New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee have developed HyEco — a first-of-its-kind integrated flood-water quality modelling platform which shows how potential disease-causing microbes can travel in floodwaters and where people are most at risk of getting affected.This novel framework, which also predicts how urban flood waters will spread across a city, was tested during the 2023 Delhi floods.The results were alarming; over 60 per cent of flooded…

Kochi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Kerala government on Wednesday informed the High Court that it has constituted a Grievance Redressal Committee under the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2018.The submission was made before a division bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji, as it heard a writ petition seeking enforcement of safety standards in public medical facilities.The plea was filed in the wake of the recent collapse of a bathroom building at the Kott…

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) In a bid to revolutionise biomedical and clinical diagnostics research, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi on Wednesday inaugurated a Biosafety Level 3 (BSL3) facility.The new facility will facilitate research on diagnostic devices and therapeutics for class-3 pathogens, marking the first such initiative among leading educational institutions in India.The achievement represents a major stride in India’s biomedical research capabilities and reaffirms IIT Del…

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) A diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids is not only good for adults, but also crucial to ward off the development of shortsightedness (myopia) in children, according to a global study.Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (ω-3 PUFAs), which can only be obtained from the diet — found predominantly in fish oils — are thought to improve or prevent several chronic eye conditions, including dry eye disease and age-related macular degeneration.But whether they can help ward off my…

Malappuram (Kerala), Aug 20 (IANS) An 11-year-old girl from Chelari in Malappuram district of Kerala has been diagnosed with amoebic meningitis, also known as brain-eating amoeba, a rare but often fatal brain infection, on Wednesday.The child, who tested positive in a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test conducted earlier this week, is undergoing intensive treatment at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital in north Kerala and is currently on a ventilator, health officials said.She was admitted to t…

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) The Ayush industry is steadily moving towards the $200 billion target, said Prataprao Jadhav, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for the Ministry of Ayush.He said this while chairing the first Parliamentary Consultative Committee Meeting for the Ministry of Ayush in the national capital.Jadhav highlighted that for the first time since the Ministry of Ayush became an independent ministry in 2014 under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a dedicated Par…

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Ayurveda’s child-care system can build Swasth Balak and Swasth Bharat (a healthy child and healthy India), said Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Ayush, Prataprao Jadhav. The Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth (RAV), an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Ayush, organised the 30th national seminar under the theme “Management of Illness and Wellness in Paediatrics through Ayurveda”.The two-day seminar aimed to advance holistic paediatric …

Agartala, Aug 19 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Tuesday stressed the need to raise awareness on organ donation and said more messages should be conveyed to society in this regard Saha, a doctor turned politician, said that kidney transplants are now being successfully done in the state. While inaugurating a voluntary blood donation camp, organised by the State BJP Legal Cell in Agartala, the Chief Minister said that there is no greater donation than blood donation and along wit…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 19 (IANS) HLL Lifecare Limited, the country’s premier public sector healthcare enterprise under the Union Health Ministry, will represent India at the 25th FIGO World Congress of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, to be held in South Africa’s Cape Town from October 5 to 9.HLL will be the only government company to take part in the prestigious global platform, showcasing its innovations in women’s health and family planning at Booth No 23 in the Cape Town International Conven…

Tokyo, Aug 19 (IANS) A total of 135 people in Japan have been diagnosed with a potentially fatal tick-borne disease so far in 2025, figures from a national health research body revealed on Tuesday, local media reported. Preliminary data from the Japan Institute for Health Security revealed that cases of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, or SFTS, surpassed the previous record of 134 people in 2023. Over 10 people have been confirmed to have died of the viral infectious disease in 2025,…