OverviewHere are the top health stories of the day:UP Medical Degree Scam: Fake degrees sold, real ones rented to labsIn a shocking incident, a major racket selling fake medical degrees and renting real medical degrees to register pathological labs has been uncovered in Uttar Pradesh. The investigation revealed how fake doctors are reportedly being created within months and how licensed doctors rent out their names to pathology labs, putting public health in danger. A sting operation conducted by Dainik Bhaskar exposed a nexus between doctors, brokers and private universities. It revealed that fake doctors were created through shortcuts, such as purchasing a backdated degree by investing lakhs of rupees, and real doctors rented out their medical degrees for pathology lab registrations. The event was jointly organised by Aster Medcity, the Ernakulam Press Club, and the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Cochin chapter, the release said.