Health

Bengaluru, July 20 : For the first time since the pandemics second wave began in April, Covid positivity rate in Karnataka dipped below 1 per cent in a day, while case fatality rate was above 3 per cent, said the state health bulletin on Monday.”Posi…

New Delhi, July 19 : The Supreme Court on Monday declined to interfere with a Bombay High Court order, quashing the Maharashtra government’s notifications regulating amount charged by private hospitals and nursing homes to non-Covid patients.A bench …

Amaravati, July 19 : Andhra Pradesh on Monday recorded 1,628 new Covid cases, raising the state’s overall tally over 19.4 lakh, even as its active caseload dropped to 23,570.As many as 2,744 more persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hour…

New Delhi, July 19 : Doctors at the Max Hospitals in Saket and Vaishali have successfully treated a critically ill, underweight, pre-term baby suffering from a condition known as PDA or Patent Ductus Arteriosus using a device called Piccolo.Nishu, bo…

Puducherry, July 19 : The Union Territory of Puducherry reported less than 50 fresh Covid-19 cases on Monday, while its test positivity rate (TPR) came down to 0.8 per cent.This is the first time in four months that the number of fresh cases has come…

Srinagar, July 19 : Recoveries again outnumbered new cases in J (and) K on Monday as 268 patients recovered while 123 new cases and one death was reported during the last 24 hours.Officials said 93 recoveries and 51 cases were reported from the Jammu…

Chandigarh, July 19 : A 13-year-old girl who passed away has become a beacon of hope with her parents’ decision to go for organ donation, saving the lives of four patients battling for survival after suffering from end-stage organ failure.One the pat…

New Delhi, July 19 : The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up the Gujarat government for bringing a notification to reverse its order on fire safety norms in Covid hospitals, warning that putting of the adherence till 2022 would mean “people will contin…

New Delhi, July 19 : The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea against the Maharashtra government’s denial of permission to Warkaris of the Sant Namdev Maharaj Sansthan and other groups of Warkari sect to walk from their doorstep till the temple a…

Guwahati, July 19 : The Assam government on Monday announced that no public congregation would be allowed in the state on Eid on Wednesday in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.Assam’s Health and Family Welfare Minister Keshab Mahanta said that a maximum …