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Palestinian Embassy calls for urgent medical aid: "If not India and Indian people, then who?"Palestine's Embassy in India has issued a dire plea for immediate medical aid, warning of a healthcare sector collapse due to ongoing confl...
Shigella scare in Kerala: Check symptoms, treatment and causes of the infection that killed 4-year-old in KozhikodeShigella Spreading in Kerala? Kerala has intensified surveillance and testing following its first reported Shigella-related death of a four...
Vitamin D deficiency and allergies found to exacerbate severe conjunctivitis, reveals new studyA study by the Tear Science Lab at Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru, has discovered a connection between low vitamin D levels and severe conj...
Covid virus' 'most muted variant' found in Indonesia, claim scientists. What we know so farCovid pandemic has subsided but the most mutated variant of coronavirus has been found in Indonesia. The new variant of the covid virus has...
AstraZeneca adds 2.5% after initiating talks on Covid prevention drug with Indian authoritiesEvusheld, a Covid-19 prevention drug for individuals with weakened immune systems, has received emergency use authorisation in the US.
How to battle Omicron? Experts feel vaccine remains the best betApart from providing additional protection to the immune-compromised patients, a third dose could help prevent mutations, said experts.
Rare case of post-dengue mucormycosis reported at Apollo hospital in Delhi: DoctorsAccording to a civic report on vector-borne diseases released on Monday, nine deaths and a total of 2,708 dengue cases have been recorded t...
Can Covid vaccines work on compromised immune systems?Immunocompromised people aren't a uniform group, and so may respond to vaccines differently.
Some Americans could need COVID-19 vaccine booster -Anthony Fauci"Those who are transplant patients, cancer chemotherapy, auto-immune diseases, that are on immunosuppressant regimens, those are the kind o...
How effective are Covid vaccines in cancer patients or people with organ transplant? Scientists look for answersThe solutions may lie in multiple doses and shorter waiting period between the jabs.
Delhi govt declares black fungus epidemic as number of cases rises, issues regulationsThe government said that all healthcare facilities will report each and every suspected or confirmed cases of black fungus to the city heal...
Deconstructing black fungus: Experts talk about myths, misconceptions around the diseaseSymptoms of this infection depend on the part of the body which is infected. It most commonly infects the sinuses and brain resulting in a ...
Don't panic by colour of fungus, look for causes, risks: Experts advise as mucormycosis cases riseHealth Minister Harsh Vardhan had said on Monday that 18 states have reported 5,424 cases of mucormycosis, a life-threatening infection, pr...
Covid-19 alert! Rare fungus is preying on corona patientsDoctors are now reporting an alarming incidence of rare and serious fungal infection which is preying on patients either battling Covid-19 ...
Herbal drug based adjuvant therapy effective in treating diabetic COVID-19 patients: ResearchersIn a review published in the National Centre for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), they said "anti-oxidative herbal medicines can be used a...
View: Coronavirus is feeding off other treatmentsExperts have red-flagged serious setbacks to the fight against cancer and TB, both already grappling with dropouts due to traumatic side-ef...
With OPDs & OTs shut, cancer, HIV & other patients struggle to get treatmentWith the country's entire healthcare set-up working towards fighting Covid-19, patients of diseases like HIV, cancer and renal disease who ...
Insurers can’t deny cover for HIV+ patients: IRDAIMost insurance companies have stayed away from launching products for HIV/AIDS patients due to pricing-related issues.
Early HIV treatment may save patients diagnosed with tuberculosisStarting anti-HIV treatment within two weeks of the diagnosis of tuberculosis improved survival among patients with both infections, a new ...
- Neem toothpaste unsafe: Health Canada
Canadian health department has advised people against using a Neem toothpaste from India, claiming that it contains high levels of harmful ...