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Three Harvard seniors have been named recipients of the 2022 Selma and Lewis Weinstein Prize in Jewish Studies, the Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard ...

Current reports that Nigeria has the highest burden of Tuberculosis (TB) in Africa and is the sixth worst-hit country in the world are worrisome and unacceptable.

LUANDA, Angola, 25th March, 2022 (WAM) -- Angola has had an annual average of 60,000 new tuberculosis cases over the last three years, but the authorities acknowledge that the rates are higher due to cases that do not reach the hospital units, an official source said on Thursday. The Portuguese News Agency (Lusa) quoted the coordinator of the National Programme for Tuberculosis Control in Angola, Ambrsio Disadidi, as saying that the current situation of the disease in the country "is worryi...

With new COVID-19 cases significantly dropping, many countries are increasingly curtailing COVID-19 surveillance and quarantine measures. While the need

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 19: The Court of Appeals, headed by Judge Nasr Salem Al Haid, sentenced eight expatriates – Indians and Egyptians – to 10 years in prison with hard labor for manipulating blood test results at Sabah Al-Salem Health Laboratory after receiving bribes from expatriates with infectious d

KUWAIT CITY, Feb 19: The Court of Appeals, headed by Judge Nasr Salem Al Haid, sentenced eight expatriates – Indians and Egyptians – to 10 years in prison with hard labor for manipulating blood test results at Sabah Al-Salem Health Laboratory after receiving bribes from expatriates with infectious d

Islamabad : The Joint Executive Director of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Dr. Minhaj us Siraj honorably retired from service on Saturday after a 33-year illustrious career wherein he...

Vanguard News Community Pharmacists seek equity in health sector On By Chioma Obinna Pharmacists under the auspices of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria, ACPN, have called for equity in appointments in the health sector, blaming the poor health system on what they described as ‘greed and avarice. The pharmacists alleged that greed on the part of the professional group in the sector has continued to encourage the inequitable spread of privileges and resources of players in t...

Chandigarh, January 7 The Covid outbreak seems to have left tuberculosis patients in the lurch as more than 45,000 persons suffering from the disease have failed to get nutritional support from the government. Under the “Nikshay Poshan Yojana” (national nutritional support scheme), each notified TB patient gets a nutritional support of Rs 500 per month. The assistance is given till the patient is on anti-TB treatment. The scheme is registered under the Direct Benefit Transfer. In Punjab, th...