39+ min ago   (542+ words) The prolonged outbreak, despite a nationwide emergency vaccination campaign launched in April, follows disruption to routine immunisation in 2024 and 2025, experts said, when the country was going through political turmoil after a deadly uprising against then prime minister Sheikh Hasina. The…...

21+ hour, 54+ min ago   (361+ words) As soon as you start typing the words ‘weight loss’ on social media platforms, your algorithm throws at least 10 different hacks in your face. Be it the 30-30-30 rule or nature’s Ozempic substitutes, you will never run out of options. But…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (282+ words) Rajesh Sharma File Picture Actor Rajesh Sharma, who was hospitalised in July while shooting for Prabhas’ Fauzi in Hyderabad, has said the health scare was because of a long-standing skin issue and not an insect bite on set. Bengali television…...

2+ day, 5+ min ago   (443+ words) Indian activists spearheading calls for food labelling said a government proposal to have red warnings only when two concerning nutrients are high created an "industry-friendly loophole" disregarding public health, marking the first formal court objection to the plan. India's proposal…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (540+ words) Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday shared the report card of a three-day initiative titled ‘Swachhta Sankalp Abhiyan’ undertaken by the urban development and municipal affairs department following a meeting at Nabanna to review Bengal’s dengue situation. The Bengal government…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (530+ words) A dengue infected child lies on a bed after getting hospitalised for treatment at Mugda Medical College and Hospital, as the yearly death toll from the disease has surpassed the previous record in the country, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 5, 2023. Reuters…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (395+ words) KMC health department officials inspect a restaurant on Waterloo Street on Sunday. Picture by Bishwarup Dutta The Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s (KMC) health department continued its food-safety raids on Sunday, with teams discarding frozen chicken, mutton and ready-made gravy from several…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (452+ words) Filmmaker Shaunak Sen’s next documentary, which began as a way of coping with his cancer diagnosis, explores environmental degradation, caregiving and his relationship with Delhi. The yet-to-be-untitled film centres on Sen’s surgeon rather than the filmmaker himself, and continues themes…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (572+ words) In August, the West Bengal Health Department barred 11 blood banks from organising donation camps pending an investigation into alleged irregularities, including unauthorised camps and the illegal sale or transfer of blood components outside the state. According to reports, inspections in…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (310+ words) Malda Medical College File picture The state health department on Saturday replaced the medical superintendent-cum-vice- principal (MSVP) of Malda Medical College and Hospital (MMCH), transferred the head of its paediatrics department and posted three more doctors to the department following…...