What is HMPV? Its symptoms, transmission and prevention explainedHuman Metapneumovirus (HMPV) is a respiratory virus that has recently gained attention due to an outbreak in China. It causes respiratory i...
06 Jan, 2025, 05.27 PM IST
Whooping cough spreading in China, 13 deaths in 2 months. Symptoms and if a vaccine is thereChina experienced a significant surge in whooping cough cases in the first two months of 2024, with 32,380 cases reported compared to 1,421...
11 Apr, 2024, 07.57 PM IST
Current Covid cases are mild infections, nothing to worry: Delhi health ministerIndia has recorded 573 fresh cases of COVID-19 and the number of active cases has increased to 4,565. Two new fatalities due to the disease...
02 Jan, 2024, 07.36 PM IST
Four cases of COVID sub-variant JN.1 in Rajasthan, health dept issues advisoryCovid cases of the new sub-variant have been reported in Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Delhi and Goa. In its advisory on Thursday, the st...
22 Dec, 2023, 11.47 AM IST
Drug regulator to issue warning against Pholcodine in cough syrupsThe World Health Organisation (WHO) had earlier issued a safety alert warning regulators around the world about the potential dangers of ph...
10 Jul, 2023, 11.50 PM IST
Bengal govt issues Covid advisory; urges vulnerable people to avoid crowded places"Very old people, those with comorbidities and pregnant women should keep away from individuals suffering from fever and cold and cough," t...
19 Apr, 2023, 11.11 AM IST
Expert warns COVID-19 positive children should not be exposed to radiation, unnecessary medicationsAs the third wave of the COVID pandemic raises concern of infection among children, an expert has suggested that there is no need to panic ...
18 Jan, 2022, 10.21 PM IST
Go for test for TB, other conditions if cough persists for more than 2-3 weeks: Revised clinical guidance for Covid patientsThe revised guidelines continue to recommend emergency use authorization (EUA) or off-label use of remdesivir in patients with "moderate to...
18 Jan, 2022, 04.54 PM IST
Omicron-led third wave infects more people but spares lungsCompared to the previous two waves the symptoms are mild and the duration of illness shorter. Doctors say that those who are getting infect...
06 Jan, 2022, 06.42 AM IST
Aerosol microdroplets that stay in the air when we talk or cough may be ineffective at spreading coronavirusAerosol transmission is a possible, but not a very efficient route.
29 Oct, 2020, 04.00 PM IST
People who never tested positive turning up with post-Covid issuesA senior citizen suffering from breathlessness, exertion and dry cough visited a Navi Mumbai hospital. The 60-year-old had never tested pos...
23 Oct, 2020, 12.41 PM IST
Big B and Abhishek Bachchan suffering from mild cough and fever, but are stableMumbai Police has beefed up security outside Nanavati Hospital and Bachchan's home 'Jalsa' & 'Prateeksha'.
12 Jul, 2020, 01.06 PM IST
Is your face mask protecting you? Repeated coughing 'adversely affects' filtering capacityEven when a mask is worn, some droplets can travel a considerable distance.
17 Jun, 2020, 06.40 PM IST
New study shows that six-feet distancing may not be enough to stop coronavirus transmission during light windsThe study says a mild cough in low wind speeds can propel saliva droplets by as much as 18 feet.
21 May, 2020, 09.48 AM IST
Mild patients may have to vacate beds sooner for the critically illAbout 80% of the people who test positive for Covid-19 display mild or very mild symptoms, according to the ministry, and most of them reco...
08 May, 2020, 06.53 AM IST
Purab Kohli and his family contracted Covid-19, says tried home remedies to manage coronavirus impactThe actor's daughter was the first to contract mild Covid-19 with cough and cold for two days.
09 Apr, 2020, 10.20 AM IST
Actress Sonam Kapoor hospitalised; swine flu test conducted"She was suffering from cough, sore throat and mild fever and has been kept under observation," Kamal Parikh, medical director of Sterling ...
28 Feb, 2015, 06.20 PM IST