Broken hand, chickenpox, fatty liver! Techie resigns but claims employer threatening background verification sabotageA Reddit user, Randy31599, shared his ordeal of being terminated by his company and asked to pay three months' salary for an experience let...
New chickenpox virus variant detected in India: Check symptoms, prevention and moreThe National Institute of Virology (NIV) in India has detected the presence of the Clade 9 variation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), r...
GSK rolls out its Shingles vaccine in IndiaThe adult vaccine recommended for people aged 50 years and above, provides protection against shingles - a disease associated with debilita...
Chickenpox vaccination nearly eradicates illness's mortality, says CDC reportThe country's high vaccination coverage for chickenpox has resulted in a huge drop in cases, from 4 million per year to roughly 150,000.
Suspected Monkeypox case in Karnataka turns out to be ChickenpoxKarnataka health minister K Sudhakar tweeted on Sunday: "A middle-aged Ethiopian citizen who had come to Bengaluru earlier this month was s...
Monkeypox declared global health emergency: How worried should we be?People should avoid close contact with someone who is showing symptoms of illness, rashes on the body.
Skin allergy or Monkeypox virus? People rush to hospitals to check for symptomsHospitals in Delhi-NCR are seeing harried patients, who are developing allergies, rushing to them inquiring whether they have contracted th...
Delhi: Suspected monkeypox patient tests negative, discharged from hospitalThe man was admitted to the Delhi government-run hospital, which is the designated centre for monkeypox, on Tuesday, and had fever and skin...
Medical device companies gear up to make kits to test monkeypoxThe company said its experts have developed "POX-Q Multiplexed RT-PCR kit" for the detection of the novel virus along with differentiation ...
Justin Bieber: What is Ramsay Hunt syndrome, the condition affecting the singer?"As you can see, this eye is not blinking," Bieber told his fans in a video on Instagram. "I can't smile on this side of my face. This nost...
Justin Bieber suffered facial paralysis due to Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. The disorder also causes ear pain, vertigo and slurred speechThis ailment is primarily characterized by three issues – facial paralysis, ear pain, and a rash.
Madhya Pradesh govt issues chickenpox advisory after detection of 31 cases in 7 districts"A total of 31 cases of fever with rashes has been registered in the last one month in Chhatarpur, Chhindwara, Datia, Neemuch, Bhopal, Dhar...
Google celebrates Japanese virologist Dr Michiaki Takahashi's 94th birth anniversary with a doodleTakahashi developed the first vaccine against chickenpox.
Delta variant may be as infectious as chickenpox, cause more severe infection, shows studyDelta is more transmissible than the virus that cause the common cold.
CDC internal report calls Delta variant as contagious as chickenpoxThe agency’s new masking guidelines for vaccinated people, introduced Tuesday, were based on the information presented in the document. The...
Zydus and Pharm Aid Ltd. enter into an exclusive agreement for vaccine technology in RussiaThrough this agreement, Zydus gains access to the public and private market segments in the Russian Federation, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakh...
MSD brings shingles vaccine to boost India offeringIn extreme cases, shingles can also result in pneumonia, hearing problems, blindness, encephalitis (brain inflammation) and death.