Health

<p> India recorded less than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for the first time since April 18, 2020 when 991 cases were reported, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated …

<p> Maharashtra, which was one of the worst hit states due to COVID-19, has decided to lift all pandemic-related restrictions including the compulsory wearing of masks from Saturday as the …

<p> Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the move for establishing the WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine at Jamnagar in Gujarat.</p> <p> "India is honoured to be home …

<p> Tiny plastic particles called Microplastic have been detected in human blood for the first time ever, giving cause for serious concern over the danger that they pose to health. </p> …

<p> The WHO has expressed concern as COVID cases have started to surge again with 11 million infections recorded worldwide last week, reversing an over one month declining trend.</p> <p> …

<p> Israel said that it had recorded two cases of a new Covid variant. "This variant is still unknown around the world," Israel's ministry of health said in a statement.</p> …

<p> <strong>It is generally believed that serious and fatal diseases of Europe like whooping cough, smallpox and the dreaded tuberculosis reached different parts of the world, including South America, due …

<p> India will start vaccinating children aged 12 to 14 years from March 16 to expand its COVID-19 vaccination coverage, the Health ministry said today.</p> <p> The COVID-19 vaccine to …

<p> The daily count of fresh COVID-19 cases in India has come down to 4,362 in the last 24 hours as the third wave continues to recede in the country, …

<p> Diabetes contracted by patients with severe COVID-19 infections is likely to be temporary and their blood sugar levels are likely to return to normal a year later, a new …

<p> The daily count of fresh COVID-19 infections in India fell to 8,013 in the last 24 hours as the third wave of the pandemic recedes in the country, figures …

<p> A 28-year-old man died of excessive bleeding in Andhra Pradesh after two pharmacy college students tried to carry out an intercourse reassignment surgery on him with the help of …

<p> <strong>In Andhra Pradesh, a brain dead person’s organs have come to provide a new lease of life for eight patients. M. Koteswara Rao who was 28-years-old, and lived in …

<p> Indian vaccine manufacturer Biological E. Ltd announced on Monday that  its COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency use in the country for children aged 12 to 18.</p> <p> …

<p> <strong>The Health Security Agency of the United Kingdom continues to follow up and closely monitor individuals identified as contacts of three recently confirmed cases of Lassa fever.</strong></p> <p> Lassa …

<p> The efficacy of third doses of the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines falls substantially by the fourth month after administration, according to the latest study by the US Centers …

<p> The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that as many as 500,000 deaths due to COVID-19 have been recorded since the Omicron variant was declared a variant of concern …

<p> In a major medical breakthrough, a paralysed man with a severed spinal cord has been able to walk again, with an implant developed by a team of Swiss researchers.</p> …

<p> India’s daily count of fresh COVID-19 infections slowed to 83,876 cases in the last 24 hours, falling below the 1 lakh mark for the first time since January 6, …

<p> A team of Indian scientists in collaboration with an industry partner have developed a self-disinfecting ‘copper-based nanoparticle-coated antiviral face mask to provide protection against COVID-19.  The mask exhibits a …

<p> A subvariant of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus strain, which was first identified in Denmark has now been detected in 57 countries, the WHO said on Tuesday.</p> <p> In …