China HMPV: How prepared is India for a new viral pandemic?In 2025, China faces a rising health challenge with Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) spreading, particularly among children. To curb this, Chin...
04 Jan, 2025, 11.24 AM IST
1 in every 4 diabetics at serious risk of heart failure: StudyStudies in Mumbai and Delhi-NCR reveal that one in four diabetic patients are at serious risk of developing heart failure. Elevated NT-proB...
28 Sep, 2024, 06.42 PM IST
Influenza A subtype H3N2 is major cause of current respiratory illness in India: ICMRAccording to the data given by ICMR, Pan respiratory virus surveillance has been established by ICMR/DHR across 30 VRDLs. The surveillance ...
04 Mar, 2023, 05.03 PM IST
Gujarat Elections 2022: Congress releases first list of 43 candidates for two-phase election, check names hereGujarat Elections 2022: The list of candidates was released after party's central election committee (CEC) meeting which was chaired by Con...
05 Nov, 2022, 02.30 PM IST
Labs pull out all stops to cope with Omicron rush of testsOn Wednesday, India added 1,94,720 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,60,70,510 (36 million/3.6 crore...
12 Jan, 2022, 02.05 PM IST
Should a doctor's prescription be mandatory for Covid-19 test? Experts say symptoms should sufficeLabs have ramped up facilities in order to meet the increased demands.
10 Sep, 2020, 05.37 PM IST
COVID-19: As economy reopens, labs getting mass test requests from corporates"We are getting antigen test queries mostly through the government. We are also getting queries from corporates that have large employee po...
30 Jul, 2020, 05.45 PM IST
No tests for asymptomatic persons in Delhi nowICMR guidelines earlier said: “Asymptomatic direct and high risk contacts of a confirmed case to be tested once between day 5 and day 10 of...
04 Jun, 2020, 10.22 AM IST
Diagnostic centres see increase in requests to do Covid-19 testsPrivate diagnostic centres and hospital laboratories have seen a 50% increase in the number of requests for RT-PCR tests within a day of ho...
01 Jun, 2020, 06.41 AM IST
Covid 19: Private hospitals use ‘other’ clause to test all patientsBefore any procedure, private hospitals are now conducting RT-PCR confirmatory test for Covid-19. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)...
27 Apr, 2020, 04.55 PM IST
Companies eye pvt labs to test staff, but may face hurdlesThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) does not allow asymptomatic people without contact or travel history to get tested for SARS-C...
25 Apr, 2020, 09.31 AM IST
Covid-19: Private laboratories struggle with price caps, do only 17% testsPrivate laboratories fail to scale up testing despite Centre fixing a price of Rs 4,500 as some states have lowered it to Rs 2,250; and the...
23 Apr, 2020, 11.05 PM IST
Don't have 'wherewithal' to do COVID-19 tests free of cost, expect govt to come up with modalities for sustainable testing: Pvt labsIn a big relief to the poor, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that private labs should conduct coronavirus tests free of cost, obser...
10 Apr, 2020, 03.44 PM IST
NABL-accredited city lab offers drive-through test for suspected COVID-19 patientsThe laboratory has begun to offer the "drive-through" tests from Monday, said DDL's CEO Arjun Dang, adding the test conforms to the Indian ...
06 Apr, 2020, 07.32 PM IST