STAT+: Ocular’s experimental eye drug beats low dose of Regeneron’s Eylea in late-stage trial
Ocular now plans to apply for FDA approval, but whether doctors and insurers will favor its new drug is an open question.
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Rising Psychoactive Substance Use Among Indian School Students, Nationwide Survey Finds
A recent nationwide study published in The National Medical Journal of India reveals that a significant portion (10.3% in the past year) of school-going adolescents in India engage in psychoactive…
NMC Reviews Appeals Against State Medical Council Decisions
Following an RTI response from the National Medical Commission (NMC), which revealed that it had rejected 256 appeals filed by non-RMPs but heard 185 appeals by doctors against decisions of…
Gynaecologists Body Urges NMC to Reconsider NEET PG 2025 Cutoff Reduction
A gynaecologist's body has urged the National Medical Commission (NMC), its Postgraduate Medical Education Board (PGMEB), to immediately review the decision to lower the qualifying percentile of NEET PG 2025.The…
Mumbai: 180 super-speciality doctors demand job regularisation and pay revision
Mumbai: 180 super-speciality doctors working in Mumbai’s municipal peripheral hospitals have gone without a single salary increment for five years. Appointed as DNB Teachers’ Grade 1 and 2, they have…
STAT+: Compass says its psilocybin drug helped patients with severe depression in two trials
COMP360 could be the first psilocybin-based medicine to win approval.
Health Bulletin 17/February/2026
Here are the top health stories for the day:Gynaecologists Body Urges NMC to Reconsider NEET PG 2025 Cutoff ReductionA gynaecologist's body has urged the National Medical Commission (NMC), its Postgraduate…
Fortis Hospital Mohali receives bomb threat email, police launch investigation
Chandigarh: Fortis Hospital in Punjab's Mohali received bomb threat email on Tuesday, prompting police to launch a search operation, officials said.According to a recent PTI report, a senior police official…
NMC to move Supreme Court against Delhi HC order on MBBS migration ban
New Delhi: After the Delhi High Court struck down the blanket ban on migration of MBBS students under the NMC Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2023, the National Medical Commission (NMC)…
Govt plans AI, e-book access for 57 govt medical colleges students
New Delhi: The Centre is planning to provide AI-enabled learning resources and access to e-books for medical students, beginning with 57 government medical colleges located in smaller towns and rural…