Health

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 24 : After a lull in daily testing, Kerala again saw daily Covid case numbers rise high, with 24,296 people testing Covid positive after 1,34,706 samples were tested.The state leads the country in new daily cases, the number o…

New Delhi, Aug 24 : The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), India’s National Regulatory Authority, has approved Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Limited’s work on the country’s first mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine for its clinical data of the…

New Delhi, Aug 24 : Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday virtually inaugurated the OPD services in the new AYUSH building and a night shelter at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Deoghar in Jharkhand.They will provide…

Chandigarh, Aug 24 : The first Covid-19 case was reported in Haryana on March 17, 2020, in Gurugram district, state Health Minister Anil Vij informed the Assembly on Tuesday.To combat the pandemic, the state has extended the Haryana Government Epidem…

Kochi, Aug 24 : The Kerala High Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to explain why there is a gap of 84 days for second dose of Covishield vaccine.The court also asked if it was possible to reduce the time gap if vaccines are sourced by parties themsel…

New Delhi, Aug 24 : India accounts for more than a third of the global excess infant deaths in 2020 due to the economic slowdown caused by Covid-19, according to a study led by World bank researchers.The study, published in the online journal BMJ Ope…

New Delhi, Aug 24 : India on Tuesday registered a total of 25,467 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours across the country.A total of 354 deaths were also reported in the same time span, pushing the death toll to 4,35,110, said the Ministry of Healt…

Hyderabad, Aug 24 : Though the Telangana government has decided to reopen all educational institutions from September 1, many parents are still not ready to send their children to schools.Most of the parents, especially those of primary and secondary…

New Delhi, Aug 24 : After enabling users to download vaccine certificates, the MyGov Corona Helpdesk on WhatsApp now allows users to locate their nearest vaccination centre and book their vaccine-appointment, the Union Ministry of Health and MyGov an…

Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 24 : A mysterious fever has claimed six lives, including five children, in the Konh village in Mathura in the past one week.Nearly 80 persons have been admitted to various hospitals in Mathura, Agra and also in Rajasthan’…