Healthcare

Bhubaneswar: Former Indian cricketer Mohammed Kaif took to his Twitter handle on Saturday to laud the Odisha fire brigade department for braving all odds after Cyclone Amphan and rescuing a...

New Delhi: The Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will soon take charge as Chairman of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board, at the latter's meeting on May 22. “It...

Beijing: China, under pressure from the USA and several other countries for their role in the novel coronavirus pandemic which started in Wuhan, tried to soothe sentiments on Monday. Chinese...

Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) and its director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will face some tough questions at its annual meet, beginning on May 18. According to a report...

Raipur: In its guidelines to safeguard against coronavirus, WHO has failed to factor on mobile phones as being potential carriers of the virus in healthcare facilities, doctors at AIIMS, Raipur...

New Delhi: A group of women running a tailoring unit in Andhra Pradesh has joined hands with the government in not only fighting COVID-19 but also generating livelihood for themselves at...

New Delhi: The Union Health ministry issued guidelines for RT-PCR pooled sampling for specific citizens to test for coronavirus. A decision has been taken to use one-time RT-PCR based pooled...

Geneva:  Even as clinical and human trials of a vaccine for coronavirus are under way in different countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a grim warning for mankind....

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has directed chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UT) to ensure implementation of district-level facility-based surveillance for Covid-19 through sero-survey. A sero-survey...

Mumbai: Covid-19 cases continue to grow in Maharashtra, India’s hotspot. If the news of positive coronavirus cases being detected in Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia, alarmed the country a...