COVID-19

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have finally issued guidelines for issuance of an “official document” to the families of those who died...

Bhubaneswar: A year and a half after the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the battle against coronavirus continues. Vaccination against the dreaded virus started in India on January 16, and about...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday set the Central government a September 11 deadline to report compliance on issuance of COVID-19 death certificates and framing a national insurance scheme...

New Delhi: Vaccination of those under-18 has not yet started in India. Once the government kicks off inoculation drive for children, it will take up to nine months to cover...

New Delhi: Most experts had said that a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is inevitable in India. There was, however, a difference in the timing predicted about the onset...

New Delhi: A new variant of coronavirus, which has been detected in South Africa and some other countries, could be more transmissible and evade protection provided by vaccines. According to...

New Delhi: There has been a universal decline in routine vaccination among children since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic last year. According to a joint report by World Health Organisation...

New Delhi: Reopening educational institutions is one of the most debated subjects in India at present. A vaccine for adolescents (12-17 years) has been approved for emergency use in our...

In a revealing research, it has found that breast milk of mothers who have been administered the COVID-19 vaccine contains significant amount of antibodies that could protect infants from coronavirus....

New Delhi: Two Afghan returnees tested positive for COVID-19 after landing in India on Monday. A total of 146 Indians, evacuated from Afghanistan, reached Delhi via Doha on Monday morning....