Winter Olympics 2026: Hyaluronic acid injections on genitals create furore; WADA chief vows investigation; Check how it will enhance ski jumpers' performanceA strange controversy has emerged at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Reports suggest some ski jumpers might be using unusual methods to gain an a...
06 Feb, 2026, 09.13 AM IST
Pentobarbital injection used to execute Stephen Stanko, who killed two and raped his girl friend’s daughter, in South CarolinaStephen Christopher Stanko faced execution in South Carolina. He was convicted for murders and other crimes. The execution happened via let...
14 Jun, 2025, 01.50 PM IST
Best AI tokens to invest in 2024: Newly emerging AI tokensInvestment manager VanEck predicts revenue from these projects could reach $10.2 billion by 2030 – and a staggering $51 billion in a best-c...
08 May, 2024, 11.15 AM IST
Dr Reddy's gears up for weight loss drug studyDr Reddy's Laboratories has received approval from India's drug regulatory authority to conduct a bioequivalence study for the weight loss ...
18 Oct, 2023, 10.26 AM IST
ICMR national protocol says no evidence of benefit of injectable steroids in patients not requiring oxygenThe revised guidance updated on January 14 also warns of potential risk of fungal infections such as invasive mucormycosis, if anti-inflamm...
17 Jan, 2022, 09.59 PM IST
3,200 cases of black fungus recorded in Maharashtra: State govt to Bombay HCAs against Maharashtra's requirement of 14,000 vials per day, the state was receiving only 4,000 to 5,000 doses each day, the state's couns...
27 May, 2021, 04.43 PM IST
111 black fungus cases found in Punjab so far: Health Minister Balbir Singh SidhuTwo injections are being provided to the states by the Union government in the treatment of black fungus. No one can procure these medicine...
25 May, 2021, 02.29 PM IST
Remdesivir production will be up from 38.80 lakh units/month to 74 lakh units/month by May: MHAUnion Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, in a letter to chief secretaries of all states and Union territories (UTs), also conveyed that there will...
23 Apr, 2021, 09.30 PM IST
Ceiling prices of heparin injection allowed upward revision till March 2021: Gowda"Heparin injection has been included in the COVID-19 protocol list of essential medicines for patients admitted in ICU due to COVID-19, cir...
12 Feb, 2021, 03.28 PM IST
Health ministry frames detailed guidelines for Covid immunisation precautionsFollowing international protocols, the ministry has prescribed that a person who is suffering from Covid-19 would need to wait 4-6 weeks be...
14 Jan, 2021, 11.13 PM IST
COVID fight: Delhi health minister thanks SRK for donating Remdesivir injectionsJain tweeted on Thursday: "We are extremely thankful to Sh. @iamsrk and @MeerFoundation for donating 500 Remdesivir injections at a time wh...
10 Dec, 2020, 05.06 PM IST
Auto-disable syringes are the best option to prevent reuse: HS Ratti, epidemiologist"Companies making these syringes have large capacities. They should be able to supply the desired quantity. There are regular training prog...
30 Nov, 2020, 12.11 PM IST
Indiscriminate use led to bogus tocilizumab injections: FDCAThe patented drug is manufactured only by Switzerland-based Roche Pharma and marketed in India by Cipla, he said, adding that since May, as...
19 Jul, 2020, 06.15 PM IST
Doctors advised to use Remdesivir on COVID-19 patients strictly under laid-down protocolTo prevent black-marketing and overcharging of the drug, India's drug regulator Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has asked manufact...
10 Jul, 2020, 09.34 PM IST
ICMR releases plasma trials protocol, seeks registrationsConvalescent plasma is an experimental procedure for COVID-19 patients. As per the guidelines, hospitals and institutions planning to provi...
13 Apr, 2020, 07.43 AM IST
Doctor liable for acts of his team assisting in rendering treatment, says NCDRCNCDRC held the hospital and the treating doctors guilty of medical negligence and said that they were liable for the death of the three-yea...
30 May, 2019, 08.12 PM IST
PM Modi's Pakistan visit path-breaking departure from protocol-driven politics: BJPBJP general secretary Ram Madhav said the two neighbours needed to inject informality in their relations, as is the case in many places of ...
25 Dec, 2015, 04.42 PM IST