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FDA Commissioner Marty Makary defended the agency’s recent rejections of rare disease drugs and top agency official Vinay Prasad
Immediate NOC from June 1: CDSCO Revises Drug Testing Norms to Fast-Track Import, Manufacturing Approvals
New Delhi: The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Government of India, has issued a circular streamlining the testing of drugs for…
Medical College Applications Could Be Rejected if NMC, MARB Face Pressure: NMC
Signalling a zero-tolerance approach towards external pressure, the National Medical Commission has proposed amendments that would allow outright rejection of applications from medical colleges found attempting to influence the regulator…
Health Bulletin 27/February/2026
Here are the top health stories for the day:Medical College Applications Could Be Rejected if NMC, MARB Face Pressure: NMCSignalling a zero-tolerance approach towards external pressure, the National Medical Commission…
Kottayam doctor performs timely CPR, saves 50-year-old accident victim
Kottayam: A doctor from Kottayam acted swiftly to save a 50-year-old accident victim, giving him a second chance at life through timely cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The incident occurred on Tuesday…
Doctors’ body raises alarm over ‘ghost signatures’ by dead pathologists on lab reports in Maharashtra
Mumbai: A doctors' body has raised alarm over the practice of 'ghost signatures' on pathology reports in Maharashtra. In a recent shocking case, a pathologist who died on June 23,…
Supreme Court issues contempt notice to Centre, States over non-implementation of NCAHP Act
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union Government, all State Governments and Union Territory administrations over the alleged failure to implement the National Commission for Allied…
Lifestyle disorder not a reason to deny Armed Forces disability pension: Delhi HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday quashed the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) order and directed authorities to grant a 50 per cent disability pension for life to an…
JNM medical college Final year MBBS student found dead in hostel
West Bengal: In a unfortunate incident, the mutilated body of a final year MBBS student was found in a boys' hostel room inside the JNM Medical College Hospital campus in…
Patient suffers burn injury during C-section; Panchkula doctor, hospital booked for alleged negligence
Panchkula: In a case of alleged medical negligence, a doctor and a private hospital in the Mansa Devi Complex (MDC) area of Panchkula have been booked after a 31-year-old woman…