Applying strategies from the polio eradication programme, the polio networks in WHO's South-East Asia Region are helping strengthen core public health response measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemi read..
Healthcare warriors, including doctors, nurses and paramedics would be the first to get vaccinated for Covid immunity when introduced, said Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Friday. read..
US president Donald Trump and his top infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci have not met in "several months" and White House virus task force meetings have been reduced to once a week, accordin read..
Resident Doctors of the North Delhi Municipal Committee Medical College and Hindu Rao Hospital on Friday began an indefinite hunger strike against non-payment of salaries. read..
Covid cases continued on the upward trend in Kerala, with 8,511 infections and 26 deaths reported on Friday, a Health Department statement said. read..
The Odisha government on Friday initiated the process for the preparation of a database of healthcare workers and Anganwadi workers for Covid-19 vaccination. read..
Kerala Police have identified a mafia operating in the organ transplant sector in the state and a detailed probe has been ordered into the matter, officials said on Friday. read..
Even as coronavirus cases in Odhisha continued to show a declining trend, the state's death toll surpassed the 1,200-mark when 18 more patients succumbed to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours, a he read..
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the antiviral drug Veklury (remdesivir) for use in adult and pediatric patients 12 years of age and older and weighing at least 40 kilograms (about 88 read..
An international team of researchers has identified a direct molecular link between meat and dairy diets and the development of antibodies in the blood that increase the chances of developing cancer. read..
Andhra Pradesh on Thursday reported 3,620 new Covid-19 cases, raising the state's tally to 7.96 lakh, even as 3,723 more patients recovered from the virus. read..
