BUNIA, Congo — Congo’s Ebola outbreak has topped 11,000 cases, the government said Wednesday, a stark figure that underscores the severity of the situation as the country grapples with the relentless spread of the disease. According to the latest health ministry data, 11,042 people have been infected with the deadly virus that has now killed […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday inaugurated a dedicated block housing 20 state-of-the-art operation theatres at the AIIMS, Jammu, saying the facility would reduce the need for patients to seek advanced medical treatment outside the Union Territory. Speaking to reporters after the inauguration, the minister of state in the Prime Minister’s office described […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has sanctioned a 5 per cent annual increment for eligible contractual employees engaged under the National Health Mission (NHM) for the financial year 2026–27, Health Minister Sakina Itoo said on Saturday. In a post on X, the minister said the decision fulfils the government’s promise and recognises the […]
SRINAGAR — Union Health Minister J P Nadda on Thursday said AIIMS Awantipora in south Kashmir is expected to commence Outpatient Department (OPD) services before December 2026, with inpatient (IPD) services and academic activities scheduled to begin in July 2027. In a post on X, Nadda said he reviewed the progress and operational readiness of […]
WASHINGTON — The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a low-cost version of a twice-yearly HIV prevention shot, bringing the breakthrough drug closer to market in low-income countries. The tentative approval was announced by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, the Indian maker of the generic version of lenacapavir, and by Unitaid, a global health initiative. […]
BUNIA, Congo — Deaths in Congo’s Ebola outbreak have topped 5,000 as the country grapples with the relentless spread of the disease and cases are recorded in other African countries, the latest government data on Saturday shows. Data from the Congolese Ministry of Health showed that the disease has killed 5,026 people out of 10,351 […]
BUNIA, Congo — The fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 10,000 confirmed cases, government data showed Tuesday, as health authorities race to slow the spread of the disease in multiple African countries. It is the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history and nearly half of the 10,060 confirmed to have the virus have died, according […]
LAGOS — The World Health Organization warned Thursday that Africa faced a “complex” Ebola outbreak after the virus crossed from east Africa to Nigeria, marking the first case in the west of the continent. Nigeria on Tuesday had announced an imported case of the Bundibugyo strain, currently causing a major Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic […]
BHADERWAH — Dengue cases continue to rise in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, with over 190 laboratory-confirmed cases requiring hospitalisation reported at Government Medical College Doda. The surge in cases prompted authorities to seek assistance from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology (NIV) to strengthen surveillance and identify […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government informed the Assembly that 22 doctor posts and 144 paramedical and other staff posts are vacant in health institutions across Shopian district, while Kulgam has 27 vacant doctor posts and 222 vacancies among paramedical and other staff. The information, according to the news agency Kashmir News Observer, was […]