Health

Hyderabad, June 11 : The genetic variants responsible for Covid-19 severity among Europeans may not play a role in Covid-19 susceptibility among South Asians, reveals a study by an international team of scientists.In the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, it…

Amaravati, June 11 : Andhra Pradesh on Friday reported 8,239 fresh Covid case, which took the state’s overall Covid tally to more than 17.9 lakh, even as the active caseload dropped to 96,100.On a positive note, 11,135 more persons recovered from the…

Jaipur, June 11 : Renowned neurologist Ashok Panagariya passed away here on Friday after suffering from post-Covid complications.He was in a hospital for over 25 days as his lungs were damaged even as he recovered from Covid.Panagariya has over 90 re…

Mumbai, June 11 : The State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a collateral-free unique loan offering — ‘Kavach Personal Loan’ — for Covid patients.The loan covers expenses of Covid treatment of the customer and his/her family members.Under this sche…

New Delhi, June 11 : Post-Covid infection patients are likely to have lasting effects on brain function and have dementia.Now, US researchers have found an overlap between Covid-19 and brain changes that are common in Alzheimer’s.It may help inform r…

Thiruvananthapuram, June 11 : Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said that things are slowly getting better on the Covid front as there is improvement in test positivity rate (TPR) and the number of daily cases, but control and precauti…

Amaravati, June 11 : The Covid nodal officer for Andhra Pradesh, Arja Srikanth, said on Friday that aid in the form of materials, medicines and money worth Rs 17 crore poured into the coffers of the state government in the last 20 days, even as anot…

New Delhi, June 11 : Delhi reported 238 new Covid cases and 24 deaths in the last 24 hours.The daily positivity rate was at 0.31 per cent, according to the health bulletin.Delhi has a total of 3,922 active cases, out of which 1,238 are in home isolat…

Hyderabad, June 11 : Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, on Friday announced its partnership with the Telangana government to lead a consortium tasked with the development and execution of the drone deliveries of medical supplies to r…

New Delhi, June 11 : Only 27 per cent of those who tried to get Covid vaccine appointment on the CoWIN/Aarogya Setu app in the last seven days were able to do so, said a survey by LocalCircles.The survey sought to understand the magnitude of issues w…