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USE OF TB DRUGS ON CROPS
12, May 2020 | Science & Technology
Why in News? Registration Committee (RC) under the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIBRC) has recently recommended to ban the use of antibiotics streptomycin…
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SAFEGUARDS AGAINST CHEMICAL DISASTERS IN INDIA
09, May 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? Vizag gas leak tragedy has put the spotlight on the safeguards available against chemical disasters in India. Law before Bhopal Gas Tragedy:…
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STYRENE GAS LEAK IN VIZAK
08, May 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? A Gas Leak, Reminiscent of the 1984 Bhopal tragedy, has affected thousands of residents in five villages in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.…
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SILENT OR HAPPY HYPOXIA
07, May 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context: Recently, medical practitioners have reported a condition called silent or happy hypoxia, in which patients have extremely low blood oxygen levels, yet they do…
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BLOOD CLOTS CAUSED BY CORONAVIRUS
06, May 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? The doctors around the world have recently noticed a raft of clotting-related disorders in Covid-19 patients, which causes benign Skin lesions on…
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WHO RAISES CONCERN OVER USE OF BCG VACCINE
02, May 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros A Ghebreyesus and others highlight a few critical issues over the use of BCG vaccine for…
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HUMAN CHALLENGE TRIALS
30, Apr 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News: Recently, many people have volunteered to take part in the Human Challenge Trials (HCTs). It involves intentionally infecting volunteers with the novel…
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ICMR ASKS STATES TO STOP USING RAPID TESTS
22, Apr 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has directed the States not to use the COVID-19 rapid testing kits for the next…
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AAROGYA SETU APP MUST FOR LABOURERS, SAYS CPWD
21, Apr 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? Central government organisations involved in construction, were instructed by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to ensure that “all labour personnel/staff” returning…
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THE EXPORT BAN ON PARACETAMOL FORMULATION IS LIFTED
20, Apr 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News: Recently, the Centre has permitted the export of formulations (medicinal products) made from Paracetamol. However, the restriction on export of Paracetamol Active…
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COLOUR CODING TO MANAGE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
17, Apr 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? The government has decided to divide all districts across the country into hotspots, Non-hotspots and Green Zones. About the News: The health…
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ICMR RECOMMENDS TESTING OF POOLED SAMPLES
15, Apr 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently issued an advisory for using pooled samples for testing of COVID-19 in order to…
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DEPARTMENT OF PHARMA WARNS SCARCITY OF DRUGS AND MEDICAL DEVICES
13, Apr 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? Recently, the Department of Pharmaceuticals has warned of a Nationwide Shortage of Medicines and Medical Devices. About the News: It has urged…
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INDIA LIFTS BAN ON EXPORT OF HYDROXY-CHLOROQUINE
08, Apr 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? The Government of India has announced that it had rescinded its earlier ban on the export of malaria drug hydroxyl-chloroquine (HCQ), which…
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CYTOKINE STORM
07, Apr 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context: Cytokine storm is recently seen in news, which is feared as a compounding effect of COVID 19 About Cytokine Storm: It is an overproduction…
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WHY EVERYONE SHOULD WEAR MASKS?
06, Apr 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? Experts say that the pandemic can be slowed only by a lockdown as well as by ensuring universal Mask Use. What is…
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COVID-19 AND THE ORPHAN DRUG ACT
02, Apr 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? Despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declared…
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ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS SYNDROME (AES)
01, Apr 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context: Recently, the Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) returns in Bihar as toddler dies in Muzaffarpur. About AES: It is a basket term used for referring…
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INDIA JOINS WHO FOR SOLIDARITY TRIALS
30, Mar 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? India is all set to join the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Solidarity Trial which aims at rapid global search for drugs to…
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CONTROLLING COVID-19 THROUGH SOUTH KOREAN MODEL
30, Mar 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? The Korean Model, a vigorous regime of “trace, test, treat”, has shown remarkable results in controlling the spread of the novel coronavirus,…
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ANTIBODY KITS
28, Mar 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently invited manufacturers to supply 5 lakh antibody kits for diagnosis of COVID-19 infection.…
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ICMR RECOMMENDATIONS AND CAUTIONS OVER USE OF HYDROXY-CHLOROQUINE
25, Mar 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? The National Task force for COVID-19, constituted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has suggested the use of hydroxy-chloroquine to…
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COVID-19: STAGE BY STAGE PANDEMIC
24, Mar 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context: On the light of one of the greatest crisis, Pandemic COVID-19 across the globe, there are different stages of transmission that people need to…
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MAHARASHTRA TOPS IN ORGAN DONATION
18, Mar 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? Maharashtra has recently surpassed Tamil Nadu and Telangana and became the top performer in the field of organ donation. About: The Ministry…
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TACKLING COVID-19 THROUGH SOAPS
