Another mysterious virus spreading in China. WHO seeks report. Here is all you should knowThe outbreak originated in northern China, with a significant number of cases involving children. Hospitals in the affected areas are repor...
24 Nov, 2023, 05.48 PM IST
Global Hunger Index erroneous, suffers from serious methodological issues: GovernmentThe Women and Child Development Ministry, in a statement, said the matter was taken up with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) not...
15 Oct, 2022, 08.03 PM IST
Air pollution linked to higher risk of severe Covid-19: StudyAccording to a study conducted in Germany, people living in counties with higher nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels are more likely to need ICU ...
06 Jun, 2022, 01.44 PM IST
IIT Delhi study reveals mechanisms driving SARS-CoV-2 evolution in humansSARS-CoV-2 has a uracil-rich (uracil is one of the four building blocks of RNA) genome. The researchers have identified how uracils adjacen...
29 May, 2022, 04.22 PM IST
Coronavirus continuously evolving, same may have impact on transmission: GovtA declining trend in COVID-19 cases and deaths has been noted in the last few months, but as the virus is continuously evolving, the same m...
10 Dec, 2021, 04.01 PM IST
Declining trend in Covid cases, but surge cannot be ruled out as virus continuously evolving: GovtGuidelines on clinical management of COVID-19 continues to be updated with emerging scientific evidence and the treatment protocol for adul...
30 Nov, 2021, 08.18 PM IST
India's most purchased drugs in the last decade are for cardiac ailments, diabetesAt around Rs 21,000 crore annually, cardiac medication forms the biggest therapy of drugs being bought by Indians today. A decade ago, it w...
11 Jul, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
UK, US scientists call for fuller probe into COVID-19 Wuhan lab leak theoryA group of leading UK and US scientists, including Indian-origin Cambridge University immunology and infectious disease expert Ravindra Gup...
14 May, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
ICMR says RT-PCR tests can be done away with for inter-state travellers in good health to reduce the rush at testing labs05 May, 2021, 09.13 AM IST
May not be new wave yet, vaccination plus Covid protocol key to quell surge in cases: ScientistsRakesh Mishra, director of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB), warned that there could be a new wave if the cur...
13 Mar, 2021, 01.44 PM IST
Beyond the pandemic: India’s economic outlookThe recently announced national budget has rightly focused on some of the key elements that would be foundational for charting India’s grow...
12 Feb, 2021, 01.42 PM IST
India brings its experience of success in poverty alleviation to new global alliance: UNGA prezSuccess in India relating to poverty eradication is success for the world because it addresses a huge population and India can bring to the...
30 Jun, 2020, 01.30 PM IST
Doctors issue health advisories to promote plant based diet for public healthThese include Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi, Deputy Director of Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai and Dr Chandrakant Pandav, Former Head of Community M...
25 Jun, 2020, 06.11 PM IST
Physical distancing, masks, eye protection may help prevent COVID-19: Lancet studyThe systematic review of existing evidence was commissioned by the World Health Organization, the researchers said.
02 Jun, 2020, 11.36 AM IST
Bennett University to organize global webinar on AI solutions for Covid on May 25Chief guest, Union minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Communications and Law and Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad, will give ...
22 May, 2020, 06.51 PM IST
Test the BCG-Covid hypothesis furtherClinical trials alone can prove causation. But in a race against time, there’s an easy way to test the hypothesis involving the anti-TB vac...
10 Apr, 2020, 10.03 AM IST
Canary in the Bioweapon Coal Mine: The lessons of Covid 19 pandemicCovid 19 is the canary in the coal mine, warning humanity against trying to harness the destructive power of pathogens whose lethal nature ...
05 Apr, 2020, 09.39 AM IST