan, Nepal urge India to issue bigger cigarette pack warnings   Economic Times
Examine tobacco effects on Indians, says House panel   The Indian Express
Pictorial warnings on tobacco packs: Health minister given petition with over ...   Daily News & Analysis
Eastern Mirror
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UPDATE 1-US developing bird flu vaccine, no distribution plans yet
Reuters
(Adds comment from Zoetis Inc, paragraph 9). By Tom Polansek. CHICAGO, March 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. government is developing a vaccine to protect poultry from new strains of avian flu that have recently killed birds from Arkansas to Washington state.
New bird flu strain making rounds   Chillicothe Gazette
Bird flu, threat to Nigeria's economy —Farmers   Nigerian Tribune
US developing bird flu vaccine, no plans to distribute it yet   Channel News Asia
Yibada (English Edition)
WHBL Sheboygan
Times of India
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Hepatitis C incidence traced to unsafe use of needles
The Hindu
Unsafe use of needles is driving the spread of hepatitis C in Telangana's Khammam district and East Godavari in Andhra Pradesh, the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG) has found. At the sidelines of AIG's hepatitis C virus (HCV) awareness portal ...

Governor Pitches for Common Price Structure in Hospitals, Slams 'Meaningless ...   The New Indian Express
New Hepatitis C portal launched in Hyderabad   Deccan Chronicle
Guv launches portal for Hepatitis C patients   The Hans India
Hindu Business Line
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Raunchy biker couple from MP fined after images go viral
Hindustan Times
Photographs of the couple on social media like Whatspp and Facebook showed the man driving the bike, while his female partner, wearing a skirt, lying sprawled in front of him on the motorcycle tank, straddling the rider with her hips. (Photo: Twitter) ...

MP Couple fined for 'indecent' driving in Goa   Press Trust of India
Cops use Facebook to arrest traffic law violators   Times of India
Couple from MP fined for 'vulgur' bike ride in Goa   Goa News
ABP News
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