Kerala Liver specialist with 17 years of experience fails to identify disease; Maid diagnoses it in 10 secondsKerala-based hepatologist Dr. Cyriac Abby Philips struggled to diagnose a family member's illness despite extensive tests. The breakthrough...
14 Jun, 2024, 10.50 AM IST
Who is Sanchayita Bhattacharjee, con artist behind fake cancer fundraiserSanchayita Ruth Lenin, previously known by a different identity, is embroiled in controversy. The saga involves false claims of being an or...
12 Jan, 2024, 10.22 AM IST
Is Covid back? Overlapping symptoms of dengue are confusing doctorsBoth dengue & Covid symptoms include high fever, headache, rash and muscle pain.
03 Oct, 2022, 03.01 PM IST
Temasek invests USD 85 mn in Molbio DiagnosticsThe fresh funds from Temasek along with those from existing investors such as Motilal Oswal Alternates, will help the company accelerate de...
26 Sep, 2022, 08.09 PM IST
Centre asks States to take preventive measures for Tomato Flu: All you need to knowIn its advisory, the government has advised the states to educate children about the signs and symptoms and side-effects of the illness as ...
24 Aug, 2022, 11.29 AM IST
India reported 1.64 lakh dengue cases during 2021 against 2.05 lakh cases in 2019: Govt to Rajya SabhaMeanwhile, Dengue cases in Delhi this season has jumped to over 8,200, with more than 6,700 of those being recorded in November alone, as o...
30 Nov, 2021, 06.42 PM IST
Molbio Diagnostics gets DCGI nod for Nipah virus testingNipah virus testing can now be performed rapidly on Truenat, a real-time PCR platform, on demand, the Goa-based firm said. This will result...
08 Sep, 2021, 08.10 PM IST
Mutations, unusual symptoms, and other COVID-19 mysteries that remain unsolvedMany patient samples had also yielded false positive in dengue diagnosis tests.
28 May, 2020, 06.09 PM IST
Local players keen to fill the China void, manufacture testing kitsDomestic manufacturers of rapid antibody rapid test kits for novel coronavirus have approached the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR...
29 Apr, 2020, 07.59 AM IST
Coronavirus diagnostic tests sensitive; gene sequencing possible only at government labsConfirmation takes 12-24 hours as the test includes polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and a more sensitive form called reverse-transcription ...
04 Mar, 2020, 07.22 AM IST
Triple whammy: You can get dengue, malaria, chikungunya at the same timeResearchers at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) have reported two such cases in the medical journals Intervirology and Virus Disease.
11 Feb, 2018, 10.25 AM IST
Where are we faltering when it comes to countering deadly dengueThe mosquito-borne disease can be controlled only by the participation of the community as a whole, not just by an individual or a group.
25 Jun, 2016, 11.50 AM IST
Here’s all you need to know about dengueAccording to the WHO, there are about 390 mn cases of dengue fever worldwide, and of the total number of cases, 96 mn require medical treat...
01 Jun, 2016, 06.12 PM IST
Centre mulls banning rapid dengue diagnostic kitsThe central government is considering a ban on the sale of rapid dengue diagnostic test kits for their "non-reliable" test results.
08 Sep, 2015, 08.06 PM IST
Device to detect dengue from saliva in 20 minutesThe device developed by The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) in Singapore is currently undergoing further development.
30 Jan, 2015, 02.51 PM IST
1,355 dengue cases in Delhi, 50 per cent rise in 4 daysThe 'dengue season' is now peaking in the Capital with 443 new cases reported since Friday, taking the tally 1,355.
23 Sep, 2013, 06.48 PM IST
Dengue cases near 1000 mark, five deaths so farFive dengue deaths have been reported so far in the national capital even as the total number of cases shot up alarmingly to near 1,000 mar...
20 Sep, 2013, 05.18 PM IST