“When you see the word ‘charges,’ that’s a made-up number. That isn’t connected at all, usually, to what the actual drug cost ...

It often takes more than a dozen vials, typically costing thousands per vial, to treat a snakebite. The median number per ...

For victims of snakebites, timely access to antivenom is both critical and expensive. In one case out of San Diego, a toddler bitten by a rattlesnake required over $200,000 worth of antivenom to ...

A few days after his 2nd birthday, Brigland Pfeffer was playing with his siblings in their San Diego backyard. His mother, ...

Nepal has committed to reducing 50 percent of deaths and disabilities through snakebite envenomation by 2030. Each year, ...

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that Shri Apurva Chandra, Union Health Secretary launched a National Action Plan ...

A new snakebite pill, being tested in Kolkata hospitals, shows promise in extending the treatment window from one hour to ...

A woman who went missing more than a week ago in the wilderness has been found alive suffering from a snakebite, officials ...

Tamil Nadu government’s decision comes amid reports of snakebite incidents, particularly in rural and forest-adjacent areas ...

In a significant move to address the growing concern over such cases, the Tamil Nadu government has declared snakebite a ...

It often takes more than a dozen vials, typically costing thousands per vial, to treat a snakebite. The median number per patient is 18 vials, said Michelle Ruha, an emergency room doctor in ...

The Tamil Nadu government has officially declared snakebite envenomation as a notifiable disease under the Tamil Nadu Public Health Act, 1939.