Germany gives controversial green light to cannabisGermany legalizes recreational cannabis, allowing possession and cultivation. The law faces opposition and concerns about enforcement, heal...
01 Apr, 2024, 12.04 PM IST
German parliament votes to legalise cannabis possessionGermany has seen a sharp rise in the number of young people using cannabis obtained on the black market, with no guarantees over the drug's...
23 Feb, 2024, 10.12 PM IST
Mansukh Mandaviya appeals to global stakeholders to partner with IndiaMandaviya invited all the stakeholders to look at India as a land of opportunities. He said this during the Health and Healthcare Community...
17 Jan, 2023, 10.11 PM IST
Germany to require rapid COVID-19 test for travellers from ChinaThere will also be random checks upon entry for any coronavirus variants as well as expanded monitoring of wastewater, Health Minister Karl...
05 Jan, 2023, 04.46 PM IST
China defends its COVID response after WHO, Biden concernsThe WHO's emergencies director, Mike Ryan, said on Wednesday in some of the U.N. health agency's most critical remarks to date, that Chines...
05 Jan, 2023, 04.00 PM IST
France, Britain impose Covid tests on travelers from ChinaDespite its hospitals and morgues being overwhelmed -- and international concern over the low official figures on infections and deaths the...
31 Dec, 2022, 06.21 AM IST
Germany to legalize cannabis use for recreational purposesHealth Minister Karl Lauterbach presented a cornerstone paper on planned legislation to regulate the controlled distribution and consumptio...
26 Oct, 2022, 04.24 PM IST
Germany to loosen COVID-19 entry rules over the summerHealth Minister Karl Lauterbach told the Funke newspaper group in comments published Wednesday that the rule, which applies to everyone age...
25 May, 2022, 03.52 PM IST
Monkeypox spreads in West, baffling African scientistsCases of the smallpox-related disease haven't previously been seen among people with no links to central and West Africa. But in the past w...
20 May, 2022, 07.03 PM IST
Germany detects first case of monkeypox, military medical service says"The Institute for Microbiology of the German Armed Forces in Munich has now also detected the monkeypox virus beyond doubt for the first t...
20 May, 2022, 06.41 PM IST
Germany surpasses 100,000 daily COVID-19 cases for first timeGermany's tally of COVID-19 infections now stands at 8,186,850, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious disease said. The death toll...
19 Jan, 2022, 01.15 PM IST
From pandemic to endemic: Can 2022 succeed where 2021 failed?The appetite for economically damaging lockdowns is long gone. Vaccines are protecting swathes of the population, and there is even hope th...
15 Jan, 2022, 11.50 PM IST
Omicron: Germany announces 4th booster dose, Britain may followGerman Health Minister Karl Lauterbach on Wednesday warned that a fourth dose will be necessary to tackle Omicron, Daily Mail reported. The...
23 Dec, 2021, 09.34 PM IST
Gangrene, hearing loss show delta variant may be more severeHearing impairment, severe gastric upsets and blood clots leading to gangrene, symptoms not typically seen in Covid patients, have been lin...
10 Jun, 2021, 09.43 AM IST
Germany warns of 'exponential' virus spreadThe vice president of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases, Lars Schaade, told reporters that highly contagious virus va...
19 Mar, 2021, 04.55 PM IST
Health experts pour over AstraZeneca safety data as Europe reels from vaccine suspensionsGlobal health experts were under increasing pressure to clear up questions over the safety of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot on Tuesday, as Sw...
16 Mar, 2021, 05.41 PM IST
Germany tries to stop US from luring away firm seeking coronavirus vaccineOn its website, CureVac said CEO Daniel Menichella early this month met Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, members of the White House Corona...
15 Mar, 2020, 10.15 PM IST