SRINAGAR — With the approval of India’s first indigenously developed Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday urged parents to get their children vaccinated against HPV to prevent several types of cancers. “We have an amazing opportunity to prevent certain types of cancers in future generations through HPV vaccination,” said DAK President […]
URI — The samples of two suspected Monkeypox cases from Uri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district have turned negative, officials said here on Wednesday. Block medical officer Boniyar Dr Parvaiz Masoodi told that samples of two persons that were sent to SKIMS Microbiology lab for screening have returned negative for monkeypox. Earlier, he had […]
SRINAGAR — At least 30 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) were reported in Kashmir so far with 100 percent recovery. A top health official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that all the 30 infected recovered and no fresh case was reported in the last few days. The official, wishing not […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesday accorded sanction to be the shifting of the CD hospital to GB Panth hospital after assessing functionality of all vital aspects. According to an order issued by Principal Medical College Srinagar, CD hospital shall be utilized as infectious disease hospital. “Consequent upon the shifting of GB Panth […]
SRINAGAR — As Chest Diseases hospital in Srinagar has switched over to online registration at OPD, patients on Monday alleged that they have to suffer a lot owing to online registration and prescription system at the hospital. Reports reaching to the news agency Kashmir News Observer said that scores of patients held a protest demonstration […]
SRINAGAR — Deputy Drug Controller Kashmir division, Nighat Andrabi on Friday said that people need not panic as the cough syrups, regarding which the World Health Organization had issued an alert, as the same were manufactured for Gambia only. Andrabi said that the four products were not manufactured for Kashmir or India, but they were […]
LOS ANGELES — Cigarette smoking is associated with an increased risk of viral infection, including a coronavirus and respiratory illness, according to a study. The findings, published recently in the Nicotine and Tobacco Research journal, support urgent recommendations for doctors to help patients quit smoking as a way of countering COVID-19. The researchers from the […]
GENEVA — The World Health Organization on Wednesday issued an alert for four “contaminated” India-made medicines, chiefly for paediatric use, identified in the west African nation of The Gambia and found to contain chemicals that are toxic and potentially fatal after 66 child deaths. “WHO has today issued a medical product alert for four contaminated […]
SRINAGAR — Amid the panic that hand foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is spreading among children, doctors in Kashmir say there is nothing to worry and the viral infection is common and does not need any treatment. President Doctors Association Kashmir and flu expert Dr Nisar Ul Hassan told news agency Kashmir News Observer that […]
SRINAGAR — The much-awaited 500-bed Children Hospital in Bemina area of Srinagar will be made functional from September 26, officials said here on Thursday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that all machinery and other equipment have been shifted to the hospital and it will be made functional from Monday. He said […]