Health

New Delhi/New York, May 12 : Noted science writer Nicholas Wade, who has worked with some of the world’s most distinguished science magazines and journals, penned an exhaustive article last week explaining why Coronavirus has all the hallmarks of bei…

Panaji, May 12 : Amid the ongoing tussle in Goa between Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane over the death of 26 patients due to shortage of oxygen at a top government hospital, a ruling BJP MLA has demanded the latter’s r…

New Delhi, May 12 : In a bid to stop black-marketing of oxygen concentrators and hoarding other Covid-related medical equipment, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday told the Centre to fix their maximum retail price (MRP) immediately.A bench of Justices…

Mumbai, May 12 : Maharashtra saw Covid-19 cases and fatalities go up again and the state toll raced past the 78,000 mark, though Mumbai continued to improve, health officials said on Wednesday.Against 793 deaths on Tuesday, the state fatalities were …

Panaji, May 12 : The Bombay High Court’s Panaji bench on Wednesday said that oxygen paucity in the state’s apex health facility was grim and directed top government officials that no death should occur at least on Wednesday night due to lack of oxyge…

Hyderabad, May 12 : Bharat Biotech has said that it is disheartening to hear some states complaining about its intentions regarding supply of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin. Bharat Biotech co-founder and Joint Managing Director Suchitra Ella tweeted t…

Mumbai, May 12 : Owing to continued shortage of vaccines, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday decided to temporarily put on hold the inoculation drive for the 18-44 age groups, Health Minister Rajesh Tope said here.The stocks would be diverted t…

New Delhi, May 12 : Four children in Delhi government-run child care homes were found Covid-infected and have been sent to healthcare centes for treatment, the state government said on Wednesday.As per the government, one boy and three girls at the S…

Kalaburagi, May 12 : With the Karnataka government looking for new places to set up makeshift Covid care facilities, Mines and Geology minister Murugesh Nirani on Wednesday directed the authorities to refurbish an abandoned old hospital building of t…

Jaipur, May 12 : The UK strain of Covid virus is the reason behind the deadly second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Rajasthan, state Health Minister Raghu Sharma said on Wednesday.This information came out recently in the genome sequencing repor…