No Ebola case reported in India so far, says Health Minister Nadda; reviews preparednessIndia has reported no cases of Ebola Virus Disease. The Union Health Minister, J P Nadda, reviewed preparedness and surveillance measures. ...
"India has scientific capability to emerge as global leader in health technologies": NITI Aayog's Gobardhan DasIndia's largest biomedical event, 'Medical Innovations Patent Mitra: Innovators-to-Industry Connect', successfully took place in New Delhi....
India monitors Ebola outbreak in DRC, Uganda; preparedness measures strengthenedIndia is closely watching the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The nation is enhancing its surveillance...
Unlike Covid-19, hantavirus not known for rapid human transmission, spreads through rodents: ExpertsHantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship with Indian nationals have sparked concerns, but experts declare these infections are confined to ...
India faces no immediate public health threat from hantavirus: NIV chiefTwo Indian nationals aboard a cruise ship have reportedly contracted hantavirus. Indian health officials assure the public that these cases...
Antibiotics becoming ineffective against diseases like typhoid, pneumonia, and urinary infections: ICMR rings alarmA recent ICMR report highlights a troubling rise in antibiotic resistance in India. Diseases like UTIs, blood infections, pneumonia, and ty...
ICMR distances itself from BHU's Covaxin study, asks to explain why it should not seek Iegal and administrative actionThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has criticised Banaras Hindu University (BHU) researchers for incorrectly associating them wi...
ICMR confirms Nipah antibody presence in bat samples collected from Kozhikode, says ministerState Health Minister Veena George said on Thursday that the ICMR had conveyed this information to the state government via email. "We have...
'Media Reports on Admission of Vax Side-effects by ICMR Erroneous'Citing an RTI (Right to Information Act) response, the news report had claimed that ICMR and CDSCO officials have admitted to side-effects ...
Sustained rise in antimicrobial resistance in India: ICMR studyThis is the fifth detailed report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) trends and patterns from the country published by the ICMR. This year's...
Only ICMR accredited labs can collect COVID-19 samples, says DDMAIt also directed district magistrates to conduct surprise inspections and visits. "The district magistrates concerned shall supervise and e...
Northeast cancer capital of India with highest new cases: ReportThe report, released by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (NCDIR), sta...
COVID-19 testing kit developed by researchers in West Bengal gets ICMR nodPriced around Rs 500, the device has demonstrated a near-100 per cent accuracy in detecting the virus in a short span of 90 minutes, the st...
Centre decides to withdraw faulty Covid 19 antibody test kits, cancels import orders from ChinaCentre cancels orders after it was found the kits from China were showing inaccurate results.
Covid-19 outbreak: No evidence of community transmission, says ICMRICMR director-general Balram Bhargava said preliminary results of 500 random samples were all negative and insisted that there is no eviden...
India's first uterus transplant under cloud as ICMR says permission not soughtICMR spokespersons told TOI that which conducted the procedure, Pune-based Galaxy Care Laproscopy Institute (GCLI), did not seek its permis...
Streamline clinical trials of vaccines: Parliamentary panel"The Ministry seems to have conveniently ignored the fact that had the extant rules been followed scrupulously, they would have taken care."