Health

Patna, June 25 : A nurse allegedly injected an empty syringe into the arms of a youth during Covid vaccination drive in Chapra town in Bihar’s Saran, an official said on Friday.After a video of the purported incident, which occurred on June 21, went …

Srinagar, June 25 : With 871 recoveries and 498 new Covid cases in J (and) K on Friday, recoveries outnumbered new cases during the last 24 hours.Officials said 209 cases and five deaths were reported from the Jammu division and 289 cases and five de…

Mumbai, June 25 : As the Covid-19 Delta Plus variant claimed its first victim, an 80-year-old woman from Ratnagiri, the Maha Vikas Aghadi government on Friday clamped Level-3 norms across entire Maharashtra and hinted at “wider and stricter restricti…

New Delhi, June 25 : API Holdings Ltd (API), the parent company of digital healthcare brand Pharmeasy, is set to acquire automated accredited diagnostic laboratory Thyrocare Technologies, making the first such deal of a listed entity by an Indian uni…

New Delhi, June 25 : The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), together with the Alliance of Bioversity International and The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), on Friday released a new study identifying hu…

New Delhi, June 25 : The Supreme Court-appointed National Task Force (NTF) has proposed creation of strategic reserves of oxygen for the country to cover 2-3 weeks’ consumption amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.A 12-member panel, constituted by th…

New Delhi, June 25 : The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday dispelled rumours that Covid vaccines cause infertility, saying that most of the people who receive the shots do not face any side-effects post inoculation, but it does no…

Chennai, June 25 : The Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday told the Madras High Court that 40 pharmaceutical companies have evinced interest in the anti-Covid-19 drug produced by it.The submission came in response to a Publ…

Amaravati, June 25 : Andhra Pradesh on Friday reported 4,458 new Covid cases, pushing the tally to over 18.7 lakh, even as the state’s active caseload dropped to 47,790.As many as 6,313 more persons have recovered in the past 24 hours, raising the to…

Hyderabad, June 25 : The Telangana government has set up a state of the art Covid Command Centre as part of its preparedness to fight the potential third wave of the pandemic.The facility is equipped with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Lear…