Health

New Delhi, Aug 18 : As many as 41 per cent of surveyed Delhi households say that they have one or more members who are currently down with flu-like symptoms.The findings of the survey by Local Circles also indicate that 22 per cent of Delhi household…

New Delhi, Aug 18 : The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it has identified counterfeit versions of India’s primary Covid vaccine, Covishield, BBC reported.The doses were seized by authorities in India and Africa between July and August, a WHO sta…

New Delhi, Aug 18 : A new app created by a team of developers in India and supported by Johns Hopkins University in the US – which has been designed to guide people isolating at home after testing Covid-19 positive right on their smartphones – is no…

Hyderabad, Aug 18 : The consumption of millets can reduce total cholesterol, triacylglycerols (commonly known as triglycerides), and BMI, according to a new study analysing the data of 19 studies with nearly 900 people.The study was undertaken by fiv…

New Delhi, Aug 18 : The ICMR-National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune has been at the forefront of scientific research on SARS-CoV-2 in the country.”2021 was a difficult but rewarding year for us”, said Ms Priya Abraham, Director of ICMR-NIV in a…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 18 : Over 2 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the State of Odisha so far.The vaccination programme is going on since January 16, 2021.Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has informed this through his Twitter han…

Bengaluru, Aug 18 : Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Wednesday issued an order directed at making counselling mandatory for transfer of medical officials and other staff in the health and family welfare department.The order puts an end to arb…

Bhopal, Aug 18 : Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal have found the mechanism by which breast cancer cells proliferate and spread.The findings have important implications in designing of therapeutic in…

New Delhi, Aug 18 : The Jawaharlal Nehru University in its Academic Council meeting on Tuesday passed the setting up of a medical school and a 500-bed super speciality hospital on the university campus.This school will offer PhD, MDPhD, MD, MS, DM, M…

New Delhi, Aug 18 : India on Wednesday again registered growth in the daily Covid-19 cases and reported a total of 35,178 fresh cases in the past 24 hours.The daily new cases are nearly 40 per cent increase from Tuesday’s 25,166, the lowest in 154 da…