World Mental Health Day 2025 By Dr. Mona Nongmeikapam, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal The theme this year seems to have been specially designed keeping our little state in mind. In the heart of a civil war for 3 years now, devastating floods not less than twice a year,…
Imphal: Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBD) has announced that Enteromix, an mRNA cancer vaccine developed by Russia, is now ready for clinical trials. The announcement came during the 10th Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok (3–6 September), where over 8,400 delegates from 75 countries gathered under the theme “The Far East: Cooperation for Peace and…
Imphal: Manipur on Saturday reported 31 new Dengue positive cases taking the commutative cases to 718. The new cases belonged to Imphal West (26), Imphal East (2), Kakching (1) Senapati (1) and Chandel (1). This year’s record shows Imphal West with highest number of Dengue cases with 531, followed by Imphal East and Thoubal districts…
Every year, lakhs of patients travel all the way to Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai from Mizoram, Manipur, Meghalaya, and other states for just a few minutes of consultation—many of them from the North-Eastern states. The North East has the highest incidence of cancer, the lowest detection rate, and the lowest survival rate. The region…
Imphal: Nine samples were found positive for COVID-19 among 47 samples tested on Friday, taking the cumulative positive cases to 318. The new cases belonged to Imphal West (4), Bishnupur district (4) and Thoubal (1). The positivity rate was 20 percent. Five positive persons were discharged. The active cases stood at 38. So far, 280…
Imphal: Manipur on Thursday reported three Covid-19 positive cases taking the cumulative positive cases to 307. The new cases were confirmed out of 15 samples. The positivity rate was 20 percent. They belonged to Imphal West (2) and Imphal East (1). Six persons were recovered leaving the active cases at 39. Thirty-eight of them are…
Imphal: With the confirmation of four new COVID-19 positive cases, the cumulative number of positive cases rose to 302 in Manipur. The new positive cases were confirmed out of 19 samples tested on this day. The positivity rate was 21.1 percent. Of the four new cases, three belonged to Imphal West and one to Thoubal…
Imphal: With the confirmation of two new Covid-19 positive cases and recovery of 13 more patients, the number of active cases dropped to 55 in Manipur on Sunday as per the status updated by the government. Two persons were found infected when 15 samples were tested on this day. They belonged to Imphal East and…
Imphal: Manipur on Saturday recorded 16 new COVID-19 cases, taking the cumulative positive cases to 296. The new cases were confirmed out of 39 samples. The positivity rate was 41 percent. Of the new positive cases, seven belonged to Bishnupur district, six to Imphal West and three to Imphal East. With the recovery of 13…
Imphal: With the discharge of 15 COVID-19 patients, the number of active cases dropped to 63 in Manipur on Friday. A total of 217 patients have been discharged so far. Five new positive cases were confirmed out of 33 samples. Two of them belonged to Imphal West and Imphal East respectively and the other one…
