Health

New Delhi, Aug 13 : India’s first intranasal vaccine, being developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Department of Biotechnology and its PSU, the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), on Friday got regulatory approv…

Hyderabad, Aug 13 : At a time when India, like the rest of the world, is in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic, bringing into focus the huge inadequacies in the already fragile healthcare system in the country, revival of the family doctor system is o…

Hyderabad, Aug 13 : Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL), a subsidiary of the National Dairy Development Board and a leading vaccine manufacturer, on Friday handed over the first batch of Covaxin drug substance to Bharat Biotech.The IIL said it has produc…

New Delhi, Aug 13 : The Supreme Court on Friday asked a Secunderabad-based hospital to consider reducing the treatment cost of a man whose wife has sought Rs 1 crore aid from the PM-CARES Fund for transplant of his lungs, which were impacted due to C…

Srinagar, Aug 13 : New Covid cases continued to outnumber recoveries in J (and) K on Friday with 129 new cases and 112 recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours.Officials said no death was reported from anywhere.The new cases included 66 from…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 13 : Journalist-turned-Kerala Health Minister Veena George is in the hot seat as Covid runs rampant in Kerala, with the state recording 50 per cent or more of the daily Covid cases in the country.In her second term in the Asse…

New Delhi, Aug 13 : A Class 12 student from Delhi has moved the Supreme Court, seeking directions to the Centre and state governments to take a time-bound decision in connection with the physical re-opening of schools and conduct of offline teaching….

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 13 : Covid continues to rage in Kerala as on Friday, the state saw another day of over 20,000 new cases.A statement issued here by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said 20,452 new cases was registered after 1,42,501 samples wer…

Chandigarh, Aug 13 : For a father, it was a tough call to save the lives of four persons by donating the organs of his 35-year-old son, but he felt it was the right call.Ram Bachan, the grief-stricken father of Ajayesh Kumar, said on Friday that he c…

New Delhi, Aug 13 : Organ donation has less uptake in India, when compared to western nations. Covid-19 pandemic raging over the last 18 months, has further dwindled down the number of organ donations, say health experts.August 13 is observed as Worl…