Air pollution may increase Covid severity, even in fully vaccinated patients, says studyLong-term air pollution exposure is linked to an increase in cardiovascular and lung diseases.
01 Oct, 2022, 01.55 PM IST
Long Covid may last over 12 weeks in unvaccinated, obese kidsAn additional 3.3 per cent reported that symptoms such as loss of taste and smell, cough, and difficulty breathing persisted for longer tha...
11 Aug, 2022, 01.11 PM IST
AIIMS discontinues routine COVID-19 testing before inpatient hospitalisations, surgeriesAIIMS medical superintendent Dr D K Sharma requested the chiefs and in-charges of all centres, clinical and diagnostic departments to bring...
09 Feb, 2022, 06.33 PM IST
Kids caught in third wave, Covid hospitalisation up in DelhiThe number of children requiring hospitalisation due to Covid-19 is on the rise in the city. While only a fraction of children affected by ...
21 Jan, 2022, 01.13 PM IST
5-10% Covid cases requiring hospitalisation this time, but situation may change: CentreThe rise in COVID-19 cases in various parts of the country appears to be driven by the Omicron variant as well as by the continued presence...
10 Jan, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Covid-19: Mumbai sees rising hospitalisation in last four daysOn Monday, 574 people were admitted to various city hospitals, up from 503 on Sunday, 389 on Saturday and 497 on Friday, while civic-run ce...
04 Jan, 2022, 01.34 PM IST
Moderna Covid vaccine highly effective 5 months after second dose: Study"This research provides reassuring evidence of the high effectiveness of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in preventing infection, hospitalisat...
02 Dec, 2021, 01.59 PM IST
Gujarat: Woman COVID-19 patient returns home after 202 days of hospitalisation"The family members were overjoyed to receive her home on her discharge from Dahod railway hospital on Friday. She remained hospitalised at...
20 Nov, 2021, 02.33 PM IST
Studies among HCWs show after Covid vaccination chances of hospitalisation reduce by 75-80 pc: GovtAlmost 85 per cent decline has been noted in daily new cases since the highest reported peak on May 7, the government said. About 78.6 per ...
18 Jun, 2021, 06.14 PM IST
L&T announces financial, insurance assistance to employees, family members affected by COVID-19The policy provides a lump sum payment of 100 per cent sum insured -- Rs 35 lakhs -- in the event of death of an employee arising out of CO...
26 May, 2021, 04.01 PM IST
IRDA sets time limit to approve cashless claims in COVID-19 casesThe move should check delay in discharging patients, which in turn would make hospital beds available to new patients at a time when a seco...
30 Apr, 2021, 11.16 AM IST
Sachin Tendulkar hospitalised a week after contracting Covid-19The cricket legend was previously quarantining at home after testing positive following mild symptoms.
02 Apr, 2021, 03.17 PM IST
IRDAI: Existing policy to cover hospital stay for vaccine after-effectsAmit Chhabra, health insurance head at Policybazaar.com, said this IRDAI notification clarifies that any hospitalisation on account of afte...
19 Mar, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
Coronavirus nearly three times more deadly than flu: studyThe research, using French national data and published in the journal The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, underscored the increased severity o...
18 Dec, 2020, 09.11 AM IST
Simple blood test can predict if you are at risk of getting severe coronavirus infectionThe test will help identify vulnerable people in need of special precautions to avoid the infection.
12 Aug, 2020, 11.31 AM IST
COVID-19 patients, who are hospitalised, less likely to suffer a strokeThis study contradicts initial reports that suggested a risk of stroke in patients hospitalised with Covid.
27 Jul, 2020, 05.20 PM IST
Covid-19: Mumbai in dire need of a special action planSuch is the concern at the highest echelons of the government that a central team was dispatched to Mumbai on Thursday to take stock of the...
08 May, 2020, 07.34 AM IST