Health Min monitoring respiratory, seasonal influenza cases amid Covid-like HMPV outbreak in China: SourcesThe National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) closely monitors respiratory and seasonal influenza cases in India and is on alert following...
04 Jan, 2025, 11.26 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
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
Delhi-based Dr Dangs Lab selected as central lab for Covaxin human clinical trials"We are extremely privileged to announce that Dr. Dangs Lab, New Delhi has been provided the opportunity to serve the nation by being selec...
23 Jul, 2020, 02.56 PM IST
Covid-19 vaccine: Bharat Biotech to finish screening of volunteers for trials by July-endThe company developed Covaxin in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology. Dr Dangs Lab, ba...
22 Jul, 2020, 11.51 PM IST
Virus may be widespread, but not too lethal, indicate antibody tests at private labsAntibody test is not for diagnosis but shows whether a person was infected. It is used as disease surveillance tool to get an idea of the s...
21 Jul, 2020, 07.06 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
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
Accredited private labs to be allowed to test for Covid-19Asked whether others who are symptomatic but do not fit the current criteria could be tested too, Bhargava said, “All those who require tes...
17 Mar, 2020, 09.00 AM IST
Closure of Dr Dang's lab: SC extends deadline till Aug 20The apex court had earlier ordered that the lab be shut down by June 28 on the ground that it was causing health hazards and creating pollu...
05 Jun, 2015, 04.43 PM IST
Delhi government puts price cap of Rs 4,500 for swine flu testTwo of the leading private pathology labs in the city, Dr Dangs Dr Lal, told TOI that they would abide by the government order.
19 Feb, 2015, 11.46 AM IST
- Private labs in price war for H1N1 testing
The health ministry is yet to give private labs the go-ahead to test samples for H1N1 swine flu but a price war has already begun among the...
18 Aug, 2009, 01.55 AM IST
- Global pharma cos to ramp up test kit production
US-based Applied Biosystems and Swiss major Roche Diagnostics, two of the world’s largest swine flu kit makers, have decided to ramp up the...
14 Aug, 2009, 12.17 AM IST