Blood Banks - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Government of West Bengal to formalize its support to set up a state-of-the-art Centre of Excellence in Transfusion Medicine at Kolkata
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The Strategy and the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative are closely aligned and complementary. They have the common goal of reducing new HIV transmissions in the United States by 75% by 2025 and by 90%...
A practitioner who has received a patient’s written request for medical assistance in dying and determines that the patient does not meet one or more of the eligibility criteria must provide the applicable recipient designated under section 2 with the...
West Virginia vs. EPA is a devastating decision takes our country backward – Joe Biden (30/06/2022)
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I will take action. My Administration will continue using lawful executive authority, including the EPA’s legally-upheld authorities, to keep our air clean, protect public health, and tackle the climate crisis. We will work with states and cities to pass...
It reaffirmed basic principles of equality — that women have the power to control their own destiny. And it reinforced the fundamental right of privacy — the right of each of us to choose how to live our lives....
Since the original formulation of moral panic theory, there have been several new developments: the mass media are no longer so dominant; the concept of moral panic has gained currency outside the academy; folk devils can fight back, including...
Mandatory Vaccination-We are also of the opinion that information relating to adverse effects following immunisation is crucial for creating awareness around vaccines and their efficacy, apart from being instrumental in further scientific studies around the pandemic.
Keeping in view the recent global surge of COVID-19 cases, detection of Omicron variant which has been categorized as a Variant of Concern (VOC), scientific evidence, global practices and the inputs/suggestions of ‘COVID-19 Working Group of National Technical Advisory...
on Spike gene may decrease the efficacy of existing vaccines. However, vaccine protection is also by antibodies as well as by cellular immunity, which is expected to be relatively better preserved. Hence vaccines are expected to still offer protection...
Mandatory vaccination or using force violates Fundamental Rights: Meghalaya High Court-23/06/2021
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In the “frequently asked questions” (FAQs) on COVID-19 vaccine prepared and uploaded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, in its official website, the question which appears under serial number 3 reads, “Is it mandatory...
Philosophers have supposed that the passion of love arises from a kind of "souffle,"—an emanation of the one person sensibly received through the "odorat" of another. Indeed, the phenomena of love are extraordinary enough: do we unconsciously mesmerise each...
Union Minister Jitendra Singh Advocates Mandatory Blood Sugar Test for Every Pregnant Woman
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The Union Minister said that the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, GoI, has mandated screening of all pregnant women for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) as part of routine antenatal package according to country's 2014 national guidelines