Ivermectin is a Nobel Prize-winning wonder drug – but not for COVID-19Ivermectin, when used correctly, has prevented millions of potentially fatal and debilitating infectious diseases. It's meant to be prescri...
15 Oct, 2021, 11.30 AM IST
HCQ, another drug dropped from Covid treatment protocolThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has removed usage of popular drugs Ivermectin and Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) from the approved ...
24 Sep, 2021, 06.20 AM IST
ICMR removes Ivermectin and Hydroxycholoquine (HCQ) from Covid-19 treatment guidelinesExperts at India's health research body did not find enough evidence for Ivermectin and HCQ of a potential therapeutic effect against Covid...
23 Sep, 2021, 10.15 PM IST
Oxford University explores anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as COVID-19 treatmentIvermectin resulted in a reduction of virus replication in laboratory studies, the university said, adding that a small pilot showed giving...
23 Jun, 2021, 09.23 AM IST
Goa govt announces 'Tika Utsav 3.0' to jab people between 18-44Quoting the good performance of the last two "Tika Utsavs", Goa government is all set to vaccinate everyone in the state falling in the age...
09 Jun, 2021, 03.41 PM IST
HCQ out of DGHS Covid care list, but still present in ICMR protocolIndian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), the country’s leading health research body, however, has not yet revised its clinical guidance ...
08 Jun, 2021, 08.52 AM IST
Revised Covid management protocol says infection spreads through airThe changes are broadly in disease epidemiology, incubation period of the virus, inclusion of symptoms of moderate and severe disease in ch...
26 May, 2021, 12.29 PM IST
India urges China to stabilise price of APIs linked to Covid-19Indian pharmaceutical companies source almost 70% of their requirement of Covid-19-related APIs from China. Demand for Covid-19-related med...
16 May, 2021, 07.40 AM IST
Insufficient data to recommend widespread Ivermectin use in Covid patients: ExpertsThe oral drug, used to treat a number of neglected tropical diseases, should be used for COVID-19 patients only in the absence of better tr...
14 May, 2021, 05.19 PM IST
COVID-19: Ivermectin tablets to be distributed among Uttarakhand residents, says state govtThe Uttarakhand government's announcement comes after Goa and Karnataka issued similar directions.
12 May, 2021, 03.50 PM IST
Ivermectin: Drug that Goa recommends to all above 18 to combat Covid-19While the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against the general, unchecked use of Ivermectin, a study published in the American Jo...
11 May, 2021, 05.46 PM IST
COVID-19: All adults in Goa to be given Ivermectin drugGoa on Monday recorded 2,804 new cases of Covid-19, taking its tally to 1,21,650, while 50 more fatalities pushed the toll to 1,729, a heal...
11 May, 2021, 11.42 AM IST
Regular ivermectin use may cut risk of contracting COVID-19, claims study"We conducted the most comprehensive review of the available data on ivermectin," said Pierre Kory, president and chief medical officer of ...
10 May, 2021, 05.39 PM IST
Anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin fails to get task force nod to treat Covid-19The task force headed by Niti Aayog member Vinod Paul decided against recommending ivermectin due to lack of evidence even as doctors, incl...
23 Oct, 2020, 08.36 AM IST
National task force for Covid-19 to review use of RemdesivirThe experts will also review evidence on anti-parasitic drug ivermectin. “The task force will review the overall Covid situation. Along wit...
22 Oct, 2020, 08.24 AM IST
Ivermectin is India’s new hydroxychloroquine against Covid-19Ivermectin is now in a position where hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was earlier. Doctors have started prescribing it widely even though there is...
16 Oct, 2020, 09.04 AM IST
Top-level task force finds anti-parasitic drug ivermectin ineffective against coronavirusIn a meeting held on July 14 to review the evidence, the task force headed by Niti Aayog member VK Paul decided against recommending the dr...
17 Jul, 2020, 10.18 AM IST