SEOUL: The number of newly married couples in South Korea dropped below 1 million for the first time in 2023, with nearly half without children, showed data on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: The government on Friday announced to launch a 100-day tuberculosis (TB) elimination campaign, which is in line with the ‘TB-Mukt Bharat’ vision laid out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

NEW YORK:US state of Mississippi could see the steepest drop off in health insurance coverage if Congress doesn't vote to extend temporary health coverage subsidies at the end of next year, according to a recent report issued by policy think tank The Urban Institute.

NEW DELHI: A study on Wednesday proved a suspected link between poor sleep and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD).

NEW DELHI: As the GenZ population strives to become wealthy in a jiffy, ace global investor Mark Mobius has an advice for them: Take care of your health first.

NEW DELHI: Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) -- a common fungal infection that claims 340,000 lives every year worldwide, can turn lethal for about 1 in three people with lung diseases, finds a study by researchers at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital.

SEOUL: South Korea's exports of bio-health products jumped 22.5 per cent in the third quarter from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, driven by growing demand for pharmaceutical goods in European nations.

NEW DELHI: The Centre is working on converging the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) with Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), a move that will extend medical care benefits under the flagship programme to 14.43 Crore ESI beneficiaries, the Ministry of Labour and Employment said on Thursday.

SEOUL: The number of babies born in South Korea increased by the largest margin in almost 14 years in September, data showed on Wednesday, as the country is struggling to address the grim demographic changes of ultra-low birth rate and rapid ageing.

SRINAGAR: In a significant step to bolster healthcare infrastructure across Jammu and Kashmir, the government has initiated the process of procuring Linear Accelerator (LINAC), a state-of-the-art medical equipment for cancer treatment for the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, an official statement said.