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• New human 'multi-zonal' liver organoids improve injury survival rate in rodents

  When these humanised organoids were transplanted into rodents whose own liver-bile duct system had been disconnected, the improved organoids nearly doubled the rodents' survival rate.

  

• Are artificial sweeteners okay for our health? Here's what current evidence says

  Artificial sweeteners were originally developed as chemicals to stimulate our sweet-taste sensing pathway. Like sugar molecules, these sweeteners act directly on our taste sensors in the mouth. They do this by sending a nerve signal to the body that a high-carbohydrate food source has been consumed - telling the body to break it down to use for energy.

  

• DNA researchers are warned to beware of hackers

  "Despite its importance, cyber-biosecurity remains one of the most neglected and poorly understood research disciplines and is leaving a critical gap in global biosecurity," study leader Dr. Nasreen Anjum of the University of Portsmouth's School of Computing said in a statement.

  

• Why can't I keep still after intense exercise?

  During intense exercise we need to burn more fuel (oxygen and glucose) and this can make the body produce lactate much more quickly than it can clear it. When lactate accumulates in the muscles it may delay their recovery.

  

• AIIMS-Bhopal adds new eye testing equipment this summer

  The units will provide essential services including refraction for vision assessment and eyewear prescriptions, corneal surface analysis through topography, and eye muscle evaluation via Hess screening. These facilities will particularly assist patients who need routine check-ups, specialised evaluations, or detailed eye consultations.

  

• HP govt allocates ₹193cr for boosting health infra

  In a recent cabinet meeting, the state govt approved the setting up of a 50-bedded CCB at Primary Health Centre Swahan (Regional Hospital Bilaspur) and another 50-bedded CCB at Civil Hospital Rohru in Shimla district. These facilities will be equipped with advanced medical infrastructure, including emergency services, intensive care units (ICUs), high dependency units (HDUs), isolation beds, dialysis units, labour rooms, operation theatres and point-of-care laboratories.

  

• Make heatwave action plan: HC to chief secretary

  Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand directed Rajasthan chief secretary to formulate an action plan to protect citizens from severe heatwave conditions. Additionally, district collectors were asked to provide reports on their compliance with previous directives, including the establishment of cooling centres, traffic signal shades, and medical facilities for heat-related ailments.

  

• Liberia reports H5N1 bird flu on poultry farm, WOAH says

  The outbreak, detected in February on a farm in the Bong county, killed 18 birds out of a flock of 26,000, the Paris-based WOAH said, quoting information from Liberian authorities.

  

• India’s AI Healthcare Revolution: How Doctors, Hospitals, MedTech, and Pharma Are Leading the Future of Digital Health

  In the 21st century, ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI)’ is not a buzzword—it is the brain of modern medicine. As the healthcare landscape evolves, AI has become the key driver of digital health, enabling diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and even health policy design with unparalleled speed and precision.

  

• Indian diagnostics industry set for 14% growth; organised players to lead: Report

  The report highlighted that organised companies are better equipped with more advanced and efficient services compared to their unorganised counterparts. They are also likely to benefit from faster consolidation taking place across the industry.

  

• New Realities of Liver Disease — Striking the Fit, Not Just Drinkers

  Dr. Subhash Gupta warns that young, fit Indians are falling prey to liver damage — not from alcohol, but from rising obesity, poor diets, sedentary lifestyles, and even paracetamol misuse. Conditions like NAFLD and cirrhosis are striking earlier, faster, and deadlier. On World Liver Day, he flags an urgent wake-up call: prevention is now a national priority.

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• Trump's White House launches COVID website that criticizes WHO, Fauci and Biden

  A CIA spokesperson said in January that the CIA has assessed that the COVID-19 pandemic is more likely to have emerged from a lab than from nature. The CIA had said it had "low confidence" in its assessment and that both scenarios - lab origin and natural origin - remain plausible.

  

• Abu Dhabi to launch 'Silicon Valley for AI and Healthcare' Innovation Hub

  The Innovation Hub will serve as a catalyst for digital health transformation, fostering the growth of startups, driving cutting-edge research, and facilitating the exchange of intellectual property and global expertise.

  

• Fortis Healthcare launches 'Genomic Medicine Institute' to expand precision medicine access

  Fortis stated that the application of genomic science will aid in early diagnosis and personalised treatment across fields such as oncology, cardiology, and neurology.

  

• Study links climate change with rising arsenic levels in rice, increasing cancer risks for Asians

  Studies have revealed rice consumption to be a major health threat to people in South and Southeast Asian countries, including India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam, where rice is the staple food.

  

• Fixing food habits can cut liver disease risk by 50 per cent, say experts

  Liver Transplantation Society of India president Dr Sanjiv Saigal said, "Damage done to the liver from poor dietary choices, alcohol, processed food and sedentary lifestyles can be reversed if we take action today."

  

• Scientists of Raman Research Institute in Bengaluru develop affordable device for screening sickle cell disease

  The new electro-fluidic device — a system that manipulates fluids using electric fields to gain better precision of fluid movement and enable lab-on-chip devices — was tested in collaboration with St John's Medical College Hospital in Bengaluru.

  

• Poland to implement tougher measures to contain bird flu

  The agriculture ministry said in a statement that the commission had agreed to the implementation of 13 measures proposed by Poland, which include increasing the area considered at risk around the site of an outbreak, reducing the density of hen houses and additional disinfection steps.

  

• Measles cases in 25 US jurisdictions rise to 800 in 2025, CDC says

  Many U.S. pediatricians and infectious disease experts previously told Reuters that the fight against rising measles cases nationwide is being hampered by a lack of forceful advocacy for vaccination from government health officials and statements on unproven treatments that are confusing parents.

  

• Zydus MedTech bags rights of Brazilian aortic valve device, boost cardiac play

  The company is rapidly expanding its interventional cardiology portfolio, and under the partnership will commercialize the TAVI technology across India, Europe and select markets.