Karnataka saw a significant increase of 36 % in dog bites in the first half of 2025 compared to 2024. The state requires about 38000 to 40 000 rabies vaccines every month, and every government hospital is
The BBMP, the administrative body of the government in Bangalore, announced in 2025 a combined vaccine scheme for street dogs, integrating it with the ongoing Anti-Rabies Vaccine (ARV) programme. The 5-in-1 Canine Core Combined Vaccine target canine
While the development triggered concerns over the effectiveness of the vaccines, a state government medical team said all three children seemed to have been bitten in sensitive areas, and that could be why the virus affected them
Bengaluru is accounting for four of these deaths. The health department has recorded nearly 66849 cases of dog bite as of February 2025. Dog bites are notifiable. Reporting mechanisms have improved over the past few years. More
India’s medical education infrastructure has seen extraordinary growth: the number of medical colleges has increased by 81% from 387 in 2013-2014 to 702 in 2024-2025, while MBBS seats have surged by 125 % to 115,812. Postgraduate medical
In India, for the majority, vaccination is almost synonymous with the vaccination of children. However, among the older population, mortality due to pneumonia is so common that it is often called “The Captain of Death,” and it is proven
Academic article retraction mainly results from inadvertent errors or mistakes, non-replicable findings, research misconduct, and redundant or duplicate publications. In 2020. The most common reason for retracting biological and medical research articles was scientific misconduct (62%), followed
In 2006 the Dutch burns foundation invited patients to help set their research agenda. It learnt that the group’s main concern was itching, which wasn’t a research priority at that time. Sanne Steenhuisen, programme secretary of the
Even when publishers, authors, and universities are willing to restrict ties to the industry, evidence indicates that they struggle to identify funding sources because tobacco companies have funded front groups and have diversified into pharmaceutical and health
The FNDR (Foundation for Neglected Disease Research, a not-for-profit organization biotech R & D organization, brought together domain experts to discuss developments. Dr Shridhar Narayanan, CEO FNDR, explained that they were trying to design a drug that
