Health

New Delhi, Oct 25: A new mutation of the Delta variant of COVID-19, AY.4.2, dubbed ‘Delta Plus’ and now named VUI-21OCT-01 by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), has raised concern. AY.4.2 variant that spreads more quickly than the dominant Delta variant has also been found in India in very...

New Delhi, Oct 25: Union Health Ministry has rushed a high level multi-disciplinary team to Uttar Pradesh where a case of Zika Virus Disease case has been reported. A 57-year-old male from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh has tested positive for Zika virus disease on October 22. The multidisciplinary team comprising of...

Varanasi, Oct 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched PM Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission. He also inaugurated various development projects worth around Rs 5200 crore for Varanasi. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said the country has achieved a major milestone of 100 crore vaccine doses in its fight against...

New Delhi, Oct 20: Scientists have marched one step ahead to bring a panacea for Renal dysfunction or kidney failure in the human body recently. A panel of scientists are going to stagger success over Pig-to-human kidney transplantation, revealed a recent study. For the first time in Medical Science, surgeons...

Bhubaneswar, Oct 19: TATA Health, the digital health arm of the TATA Group, today announced the PAN-India availability of its Digital Health platform. Launched in Bengaluru, the online consultation App helped more than 6 Lakh people. With a vision to enhance health and happiness always, TATA Health provides instant consultation...

New Delhi, Oct 12: Covaxin is yet to get approval by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for children between 2-18 years old, according to official sources. The Bharat Biotech has submitted data from clinical trials in the 2-18 years age group for COVAXIN (BBV152) to Central Drugs Standard...

New Delhi, Oct 12: Subject Expert Committee (SEC) has given a recommendation to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for the use of Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin for the beneficiaries aged between 2-18 years, news agency ANI reported quoting official sources. Earlier, Dr Sanjay K Rai, a professor...

New Delhi, Oct 9: The domestic vaccine manufacturers and manufacturers of syringes have played an important and critical role in the effective implementation of world’s largest COVID vaccination program in India. India has so far administered nearly 94 crore Vaccine doses and is nearing 100 crore doses administration mark. With...

New Delhi, Oct 7: India is recording a daily average of 20,000 cases, said Union Health Ministry on Thursday. Addressing a health briefing, Joint Secretary of Union Health Ministry Lav Agarwal said, “On an average, 20,000 Covid-19 cases have been recorded daily”.  Of these 56 per cent cases were reported...

AYUSH. New Delhi, Oct 5: Ministry of Ayush has recently noticed safety concerns on use of Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia) that were published in social media and in some scientific journals. This advisory is being issued to confirm that Guduchi (Tinospora cordifolia) is safe to use but some similar looking plants...