Health

Guwahati/Itanagar, July 20 : The Gauhati High Court has taken suo-motu cognizance of the “alarming rise” in the number of Covid-19 cases in Nagaland, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh and sought views from the three northeastern states on the matter, cou…

New Delhi, July 20 : India on Tuesday reported its first bird flu death as an 11-year-old boy, who was undergoing treatment at AIIMS for it, succumbed to the disease.A senior All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) official said that the boy,…

Vazhakkad, July 20 : A government Primary Health Centre in Kerala, destroyed in the 2018 floods, has been rebuilt as India’s largest family health centre with support from a leading international healthcare service provider.Fully funded by Dr Shamshe…

New Delhi, July 21 : The Research for Resurgence Foundation (RFRF), an RSS-backed academic research organisation, has recommended mapping of industrial sector activities to protect the livelihoods of workers in the wake of a possible third wave of th…

Bengaluru, July 21 : As the pandemics second wave flattens, only 1,464 tested Covid positive in a day, while 29 patients succumbed to the infection in Karnataka, said the state health bulletin on Tuesday.”With 1,464 new cases registered on Monday, th…

New Delhi, July 20 : No deaths due to lack of oxygen have been specifically reported by any states or Union Territories during Covid-19’s second wave, the Parliament was told on Tuesday.In a reply to a question by Congress’ Rajya Sabha member K.C.Ven…

Amaravati, July 20 : Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday logged 2,498 new Covid cases, raising the state’s overall tally over 19.4 lakh, even as its active caseload dropped to 23,843.As many as 2,201 more people recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours,…

Mumbai, July 20 : A reconciliation of earlier data resulted in Maharashtra’s Covid-19 cumulative death toll shooting up by a staggering 3,509 with the day’s fatalities standing at 147, though recoveries crossed 6 million, health officials said here o…

Puducherry, July 20 : There was no shortage of vaccines in the Union Territory of Puducherry at any point in time, Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundaraajan said.Addressing students of the Bharathidasan government college for women, she said that the Union …

Chennai, July 20 : Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian said on Tuesday that the state government is exploring the possibilities of providing free Covid vaccine doses to the people through private hospitals and reimbursing the hospitals by using…