New Delhi, August 20 (PTI): India on Saturday logged 13,272 fresh coronavirus infections that pushed its tally to 4,43,27,890, while the number of active cases came down to 1,01,166, according to Union health m
London, August 19 (IANS): A majority of Covid patients are not infectious before symptoms appear, and once it begins people must isolate for five days, suggests a study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medic
Washington, August 19 (PTI): Smoking, alcohol use, high body mass index (BMI), and other known risk factors were responsible for nearly 4.45 million global cancer deaths in 2019, according to study published in
New Delhi, August 18 (IANS): The Supreme Court was told on Thursday that the Central Board for Direct Taxes (CBDT) has accused makers of Dolo-650 tablet of distributing freebies around Rs 1,000 crore to doctors
Kochi, August 18 (IANS): Michelle Wade, Trade Commissioner to South Asia for the Victorian Government will visit the Kochi campus of Australia's premier nursing training institute - Institute of Health and
London, August 17 (IANS): The incidence of reinfection from the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is more common than previously thought, according to a study in Iceland.
Reinfection is defined as a positive PCR t
New Delhi, August 16 (PTI): With just 17 per cent of eligible people receiving the precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines till August 15, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya appealed to states on Tuesday to o
New Delhi, August 16 (PTI): Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya appealed to states and Union territories on Tuesday for timely utilisation of central funds to strengthen the healthcare infrastructure and ex
New Delhi, August 12 (PTI): India is observing a significant expansion of medical and paramedical institutions wherein global best practices must be implemented after considering local needs, Union Health Secre
Los Angeles, August 12 (PTI): Scientists have identified antibodies that are effective against many different SARS-CoV-2 variants, an advance that paves the way for next-generation vaccines which could protect
New delhi, August 11 (PTI): A new Omicron sub-variant has been detected in the majority of samples taken from Covid patients in Delhi as part of a study at the LNJP Hospital in the national capital.
A senior
Houston, August 11 (PTI) Children infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, but not hospitalised, can still experience long COVID symptoms up to three months past infection, according to a study.
The research, pub
New Delhi, August 10 (PTI): Researchers in the United States have developed an easy-to-use test that can predict the degree of immune protection people have against COVID-19, either from vaccination, infection,
New Delhi, August 9 (PTI): With 12,751 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,41,74,650, while the active cases have declined to 1,31,807, according to
New Delhi, August 8 (PTI): With 16,167 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,41,61,899, while the active cases have increased to 1,35,510, accor
New Delhi, August 6 (PTI): Amid a rise in coronavirus infections in some parts of the country, the central government has asked Delhi and six states to ensure adequate testing, promote Covid-appropriate behavio
London, August 5 (PTI) One in eight adults who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience long term symptoms due to COVID-19, according to one of the most comprehensive studies on the viral disease to date publish
Valsad (Guj), August 4 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged people to take precaution or booster dose of vaccines against COVID-19 when the cases of the viral infection are increasing in the cou
New Delhi, August 3 (PTI): With rising cases of monkeypox in the country, the Union health ministry on Wednesday released a list of dos and don'ts to avoid contracting the disease.
It also underlined tha
Houston, August 2 (PTI) COVID-19 infections may predispose individuals to developing irreversible neurological conditions, according to a study.
The finding, published in the journal Ageing Research Reviews,