Health

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...

New Delhi: India has registered 2,503 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of cases to 4,29,93,494 in the country, as per the Health Ministry data on Monday.As many as 27 fresh fatalities...

Beijing: Authorities in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, on Friday ordered the closed management of communities and villages so that all residents can be tested for Covid-19.The measures are aimed at effectively curbing the spread of...

New Delhi: A total of 6,915 people tested positive for Covid-19 during the past 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.According to the bulletin issued by the Ministry, the total caseload rose to 4,29,31,045 while the...

New Delhi: A total of 10,273 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in India, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.With this the total caseload rose to 4,29,16,117, while the death toll rose to 5,13,724 as 243 more...