Source: TH Context: Mizoram has been facing multiple disease outbreaks affecting its livestock and wildlife. Recently, over 200 goats died from PPR (peste des petits ruminants) or goat plague in two villages of Serchhip district. In the same district, more than 1,000 pigs had died of African swine fever in the pas Additionally, …
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Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: TH Context: According to the World Health Organization (WHO), India’s coverage rate for the DPT3 vaccine (diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus) reached an all-time high of 93% in 2022. This surpassed the pre-pandemic best of 91% in 2019 and showed a significant increase from the 85% recorded in 2021. In …
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Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: IE Context: According to the first phase 3 trial of the preventive published in The Lancet journal – a single-dose vaccine (VLA1553 vaccine) for chikungunya was found safe and produced a strong immune response against the viral disease. About Chikungunya: The mosquito-borne disease is caused by the chikungunya virus …
Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: TH Context: Leptospirosis is a dangerous infectious disease that has become significant worldwide, especially during monsoon season. It is caused by the bacterium Leptospira interrogans and is primarily transmitted to humans through contact with the urine of infected animals. The disease is more prevalent in warm, humid countries and …
Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: BBC Context: Scientists have “super-engineered” polio vaccines to prevent them from mutating into a dangerous form that can cause outbreaks and paralysis. The wild poliovirus is currently limited to small pockets in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and oral vaccines play a crucial role in eradicating polio worldwide. However, the oral …
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Facts For Prelims: Source: Firstpost Context: The government has banned 14 fixed-dose combination drugs citing there is “no therapeutic justification” for these medicines and that they may involve “risk” to people. The decision was taken on the basis of the recommendations of an expert committee and the Drugs Technical Advisory Board. Prohibit the manufacture, …
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Source: TH Context: A new study has now developed a method to detect all known strains of a disease-killing frog’s world over, caused by the amphibian chytrid fungus. Chytridiomycosis, or “chytrid” for short, has driven severe declines in over 500 frog species and caused 90 extinctions, including seven in Australia. The extreme rate …
Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: ET Context: The Delhi HC constituted a five-member ‘National Rare Diseases Committee’ to implement the National Rare Disease Policy-2021 efficiently and to “ensure that the benefits of the policy reach the ultimate patients of rare disease”. Rare Diseases A rare disease, also referred to as an orphan disease, is …
GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Government Policies Source: TH Context: The Supreme Court of India has set aside a 2012 Gujarat High Court order which held that Ayurveda practitioners working in government hospitals should be treated at par with allopathy doctors and entitled to equal pay. SC contention: Both categories of doctors were not …
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GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Government policies Source: PIB, TH Context: Indian Union Cabinet has approved the National Medical Devices Policy, 2023 Need for the policy: Nearly 80% of the medical devices currently sold in the country are imported, particularly high-end devices. India has one of the lowest per capita spending on medical devices at …
GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Science and Technology – Health Source: TH Context: The speedy approval of Covid-19 vaccines during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic highlighted the importance of clinical trials. What is a Clinical Trial? A clinical trial is a research study conducted on human participants to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and/or effectiveness of an intervention such as …
Facts for Prelims (FFP) Source: DTE Context: The first case of a plant fungus called Chondrostereum purpureum infecting human beings has been reported from Kolkata. The fungus is known to cause Silver leaf disease in plants, especially in species of rose families. However, there were no reported instances of this fungus infecting human beings from any part of …
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GS Paper 2 Syllabus: Social Justice – Health Source: The Hindu Context: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has taken into consideration the healthcare sector’s long-standing demand to frame guidelines for determining medical negligence cases. Background: It has been more than 17 years since the Supreme Court, for the first time in …
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GS Paper 3 Syllabus: Issues related to the development and management of the social sector related to health. Source: The Hindu Context: A new study highlighted that using yoga as an additional treatment can help patients suffering from migraine headaches and from syncope (sudden drop in heart rate and blood pressure leading to fainting.) …
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