Ministry of health and family welfare

The revised cut-offs allow SC, ST and OBC candidates with negative scores to enter counselling, prompting reactions from doctors and commentators who question how seat utilisation should be balanced with minimum academic standards in postgraduate medical education.

While Rs 748 crore was allocated under the National Rabies Control Programme for human health, data tabled in Parliament shows Rs 35 crore approved under the Animal Husbandry Ministry’s ASCAD scheme for animal vaccination during the same period.

Countries like Mexico and Sri Lanka curbed rabies with mass vaccination, regulation and public discipline. India, despite official programmes, still struggles due to legal hurdles, weak enforcement and lack of political will to act decisively.

Amid concerns of HMPV outbreak in China, Dr Atul Goel, Director-General of Health Services, said that there is no need to panic and advised people to follow basic hygiene practices.

PM Modi will inaugurate the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Vijaypur (Samba), Jammu. The institute, whose foundational stone was also laid by the Prime Minister in February 2019, is being established under the Central sector scheme Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana.

In the state of West Bengal, around 41.4 percent of girls get married before their legal marriageable age which is 18 whereas 20.1 percent of boys get married before they attain the age of 21. The constantly increasing numbers are worrisome given that child marriages are a human rights violation and a recognized form of sexual and gender-based violence.

Hospitals, labs and digital health solution providers will get incentives up to Rs 4 crore under Digital Health Incentive Scheme

MoHFW asked states and UTs to follow June 2022 guidelines and follow 5-fold strategy of test-track-treat-vaccination and adherence to COVID Appropriate Behavior amidst rising Covid cases worldwide

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare gave a befitting reply to NYT for asserting India was stalling WHO from publishing global death toll estimate of Covid-19 pandemic