17, Mar 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? Guidelines by the World Health Organization, to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, specify that one of the ways to reduce the…
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ONE HEALTH CONCEPT
17, Mar 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? India has highlighted the ‘One Health policy’ to tackle the zoonotic diseases after it is facing the devastating COVID-19 outbreak. About One…
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COVID-19 NOW A PANDEMIC, SAYS WHO
12, Mar 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? WHO has recently announced COVID-19 as pandemic amidst of increasing outbreak in various countries. What is COVID-19? The COVID-19 is a disease…
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CORD BLOOD BANKING
10, Mar 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context: Cord Blood Banking is recently seen in news. Highlights Over the past decade, stem cell banking has been aggressively marketed even as its use…
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PRESENCE OF COLISTIN-RESISTANT BACTERIA OF FOOD ORIGIN IN THE GUT IS CAUSE FOR WORRY
02, Mar 2020 | Science & Technology
Why in News? Recently, a new study has found that the origin and spread of Colistin resistant bacteria in human gut is majorly on account…
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NAMING A DISEASE BY WHO
15, Feb 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? The World Health Organization officially announced COVID-19 as the name for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. This comes more than…
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MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS NOTIFIED AS DRUGS
13, Feb 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has recently notified that medical equipment would qualify as ‘drugs’ under Section 3 of the Drugs…
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FLAW OBSERVED IN PAPER CLAIMING CORONAVIRUS TRANSMISSION DURING INCUBATION PERIOD
06, Feb 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? A Correspondence published in the The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) about an asymptomatic Chinese woman infecting a German during the…
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LIVE ATTENUATED CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER VACCINE (IVRI-CSF-BS)
04, Feb 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? IVRI releases live attenuated Classical Swine Fever (CSF) cell culture vaccine (Indigenous strain). Highlights: Classical Swine Fever (CSF) is one of the…
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PARAQUAT POISONING
03, Feb 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? The use of herbicide Paraquat has killed more than hundreds of people in the last two years in Odisha’s Burla district leading…
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CHINA – EPICENTRE OF GLOBAL OUTBREAKS OF DISEASE
29, Jan 2020 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? Several deadly new viruses in recent years have emerged in China — Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), bird flu, and now the…
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CHINA PROPOSES TO TREAT ALZHEIMER’S WITH NEW DRUG
07, Nov 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? The recent announcement of China that a new drug meant to potentially treat Alzheimer’s disease, will be available to Chinese patients shortly. The drug…
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INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH RELEASES TWO DIAGNOSTIC KITS
16, Oct 2019 | Science & Technology
Why in News? Two diagnostic kits developed by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) under the ‘Make in India’…
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DRUG RANITIDINE FOUND TO HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF CARCINOGEN
26, Sep 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context- The Ranitidine drug has been found to have levels of a carcinogen above the US FDA prescri Background Ranitidine Hydrochloride capsules in the US…
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THE BURDEN OF RABIES, AND THE SHORTAGE OF VACCINES
05, Sep 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context: According to World Health Organisation (WHO) figures, India bears over a third of the global burden of rabies, and accounts for 59.9% of deaths…
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OXYTOCIN BAN
23, Aug 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context: The Supreme Court referred the matter to a larger bench to decide on whether it would be in public interest to impose a ban…
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TUBERCULOSIS VACCINES
01, Aug 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) launched India’s first large-scale trial for two new tuberculosis (TB) vaccines. Stats: As per the 2018 annual report…
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WHO GUIDELINES ON SELF-CARE INTERVENTIONS FOR HEALTH
01, Jul 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched its first guidelines on self-care interventions for health. More on News: The move came in response to…
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LITCHI AND ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS SYNDROME
26, Jun 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Litchi is being most commonly blamed for the Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) outbreak in Bihar. Research paper By Jacob states: Its main finding was that…
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Janani Suraksha Yojana
24, Jun 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is a safe motherhood intervention under the National Rural Health Mission (NHM). It is being implemented with the objective of reducing…
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Chikungunya Disease
24, Jun 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context: The Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), which functions under the Department of Biotechnology, has entered into a non•exclusive license for product commercialisation after having…
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GROWING HORNS’ WITH PHONE OVERUSE
22, Jun 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
New research in biomechanics suggests that young people are developing hornlike spikes at the back of their skulls — bone spurs caused by the forward…
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AWARE: A WHO TOOL FOR SAFER USE OF ANTIBIOTICS
21, Jun 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context: This is the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) prescription to combat the growing menace of antibiotic abuse and burgeoning resistance worldwide. About: WHO has suggested…
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ENCEPHALITIS.
