Health

Lucknow, Sep 9 : The Yogi Adityanath government has sent a second team of health experts to Firozabad within a week, to identify the dengue variant causing the outbreak which appears to be more dangerous for children.The three-member team from Luckno…

Patna, Sep 9 : The health department of Bihar is on alert after viral fever cases among children rose in several districts of the state triggering panic among parents.The department has sent dedicated medical teams to Siwan, Gopalganj, Vaishali, Muza…

Amaravati, Sep 9 : The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld the state government’s ban on public celebration of the Vinayaka Chaturthi festival.However, the High Court also directed the state government to permit the installation of Ganesh pandals on…

Jaipur, Sep 8 : The Rajasthan Home Department on Wednesday issued fresh orders continuing the ban on any kind of gatherings – social, political, sports, cultural, or religious – as well as fairs and ‘haats’ to check the spread of coronavirus infectio…

Nandurbar (Maharashtra), Sep 8 : In a tragic incident, a 60-year-old sick tribal woman succumbed on the shoulders of her 65-year-old husband on a hilly path as he was rushing her on foot to a rural hospital around 22 km away, officials and activists …

New Delhi, Sep 8 : Apprehending a possible third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Wednesday decided to ban public celebrations of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.Any procession or gathering in connection …

New Delhi, Sep 8 : The Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) has granted emergency use authorisation to Truenat, a real-time PCR platform manufactured by Goa-based Molbio Diagnostics, for testing people infected with Nipah virus.This is the first …

Mumbai, Sep 8 : As Maharashtra grapples with a renewed surge in Covid-19 cases, the state government on Wednesday clarified that fresh curbs or lockdown-like measures would be considered only if the demands for liquid medical oxygen (LMO) crosses 700…

Bengaluru, Sep 8 : The Ganesha festival is just three days away and the Karnataka government’s new decision is troubling the life of the idol makers who have to face a meaningless restriction that the idols should not be more than 2 feet high at home…

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 8 : After a few days, Kerala on Wednesday again recorded over 30,000 cases, with 30,196 new Covid cases after 1,71,295 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, and the test positivity rate rising to 17.63 per cent.A statement…