Health

<p> <strong>Two individuals have been diagnosed with monkeypox in London, the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed on Saturday.</strong></p> <p> The cases live together in the same household. They …

<p> Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have stepped up vigil on their respective borders and started screening people after the breakout of the highly contagious Tomato Flu in neighbouring Kerala.</p> <p> …

<p> Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the WHO must be reformed and strengthened while the rules of the World Trade Organisation must be made more flexible to build a …

<p> India’s daily count of fresh Covid-19 cases fell to a 7-day low of 2,288 during the last 24 hours, according to Health Ministry data released on Tuesday.</p> <p> It …

<p> India has strongly refuted the World Health Organisation's use of a statistically unsound method of data collection to arrive at an exaggerated estimate for the number of deaths due …

<p> A new study carried out in the USA has concluded that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is intrinsically as severe as previous variants, unlike previous studies which have been …

<p> The world's only nonuplets – nine babies born to one mother at the same time, celebrated their first birthday and are in good health, according to a BBC report.</p> …

<p> India's daily count of fresh COVID-19 cases fell below the 3000 mark after five days as 2,568 new COVID-19 infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, according to …

<p> The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that no individual can be forced to take any vaccination, but at the same time ruled that the government can impose …

<p> Two new variants of the Omicron coronavirus strain pose a danger of triggering a new wave of COVID-19as they can dodge antibodies, according to a study carried out by …

<p> The daily count of fresh COVID-19 cases in Delhi surged to a three-month high of 1,607 on Friday, taking the total number of coronavirus patients in the city to …

<p> It may sound strange but going beyond his majestic looks, Peyo, the 15-year-old stallion is a therapy horse. It is his daily routine to do rounds in France’s Calais …

<p> <strong>Cutting across the man-made borders of nations, doctors at Chennai’s Apollo Hospital saved a 50-year-old man’s life from Bangladesh by successfully removing his recurrent chest wall malignant tumour.</strong></p> <p> …

<p> Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday told the Chief Ministers of states that the COVID challenge is not fully over and they must stay alert in implementing measures to …

<p> The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded an alert about a mysterious liver disease outbreak affecting children in Europe and the United States as it said at least one …

<p> The number of COVID-19 cases in India have nearly doubled over the last week with Delhi-NCR recording the highest number of infections.</p> <p> The number of fresh coronavirus cases …

<p> A trial carried out by the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras has shown that Indomethacin, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, is very effective as an antiviral agent in the treatment of …

<p> Delhi on Friday reported 1,042 fresh Covid-19 cases with a positivity rate of 4.64 per cent while two persons died due to the infection.</p> <p> Delhi government has issued …

<p> Another 18 people at IIT-Madras have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the total number of infections on the campus to 30 in two days, officials said on Friday amid …

<p> Twelve students of IIT-Madras have tested positive for Covid-19 out of 18 who were administered the test, Tamil Nadu Health Secretary Radhakrishnan said.</p> <p> He said that based on …

<p> <strong>By Shalini Bhardwaj</strong></p> <p> A top medical expert believes that there are eight variants of Omicron and amongst them one is dominating which can be held responsible for the …