Health

New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANSlife) We know that exercising is the best way to keep the body and mind fit and healthy.But exercise does more than that! It also acts as an immunity booster. The good news is that you do not have to do heavy exercises for long h…

Lucknow, Aug 17 : Jail inmates in Uttar Pradesh can now meet their family members after a gap of almost six months when meetings were banned due to the second wave of the pandemic.The state prison department has allowed the meeting from Monday across…

Lucknow, Aug 17 : Uttar Pradesh administered 23 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine to people across the state in a single day, creating a record of sorts, officials said on Tuesday.After 29.52 lakh doses on August 3, this is the second highest number of …

New Delhi, Aug 17 : Indian researchers have developed a non-invasive, easy to administer, cost-effective and patient compliant potential therapeutic strategy against Visceral Leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease.”The strategy based on nano-car…

Bengaluru, Aug 17 : In view of a possible third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Karnataka will launch a drive to check the spread of Tuberculosis (TB) that might hit Covid patients post recovery, an official said here on Monday.According to a statemen…

Amaravati, Aug 16 : Andhra Pradesh on Monday logged 909 new Covid cases, taking its overall tally beyond 19.9 lakh, even as its active cases dropped to 17,218.As many as 1,543 more persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, increasing t…

Mumbai, Aug 16 : Maharashtra has reported 10 more cases of Delta Plus Covid variant, taking the total infectees to 76, with Ratnagiri and Jalgaon emerging as the worst-hit districts, health officials said on Monday.The number of new cases has gone up…

Chennai, Aug 16 : Nuclear families got hit more severely than joint families due to Covid-19, finds a study by HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd.Private life insurer HDFC Life said on Monday that the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a drop of 4.8 poin…

Bengaluru, Aug 16 : A team of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) doctors began door to door visits, across Bengaluru municipal limits, from Monday to collect information on Covid symptoms and co-morbidities and provide health advice.The initia…

New Delhi, Aug 16 : The Union Health Ministry on Monday approved one more laboratory for batch testing and release of Covid vaccines to strengthen and speed up the mass vaccination drive, an official statement said.The Ministry approved and authorise…