16, Jun 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context-: Death toll of children rosed to 69 in Bihar due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome. UPSC questions based on Disease- Cause, Symptoms, Vaccine if any,…
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ACUTE ENCEPHALITIS SYNDROME
15, Jun 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context: Bihar has recorded 188 cases of acute encephalitis syndrome, with 45 deaths, since January. The cause of death in most this year has been…
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PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINATION LAUNCHED
13, Jun 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News: It will help babies with low birth weight and reduce Infant Mortality Rate. Background: In a step towards reducing Infant Mortality Rate,…
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NIPAH VIRUS CASE IN KERALA
07, Jun 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News: A youth from Ernakulam district in Kerala has tested positive for the Nipah virus infection (a year after a similar outbreak in…
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NIPAH IS CONFIRMED, PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE
05, Jun 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News: Nearly a year after a Nipah outbreak in Kozhikode and Malappuram, the deadly disease has resurfaced in Kerala with the confirmation of…
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IMMUNOTHERAPY BOOSTS SURVIVAL CHANCES FOR LUNG CANCER PATIENTS
03, Jun 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News: An immunotherapy treatment helped significantly boost survival rates among patients suffering from advanced lung cancer, according to the results of a clinical…
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CHINA LAYING DOWN GENE EDITING RULES
02, Jun 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News: In an attempt to make babies immune to infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) China, used a clinically untested gene editing…
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E-Cigarettes Pose Public Health Risk, Says ICMR
01, Jun 2019 | Science and Technology - developments - GS3K
Why in News: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has warned of a potential public health disaster if action was not taken to completely…
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BURNOUT A MEDICAL CONDITION, SAYS WHO
28, May 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News: The World Health Organization has for the first time recognised “burn-out” in its International Classification of Diseases (ICD), which is widely used…
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NHA TO COLLABORATE WITH CANCER GRID
24, May 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News: National Health Authority (NHA) and National Cancer Grid (NCG) have signed an MoU under the Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana…
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WHO UNVEILS PLAN TO TACKLE SNAKEBITE
24, May 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News: The World Health Organization unveiled a new strategy to dramatically cut deaths and injuries from snakebites, warning a dearth of antivenoms could…
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STUDY ON DIABETES WARNS LACK OF AWARENESS & CONTROL A WORRY
21, May 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News: Only half the Indian adults in the most productive age group (15-49 years) are aware that they ail from diabetes and only…
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AI PROJECT EYES EARLY STAGE DIABETIC RETINOPATHY
14, May 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News: Early stage diabetic retinopathy has been detected using artificial intelligence (AI) at civic- run dispensaries at mumbai. Background: The unique project is…
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India Facing Critical Shortage Of Healthcare Providers: Who
11, May 2019 | Science and Technology - developments - GS3K
Why in News: Despite the health sector employing five million workers in India it continues to have low density of health professionals. Details: It is…
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COMFORT FOOD LEADS TO MORE WEIGHT GAIN DURING STRESS: STUDY
29, Apr 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in News? Indulging in high-calorie ‘comfort’ foods when stressed can lead to more weight gain than usual, scientists say. Details: Researchers from the Garvan…
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Vitamin deficiency high among urban adults, says NIN study
24, Mar 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Scientists at the ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) screened the sub-clinical status of vitamins A, D, B1, B2, B6, B12 and folate among urban adults…
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CCR5 Delta 32
07, Mar 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context For just the second time since the global epidemic began, a patient appears to have been cured of infection with HIV, the virus that…
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Scientists Boost Plant Yield by 40%
07, Jan 2019 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Context: Researchers have found a way to boost the plant growth genetically. Details: Scientists have confirmed 40% increase in tobacco plant productivity using their genetic…
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New Antibody for Cancer Treatment
03, Oct 2018 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
A team of researchers in Spain, Switzerland and the U.S. has homed in on a specific antibody, called the p95HER2-T cell bispecific antibody (TCB), that…
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Delhi Government Official Bags WHO Award
29, Aug 2018 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Delhi government’s additional director of health S.K. Arora has been awarded the prestigious WHO World No Tobacco Day 2018 Award for his extraordinary contribution towards…
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Congo Cube
28, Aug 2018 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
The Alliance for International Medical Action, or ALIMA, in collaboration with Securitec, has developed a self-contained treatment unit or a bio-secure emergency room called CUBE,…
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ISRO Telemedicine Nodes for Soldiers in High-Altitude Areas
20, Aug 2018 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
The Integrated Defence Staff of the Defence Ministry and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) signed a memorandum of understanding to set up telemedicine nodes…
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Oxytocin
20, Aug 2018 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Why in news? Setting aside its ban on the sale of oxytocin, the Health Ministry has allowed private retail stores to sell the life-saving hormone…
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Aspirin May Help Prevent HIV
16, Aug 2018 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
An affordable, globally available drug — low-dose aspirin — could help prevent HIV transmission. Study: Researchers tested the effect of aspirin and other anti-inflammatory drugs…
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Ebola Virus
30, Jul 2018 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Recently new type of Ebola virus has been found in the continent of Africa (Sierra Leone). Researchers found the new virus in the northern Bombali…
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Formalin
29, Jul 2018 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
Samples of fish species tested from Chennai have shown positive for formalin. It is a cancer-inducing chemical used illegally to preserve fish. Why it is…
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Auto Immune Disease
29, Jul 2018 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
It is a condition in which the immune system of our body mistakenly attacks our blood cells, joints skin etc., Generally immune system can differentiate…
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Eat Right Movement
22, Jul 2018 | Medicine and Pharmaceuticals
To improve public health in India and combat negative nutritional trends to fight lifestyle diseases FSSAI launched ‘EAT RIGHT MOVEMENT’. About: ‘The Eat Right Movement’,…
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