Health

Aizawl, Oct 20 : Though the Covid-19 positivity rate in Mizoram has reduced to 12.36 per cent from 15.36 per cent in the past two weeks, the state government has announced to continue the ‘All Mask Campaign’, that was scheduled to end on Wednesday, t…

New Delhi, Oct 20 : The Central government has set a target of vaccinating the entire adult population of the country by the end of 2021, said Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, here on Wednesday.More than 99…

New Delhi, Oct 20 : Amid reports of Covid vaccination about to reach 100 crore mark, the Congress on Wednesday said that only 30 per cent Indians are fully vaccinated and the government should tell the plan how it is going to reach the target by Dece…

New Delhi, Oct 20 : Virus that has triggered new outbreaks of Covid-19 linked to a tour group of seniors from Shanghai, that has affected several regions of China, likely stemmed from overseas, Chinese health experts said as more than 20 positive cas…

Patna, Oct 20 : A child died and 24 others were seriously taken ill after consuming funeral feast at Rupauli village in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district.The children went to the house of a villager named Ganesh Mahto whose wife passed away recently and a…

New Delhi, Oct 20 : India reported 14,623 fresh Covid cases on Wednesday, 12 per cent higher than Tuesday and registered 197 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry data.With the new 197 fatalities, the overall death toll has increa…

New Delhi, Oct 20 : The economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real transformation in the sector means that emissions will keep rising and contr…

Lucknow, Oct 20 : With 26 more dengue cases reported in the past 24 hours in Lucknow, there seems to be no let-up in the situation.The new cases have taken the tally of dengue cases to 592.While cases were reported from the hotspot areas — Sarojini …

New Delhi, Oct 19 : Rising air pollutants are causing stillbirth and premature death of newborn among women living in polluted ambience, said Jugal Kishore, Director, Professor and Head of Department, Community Medicine, Safdarjung Hospital.He said t…

New Delhi, Oct 19 : Delhi reported 36 fresh cases of Covid on Tuesday, taking its tally to 14,39,441, and one death – after several days, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Health Department.With the latest fatality, the city’s death toll…