Health

Geneva: China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, very much used globally, have been considered both safe and efficacious, according to Mariangela Simao, World Health Organization (WHO) assistant director general for access to health products."We still have data proving that they are...

Buenos Aires: The Argentine health ministry said on Monday that three travelers had tested positive for highly contagious coronavirus strains, including two infected with Indian subtypes and one with the South African strain."Since we started genomic sequencing surveillance of...

Kolkata: Women-related cancers although being one of the major causes of mortality in India are less spoken about and cared for.Cancers such as ovarian cancer especially have a high mortality rate. In India, 59,276 were estimated as new ovarian...

Moscow: European Council President Charles Michel said on Saturday that lifting intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines is not the "magic bullet," but the bloc is ready to discuss it.On Wednesday, the Biden administration threw its support behind the...

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm for emergency use, a move set to boost global vaccine rollout, particularly in the developing world."This afternoon, the WHO gave emergency use listing to...

The coronavirus wave that plunged India into the world's biggest health crisis has the potential to worsen in the coming weeks, with some research models projecting that the death toll could more than double from current levels, the Bloomberg...

New Delhi: Indian and global medical experts are shocked at the Indian government making money off the sick and dying. Every expert consulted for this report said this has to stop, the NDTV reported.A family that buys an imported...

New Delhi: As Covid-19 cases surge in the country, India is reeling under the unavailability of oxygen, caused by a shortage due to the rapid rise in cases.More patients than ever are reporting ‘breathless’ as a common symptom. ICMR...

Pune: Noted infectious disease Expert Dr Purohit said that the present number of active cases has definitely rattled the health care system and extra measures are needed to salvage our health system as it is on the verge to...

Amid the increasing number of Covid-19 cases in India, people are still not sure what to eat and what not to have pre and post-vaccination.While millions have already taken the Covid vaccine shots, many others are still in line...