Health

New Delhi, Oct 12 : The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Bharati Pravin Pawar, said on Tuesday that engaging youth as community volunteers will go a long way in generating awareness about HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, blood donation, …

New Delhi, Oct 12 : India is all set to touch the target of 100-crore vaccine doses on October 14 and the government has started preparing for a ‘mega event’, a top Health Ministry source said. The source told IANS that the target of 100 crore vaccin…

New Delhi, Oct 12 : The Hyderabad-based pharma major Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin has got the emergency use approval for children in the age group of 2 to 18 years from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGA).The Subject Expert Committee on Covid-19…

New Delhi, Oct 12 : India on Tuesday recorded 14,313 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest in the past 224 days, the Union Health Ministry said.With 181 fatalities in the same time span, the death toll climbed to 4,50,963.With 26,579 pat…

Patna, Oct 12 : Patna has recorded a surge in cases of vector-borne diseases like dengue, while registering a decline in the city’s coronavirus graph.On Sunday, the health department of Patna registered seven positive cases of dengue.Two patients wer…

Hyderabad, Oct 12 : People suffering from arthritis should maintain an active lifestyle as physical exercise reduces inflammation by reducing fat and increasing the production and release of anti-inflammatory molecules, say doctors on World Arthritis…

Kolkata, Oct 12 : Despite the mad rush for pandal hopping and huge mobilisation of crowd in and around the puja pandals, the number of cases in the state is showing a sign of decline.The number of cases on Sunday was 760 slightly lower from 776 on Sa…

Jaipur, Oct 12 : With the number of fresh Covid cases showing a steady decline, the Rajasthan government on Monday lifted the ban on organising religious programmes in the state, capping the number of people attending them to 200.In a new guideline r…

New Delhi, Oct 11 : The national capital on Monday reported 23 fresh Covid cases, taking the total tally to 14,39,218, as per the Delhi Health Department bulletin.However, no fatality has been reported in the city in the same time span.The city’s dea…

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 11 : With lesser testing over the weekend, Kerala registered 6,996 new Covid cases on Monday, a statement from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.As per the statement, around 66,702 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, …