Health

New Delhi, May 21 : With the rising number of cases of ‘black fungus’ in the capital complaints regarding shortage of Amphotericin B, a drug used to treat black fungus, have started coming in.Also, private hospitals are struggling to procure the sudd…

New Delhi, May 21 : The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an antibody detection kit known as Dipcovan, which is expected to be available at Rs 75 per test in the market from June first week onwards.The kit has been de…

New Delhi, May 21 : The Delhi High Court on Friday held the imposition of Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) on import of oxygen concentrators for personal use as “unconstitutional”. A division bench comprising Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Talwa…

Chandigarh, May 21 : Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Friday said the post-Covid centres named Umang will soon be launched in government hospitals.He said in these centres the recovered patients would not only be treated but would also be given tr…

New Delhi, May 21 : Healthcare company SpiceHealth on Friday said it has launched the first mobile testing laboratory in Aurangabad for conducting Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests.The healthcare company launched by the promoters of …

New May 21 : The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has made efforts to ramp up supply and availability of Amphotericin-B, the anti-fungal drug used in treatment of Black Fungus disease.A statement from the government said on Friday, “In Ma…

Mau (Uttar Pradesh), May 21 : As the dreaded Black Fungus or Mucormycosis disease — spreads across Uttar Pradesh, a case of White Fungus has been found in a patient from Mau district.This is probably the first case of White Fungus that has been trac…

New Delhi, May 21 : Amid rise of mucormycosis (black fungus) infection, diabetic patients are advised to frequently monitor and control their blood sugar levels.Diabetic patients (those with uncontrolled diabetes), steroid usage and being Corona posi…

Hyderabad, May 21 : MSN Laboratories Pvt Ltd (MSN) on Friday announced the launch of Posaconazole in India to treat Mucormycosis.MSN has launched the product under the brand name PosaOne as 100 mg delayed release tablets and 300 mg injections, respec…

New Delhi, May 21 : With many children across the country losing their parents during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis that has hit India hard, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday issued an advisory to all the state government…