Healthcare

Bengaluru: Equine Biotech, a startup of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has developed an indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit for accurate and affordable diagnosis of COVID-19. The test kit, based...

Timothy Ray Brown, the first person known to have been cured of the HIV infection, is now terminally ill following a recurrence of leukemia. Brown, from America, was working as...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the "Fit India Age Appropriate Fitness Protocols" during an online dialogue to celebrate the first anniversary of the Fit India Movement on Thursday....

Pune: The Serum Institute of India (SII) will start the third and final phase of human trial of Oxford-Astrazeneca’s coronavirus vaccine at Pune’s Sasson General Hospital early next week. “The...

New Delhi: Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Wednesday came down heavily on the government after the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey said in the...

Bhubaneswar: A total of 47 medical colleges, including Odisha's Hi-Tech Medical College and Hospital in Rourkela, have been recognized by the Medical Council Of India (MCI) during the last three...

Bhubaneswar: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday released the findings of the first round of the national sero-survey conducted in May and June to estimate the prevalence of...

New Delhi: In a recently released National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data 'Family Problems' were the leading cause of suicide in 2019, accounting for 32.4 percent of all suicides in...

The clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate being developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca may have been put on pause following an adverse reaction observed in one of the...

Mumbai: Veteran actress Surekha Sikri was rushed to hospital on Tuesday after suffering a second brain stroke. Sikri’s manager Vivek told the Indian Express that the actress is under treatment...