Health

Amaravati, Aug 3 : Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday logged 1,546 new Covid cases, taking its overall tally beyond 19.7 lakh, even as its active caseload dropped to 20,170.As many as 1,940 more persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours, increas…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 3 : Even as fresh decisions with regards to lockdown norms are expected, Kerala on Tuesday saw Covid cases soar high again, with 23,676 turning positive after 1,99,456 samples were sent for testing in the past 24 hours.Chief M…

Srinagar, Aug 3 : New Covid cases again outnumbered recoveries in J (and) K on Tuesday as 140 new cases, 98 recoveries and 3 deaths were reported during the last 24 hours.Officials said that 70 cases, and 38 recoveries were reported from the Jammu di…

New Delhi, Aug 3 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday said the doctors, both under Ayush and the central health services (CHS), render service to patients and on this core aspect, there is nothing to distinguish between them as it held that ayurvedic docto…

Hyderabad, Aug 3 : The Robin Hood Army (RHA), a volunteer-based zero funds organisation, has joined hands with WhatsApp, Uber, and Google to bring together volunteers who will help vaccinate 1.5 lakh Indians and serve 5 million meals to those most af…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 3 : After a gap of three months, the Odisha government has asked all its offices to function with full strength.”All departments of the state government and sub-ordinate offices in the state shall function with full strength of emplo…

New Delhi, Aug 3 : Amazon Alexa has been updated with the latest Covid-19 related features for Indian users.The virtual assistant can help you find nearest Covid-19 testing centres, vaccination centres, and answer queries about vaccination, helpline …

New Delhi, Aug 3 : The case trajectory of Covid-19 in India has registered substantial decline, from over four lakhs per day at the peak of the second wave to 30,549 on August 3, said Joint Secretary in the Union Health Ministry, Luv Agrawal, at a pr…

New Delhi, Aug 3 : Doctors at a private Delhi hospital successfully performed a life-saving bariatric surgery on a 2-year-old morbidly obese child weighing 45 kg, with a body mass index of 41.5.A child at 2 years, having normal growth milestones, wei…

Gurugram, Aug 3 : Despite the Gurugram district health department repeatedly appealing to the people to strictly follow the Covid protocols, people are still being careless, leading to six locations in the city now reporting more Covid cases.Accordin…