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Nipah alert in West Bengal: Pune lab confirms 2 samples; both nurses critical, over 120 contacts in home isolation | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: The National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has confirmed Nipah, a viral disease with high mortality, in both samples sent from Bengal. The samples were taken from two nurses of a Barasat hospital whose condition remain critical. A house staff at a Burdwan hospital, who came in close contact with one of the nurses,…

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Indian doctors and nurses form backbone of global health systems, says OECD report

Representative image (AI-generated) Indian doctors and nurses have become indispensable to health systems across advanced economies, according to the International Migration Outlook 2025 released on Monday by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). From the perspective of the 38 OECD member countries (which include the US, Canada, European nations, and Australia), the report…

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