Health

New Delhi, July 8 : The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has given Mankind Pharma the license to manufacture and market the oral 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) for the treatment of Covid-19, the pharmaceutical company said on Thursday.M…

New Delhi, July 8 : About 40 per cent of people suffered from at least one post-Covid symptom such as fatigue, pain and breathlessness for up to a year in north India, revealed a study by Max Hospital on Thursday.The team followed-up 990 RT-PCR-confi…

Thiruvananthapuram, July 8 : Even as the Covid pandemic continue to rage in Kerala, state Health Minister Veena George on Thursday said Zika virus cases have been detected in the state.”This is the first time that Zika virus has been reported in Kera…

Gonda (UP), July 8 : Seventeen government doctors, including Additional Chief Medical Officer (ACMO) Dr Ajay Pratap Singh, have resigned in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district, accusing District Magistrate Markandey Shahi of using abusive language.Those w…

New July 8 : As new Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya took charge, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday said India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 36.48 crore people.India’s cumulative vaccination coverage exceeded 36.48 cro…

Chennai, July 8 : In an attempt to tackle oxygen shortage that might occur if Covid-19 third wave sweeps Tamil Nadu, MVS Engineering is installing four medical oxygen plants in three hospitals in the state.The oxygen plants based on pressure swing ad…

Pune, July 8 (101Reporters/IANS) The second wave of Covid-19 has been devastating, with some families losing multiple people to the virus.The scenario could have been just as tragic for Ashok Rohidas Jagtap, a farmer from Pune district.The 21 members o…

Lucknow, July 8 : The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh is preparing a five-page booklet on the ‘effective Covid management’ of the Yogi Adityanath government.UP BJP spokesperson Hero Bajpai said that the booklet would help party workers a…

Mumbai, July 8 : The Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) has granted approval to Sanofi and Glaxo Smith Kline (GSK) to conduct Phase-III clinical study, to assess the safety, efficacy and immunogenicity of their adjuvanted recombinant-protein Co…

Lucknow, July 8 : The genome sequencing of Covid-19 positive samples from Uttar Pradesh has revealed two cases with the Delta Plus strain.In May this year, 100 samples were routinely sent to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) In…