Workshops, awareness programmes to mark National Girl Child Day in Andhra Pradesh

Workshops, awareness programmes to mark National Girl Child Day in Andhra Pradesh

Officers of the Women Development and Child Welfare (WD&CW) Department, in association with various NGOs, will organise meetings and workshops on protection of the girl child on the occasion of the National Girl Child Day on January 24. “The programmes will be conducted in all districts,” A.P. State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (APSCPCR) … Read more

Volleyball tournament held to mark Ambedkar’s death anniversary

Volleyball tournament held to mark Ambedkar’s death anniversary

Youth playing volleyball at the tournament organised by the BSP party in Bobbili, Vizianagaram, on Tuesday. The volleyball tournament organised by Bahujan Samaj Party in Bobbili to mark Dr. B. R. Ambedkar’s death anniversary evoked good response with youth participating in good numbers from Parvatipuram and Vizianagaram districts, on December 6 (Tuesday). Youth from tribal … Read more

Awareness meets, rallies mark World AIDS Day in Vizianagaram district

Awareness meets, rallies mark World AIDS Day in Vizianagaram district

KGBV students taking out an AIDS awareness rally in Dattirajeru of Vizianagaram district on Thursday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT District Medical and Health Department and several organisations held awareness programmes and rallies in various parts of the the district on the occasion of World AIDS Day on December 1. Senior Civil judge and secretary … Read more

Free organ transplants in Karnataka touch century mark

Free organ transplants in Karnataka touch century mark

Karnataka’s Organ Transplantation scheme reached a milestone on October 13 when the free organ transplants touched the century mark. The 100 patients from below the poverty line (BPL) families, who have undergone free organ transplants, have also got a total of 726 cycles of free immunosuppressive medication under the scheme since its inception in 2019. … Read more

CDC’s New COVID Rules Mark Change in the Pandemic, How We Live

CDC’s New COVID Rules Mark Change in the Pandemic, How We Live

CDC: “Summary of Guidance for Minimizing the Impact of COVID-19 on Individual Persons, Communities, and Health Care Systems – United States, August 2022.” Rachel Bruce, MD, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Forest Hills, NY. David Berger, MD, Wholistic Pediatrics & Family Care, Tampa, FL. Statement, Daniel P. McQuillen, MD, president, Infectious Diseases Society of America, … Read more

In bid to shoo Covid, Rajasthan locals mark village periphery with cow urine, milk

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In Rajasthan’s Pali district, scores of villagers turned up on Saturday to draw a boundary around their village using a concoction made from cow urine, milk and holy water which they will believe will keep Covid-19 at bay. Villagers claim it’s a decades’ old tradition as per which a line using the concoction is drawn … Read more

Healthier 2021: Mark Has Some Challenges Ahead

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This post appears as part of our Healthier 2021 series, in which we follow three WebMD team members as they strive to improve their health this year. You can follow their journeys here. By Mark Spoor So I decided to try and step up my yoga game earlier this week and learn … Read more

Healthier 2021: Mark Celebrates Small Victories

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This post appears as part of our Healthier 2021 series, in which we follow three WebMD team members as they strive to improve their health this year. You can follow their journeys here. By Mark Spoor As I’ve gotten a bit older, one thing that I’ve learned is that I really need … Read more

Healthier 2021: Mark Is Facing His Feelings

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This post appears as part of our Healthier 2021 series, in which we follow three WebMD team members as they strive to improve their health this year. You can follow their journeys here. By Mark Spoor My fitness journey has taken a different tone in the past few days. I’ve been a … Read more