Health

Lucknow, Sep 8 : The King George’s Medical University (KGMU) has launched a first-of-its kind clinic for preventive haematology.The clinic will operate every Saturday at the department’s outpatient door (OPD) chamber and people having predisposition …

Chandigarh, Sep 8 : Haryana has launched the third round of Covid-19 serological survey with the prevalence rate of 14.8 per cent as per the last round.For the first time, children above the age of six will be covered.Health Minister Anil Vij said th…

Chandigarh, Sep 7 : In a first of its kind campaign, citizens and civil society organisations across Punjab on Tuesday demanded that urban local bodies mandatorily issue timely health advisories publicly, to alert citizens on “bad air” days, which w…

Srinagar, Sep 7 : Recoveries continued to outnumber new Covid cases in J (and) K on Tuesday where 148 patients recovered while 126 new cases were reported during the last 24 hours.Officials said 25 recoveries, and 34 cases were reported from the Jamm…

Bengaluru, Sep 7 : The Karnataka government has sounded a high alert in the districts bordering Kerala following the detection of Nipah virus cases in the neighbouring state.Issuing an advisory in this connection, the Karnataka government said: “In v…

Hyderabad, Sep 7 : Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday appealed to every eligible person to take Covid-19 vaccine without any fear or hesitation and called for making vaccination a people’s movement.Launching a free vaccination programme organ…

Bengaluru, Sep 8 : The Karnataka government on Tuesday issued an advisory restricting the entry of students, employees and others into the state from Kerala till the end of October amid fears of the outbreak of a possible third wave of the Covid-19 p…

New Delhi, Sep 7 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to give urgent hearing on a plea seeking direction to the Jharkhand government to consider reopening of Baba Baidyanath Jyotirlinga Temple, one of the twelve ‘jyotirlingas’ of Lord Shiva, in th…

New Delhi, Sep 7 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that in cases where the patient dies during surgery, “it cannot be automatically assumed that the medical professional was negligent”.A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and A.S.Bopanna said: “It is c…

Kolkata, Sep 7 : Two persons have died while 78 others have been rushed to the hospital with symptoms of diarrhoea in the Kamarhati municipal area in North 24 Parganas ditrict in West Bengal on Tuesday.Ten persons are stated to be in critical state.T…