Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) validated on Thursday the CONVIDECIA Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese developer CanSino Biologics for emergency use, making it the third Chinese vaccine after Sinopharm and Sinopec having been certified by WHO Emergency Use...
Tokyo: Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday approved a plan to discharge radioactive wastewater from the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) said that once opinions on the matter from the public...
New Delhi: A latest survey by Local Circles indicates that two in three persons who suffered symptoms of Covid-19 during April and May in Delhi NCR did not take the diagnostic test.
According to the survey, only 22 per cent...
Imphal: Manipur’s leading private hospital Shija Hospitals & Research Institute (SHRI) was awarded the National Health Award by Double Helical for rendering extraordinary services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Vijay Agarwal, President CAHO (Consortium of Accredited Hospitals Organization) and Dr....
Washington: As a fresh surge of coronavirus cases are being reported in several countries, the global coronavirus cases on Wednesday crossed 500 million cases and the death toll was more than 6 million.
The latest Johns Hopkins University said...
New Delhi: A day before the rollout of precaution doses for the population aged between 18 and 59 years, the Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers have slashed the price of jabs by more than half.
Serum Institute of India (SII) and...
New Delhi: The National Health Authority (NHA) on Thursday invited comments on the consultation paper for Drug Registry Application, which the authority intends to develop as a centralised repository of all approved drugs available in the market.
The consultation...
New Delhi: An estimated 14.37 lakh people are HIV positive in the country, among them 7.29 lakh are male patients, 7.03 lakh are female and around 5000 are transgender, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
“Under the National...
Beijing: China announced its biggest city-wide lockdown since the Covid outbreak began more than two years ago, BBC reported on Sunday.
The city of Shanghai will be brought under complete locked down in two stages over the next nine...
New Delhi: There has been an estimated increase of about 35 per cent in the prevalence of anxiety and depression in India during the Covid-19 pandemic, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday, citing an international study.
The Global prevalence...