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In Mumbai, doctor family's case stirs debate over cough syrups for kidsA press release from the UK's National Health Service in 2017 urged parents to avoid using over-the-counter cough syrups and medicines to t...
Assam Cabinet approves a high-level task force to oversee the implementation of PM GatiShaktiWith an initial allocation of Rs 1,500 crore, Union budget 2022-23 has proposed to roll out the Prime Minister’s Development Initiative for...
Are we ready for the COVID-19 third wave?Will there be another wave, bringing with it a new set of challenges? Virologists and health experts are not on the same page about the tim...
India's richest state gears up to protect children from looming third wave of COVID-19Maharashtra, with a population of more than 114 million, is one of the country's most populous states, and has reported 50 cases of the new...
Majority of Mumbai children have antibodies: Sero surveyA paediatric serosurvey conducted by the Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has shown that 51.18 per cent of children between 1 and 18 year...
Bombay HC asks Maharashtra to widely publicise advisory on preventing COVID-19 among childrenThe Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government on Thursday to give wide publicity to its advisory on preventing COVID-19 infecti...
Paediatric task force, genome sequencing labs & buffer stock of medicines: Delhi CM lays out plan to counter 3rd Covid waveKejriwal announced the setting up of a paediatric task force and two genome sequencing labs as well as a plan to ramp up oxygen capacity to...
Don’t dismantle special health infra as third Covid wave inevitable: Experts’ advice to govt“It is not a question of whether but when. The US, UK, Italy and Japan had four waves. The virus will also replicate like that in India. Bu...
Karnataka task force to advise on Covid third wave, to meet CM today“We have come up with some data on the vulnerable population including children that are at higher risk during the third wave and we will p...
10,000 minors tested Covid positive in Maharashtra district in MaySachin Solat, a member of the district paediatric task force, said the figures were not at all alarming as far as children and teenagers ge...
Maharashtra's youngest sarpanch keeps his village COVID-19 free; says micro-management is keyTalking about the efforts, the sarpanch Ruturaj Deshmukh said he and his team framed a five-point programme involving tracing, testing, tre...
Andhra Pradesh forms paediatric task force to gear up for Covid third waveThe Task Force will look into the logistics like hospital facilities, oxygen masks for children, medicines and other issues and make necess...
Preparations for third potential Covid wave begin on war footing with focus on childrenMost states are either adding or earmarking beds for paediatric Covid care, including paediatric intensive care units (PICU), neonatal inte...
Maharashtra govt announces paediatric task force to prepare for COVID-19 third waveAnticipating a third wave of the pandemic, which is likely to affect children in more numbers, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had instruct...
Maharashtra plans for third wave with 3-fold addition to paediatric bedsA week after conducting an online session with family physicians, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday interacted with around 6,300 pa...
Flu shots to kids before monsoon will curb Covid cases: Maharashtra panelWhile the influenza shot that contains two subtypes of influenza A and two lineages of influenza B is widely available in market, it is not...
COVID-19: Maharashtra CM asks parents to be alert about any symptoms in childrenAs of Saturday, Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally stood at 55,53,225 while the number of fatalities stood at 87,300, as per the state health dep...
'Faster than the virus': India's financial hub gears up for a third COVID-19 waveMumbai is building four mammoth centres across the city with units for children infected with COVID-19 and it is working closely with a spe...
View: Covid 3rd wave to attack kids, here's how India should prepare for itAccording to one of India’s best virologists, Dr Ravi from Nimhans Bengaluru, the third wave is likely to attack children, since most adult...
Paramilitary forces want over 600 doctors to aid combat troopsLast year, these forces recruited close to 250 doctors, against the double number of vacancies they had advertised.