Health

Kolkata, Oct 27 : In an advisory to the private hospitals and nursing homes, the state health department has fixed an upper ceiling of Rs 5,000 for the diagnosis and clinical investigation for the beneficiaries of Swasthya Sathi Card holders and aske…

New Delhi, Oct 27 : In the last 24 hours, India registered 13,451 new Covid-19 cases, and the number of vaccinated people reached 103.53 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.In the same period, 585 new fatalities were reported, which in…

New Delhi, Oct 27 : The World Health Organization (WHO) has sought additional data to decide on much awaited Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to Covid vaccine Covaxin.The Technical Advisory Group of WHO has sought additional clarification from vaccine man…

Bengaluru, Oct 26 : The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition questioning the government’s decision of making Covid-19 vaccination compulsory for the employees of industries and commercial establishments.It also warned the petitioner…

New Delhi, Oct 26 : Delhi reported 41 new cases of Covid on Tuesday, taking its tally at 14,39,671, but no fresh fatalities – for the fourth day now, according to the latest bulletin issued by the state Health Department.The city’s death toll stands …

Chennai, Oct 26 : The Tamil Nadu Health Department would conduct the next mega Covid vaccination camp on October 30 at 50,000 centres across the state, Health Minister Ma Subramanian said on Tuesday.As Subramanian and state Health Secretary, Dr.J. Ra…

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 26 : With just few more days for the schools in Kerala to open after a gap of 18 months, state Transport Minister Antony Raju on Tuesday said that an “elaborate students transport protocol” is in place.All schools in the state…

Hyderabad, Oct 26 : A section of junior doctors at government-run Osmania General Hospital in Hyderabad on Tuesday attended their duties wearing helmets as a mark of protest after a doctor was injured when a ceiling fan fell on her.A final-year resid…

New Delhi, Oct 26 : Ongoing discussions on pricing of children’s vaccine ZyCoV-D are in their last stage, and it will be rolled out soon, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesda.The RNA-based vaccine, meant for the age group of 12 to 1…

New Delhi, Oct 26 : Heathrow airport has warned that air travel may not recover to pre-Covid levels until 2026 despite improving passenger numbers in the past three months, as it reported that losses since the start of the pandemic have reached 3.4bn…