Healthcare

New Delhi: There is a proposal to convert railway coaches into ‘train hospitals’ in Tier II and Tier III cities as well as villages. A total of 5,150 non-airconditioned train...

New Delhi: India has tested more than 10 lakh people for coronavirus, of whom 39,980 have tested positive. Those are the figures released on Sunday by the Indian Council of...

Kansas City: An Indo-American physician, Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, has launched a four-month study to find out whether prayers could heal COVID-19 patients or not. The study is focused to investigate the...

Bhubaneswar: Workers collecting COVID-19 bio-waste in the state have complained that they are not being considered at par with other frontline warriors despite risking their lives by handling the most...

New Delhi: India will have indigenous test kits for Covid-19 ready by the middle of May, Union Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has claimed. “The next couple of weeks are...

Rourkela: Two Covid-19 patients from Rourkela have recovered, informed the Home & Family Welfare department of Odisha via a tweet on Thursday evening. The total number of recovered cases from...

Washington: The US, which had previously sanctioned $2.9 million, has announced an additional grant of $3 million to help India in their battle against the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic. “This...

New Delhi: The Centre on on Thursday debunked claims that eating ice-cream or any other frozen food leads to contracting coronavirus. With the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, several rumours...

Antiviral drug Remdesivir has shown positive results in the treatment of COVID-19 patients, US-based pharma company Gilead Sciences has said. In its third phase of clinical trial, a 5-day dosage...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday laid down the guidelines for return of migrant workers and others to their home states from different places. The Union...