Health

New Delhi, Oct 8 : Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Friday met Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya here along with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and sought additional allocation of funds under the National Health Mission (NHM) for upgra…

New Delhi, Oct 8 : Twitter saw a 153 per cent (2.5x) increase in conversations about mental well-being during the second wave of Covid-19, the microblogging site said in a statement on Friday.The platform has, since the beginning of the Covid-19 pand…

Puducherry, Oct 8 : Puducherry Chief Minister N. Rangasamy on Friday distributed an ex-gratia amount of Rs 50,000 each to the families of Covid-19 victims here.The Puducherry government in a statement said the government has issued an order in compli…

New Delhi, Oct 8 : Two patients who accidentally ingested sanitiser mistaking it for water, rendering them unable to swallow food and water for months, were given a new lease of life after doctors at Fortis Hospital here performed an oesophageal reco…

New Delhi, Oct 8 : The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a ‘clinical case definition’ of post-Covid situation to ensure better treatment and care for affected person.People with post-Covid conditions can experience lingering symptoms for mon…

Chennai, Oct 8 : The Tamil Nadu state health department has taken measures to report immediately on the Covid-19 positive cases being reported in schools.This was after a private school in Coonoor shut down following eight students and one teacher te…

Chennai, Oct 8 : The Karur district administration in Tamil Nadu is to shower gifts on people getting vaccinated during the mega vaccine drive on Sunday.This is the fifth mega vaccine drive to be held in the state to inoculate people above the age of…

New Delhi, Oct 8 : In the last 24 hours, India reported 21,257 fresh Covid-19 cases and 271 deaths, the Union Health Ministry said in its latest update on Friday.With the new fatalities, the country’s overall death toll has increased to 4,50,127, acc…

New Delhi, Oct 7 : The daily Covid cases in the national capital on Thursday rose by 44, pushing the total infections to 14,39,097, as per the Health Department bulletin.However, no fatality has been reported in the city in the last four days.The cit…

Bengaluru, Oct 7 : Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta on Thursday revised guidelines for the Durga Puja celebrations in Bengaluru after BJP MP Tejasvi Surya made a strong objection to the existing restrictions.I…