Health

The Covid wave sweeping across China has given rise to serious concern in India as experts feel the disease could spread across the globe again. The Centre has asked states …

The district administration of Telangana’s Karimnagar has decided to make their region free of anaemia. In order to do so an android app called A Shield has been developed which …

Chandigarh: The management of the Malbros liquor manufacturing factory at Zira has not informed the Punjab Pollution Control Board that it also produces and markets chemicals that could pose a …

Bringing a ray of hope for those afflicted with a deadly form of blood cancer, doctors in Britain have pioneered a treatment which helped a 13-year-old girl, suffering from T-cell …

Over 900 Ambulances have been deployed by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) at a gap of 50km or at toll plazas on the National Highways (NH) to ensure medical …

A 5-year-old girl in Karnataka has tested positive for the Zika virus and has been advised to take precautionary measures. The case has been confirmed by the national lab in …

A new World Health Organization (WHO) report reveals high levels of resistance in bacteria, causing life-threatening bloodstream infections, as well as increasing resistance to treatment in several bacteria causing common …

New Delhi: India’s healthcare ecosystem is in transition as it has shifted from being a reactive care system to proactive with the help of vaccination, said Rajesh Gokhale, Secretary, Department …

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday published a new report, which presents ways to address the growing worldwide concern about keeping children safe online. The report titled What works to …

In what can be described as a rare and tough surgery, a Hyderabad-based private hospital has successfully transplanted liver in a 23-day-old male baby. The child was suffering from Galactosemia …

It was a remarkable achievement on the part of the Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, Chennai as doctors there successfully performed a brain bypass surgery on a pair of twins — …

Last week the United States Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug which is the most expensive one in the world and costs $3.5 million or more than Rs.28 …

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has advised doctors to avoid using antibiotics in cases of patients with low-grade fever and viral bronchitis among others. In its guidelines released …

The booster dose of Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 nasal vaccine iNCOVACC was given emergency use authorisation (EUA) by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI). The EUA is reported to have …

The Centre has asked states to consider administering an additional dose of Measles vaccines to all children, between the age of 9 months to 5 years, in areas where the …

The Union Health Ministry has decided to rush three high-level multi-disciplinary teams to Ranchi (Jharkhand), Ahmedabad (Gujarat) and Malappuram (Kerala) to take stock of the surge in cases of Measles, …

Timely intervention by able doctors helped a worker to regain his arm which he had lost in a gruesome accident. This complex and difficult surgery was performed by the doctors …

The surgeons in Hyderabad’s Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology after a difficult operation saved the life of a 53-year-old man. They were able to successfully remove a kidney tumour …

Despite nearly a complete ban on international travel during the Covid-19 pandemic, India issued more than 10 lakh medical visas to foreigners between 2019 and 2022 proving that it is …

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has decided to depute a high-level multi-disciplinary team to Mumbai to take stock of the upsurge in cases of Measles in the …

With a view to save trees and reduce carbon footprints, India’s premier medical institution, the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi has decided to go paperless from January 1 next …