Pneumonia outbreak in Pakistan: Over 200 children lost, many more at riskPakistan disclosed this alarming statistic, shedding light on the vulnerability of children who were not vaccinated against pneumonia, were...
26 Jan, 2024, 09.50 PM IST
WHO classifies JN.1 as COVID-19 'variant of interest' but says it poses low riskThe World Health Organization (WHO) designated the JN.1 coronavirus strain as a "variant of interest" but with a low global public health r...
19 Dec, 2023, 10.11 PM IST
Pneumonia cases in AIIMS Delhi have no link with China Respiratory infections cases: Health MinistryThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in India dismissed media reports linking pneumonia cases in AIIMS Delhi to the recent surge in re...
07 Dec, 2023, 02.40 PM IST
Pneumonia cases detected in AIIMS Delhi have no link to respiratory illness in China, clarifies India govtReports claiming detection of bacterial cases in AIIMS Delhi linked to the recent surge in Pneumonia cases in China are misleading and inac...
07 Dec, 2023, 02.31 PM IST
AstraZeneca gets CDSCO approval for preventive therapy for respiratory syncytial virusThis innovative therapy is indicated for prevention of serious lower respiratory tract disease requiring hospitalisation caused by Respirat...
30 Sep, 2023, 09.38 PM IST
Pune scientist couple, in limelight for chasing Covid's China link, share their story"The Seeker got in touch with us the same day our preprint appeared online. This internet user said we had some interesting findings. The S...
06 Jun, 2021, 07.59 PM IST
China rejects claim of illness at Wuhan lab in late 2019Since infecting its first victims in the central Chinese city in late 2019, the pathogen has afflicted almost every country in the world, k...
24 May, 2021, 11.07 PM IST
China faces new allegations over Covid-19 cover upDetails of more than 300 studies, including many investigating diseases that pass from animals to humans, published online by the state-run...
17 Jan, 2021, 09.47 PM IST
Covid-19: Twelve key milestones in a year like no otherOn December 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) is alerted to a cluster of pneumonia cases "of unknown cause" in the central Chin...
26 Nov, 2020, 10.34 AM IST
WHO believes 'unknown pneumonia' in Kazakhstan could be COVID-19"We're looking at the actual testing and the quality of testing to make sure that there haven't been false negative tests for some of those...
11 Jul, 2020, 03.34 PM IST
Chinese claim on origin of pneumonia deadlier than Covid false: KazakhstanSome Chinese media outlets are claiming that Kazakhstan has reported cases of unknown pneumonia, more deadly than coronavirus.
10 Jul, 2020, 07.24 PM IST
WHO team to visit China next week to investigate origins of coronavirusWHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke in January about an agreement with China for sending a team of international exper...
04 Jul, 2020, 01.38 PM IST
Six months after 'viral pneumonia', Wuhan returning to normal, with masksTraffic on the roads is increasing and people are shopping in markets and returning to work in offices, where additional measures are in pl...
30 Jun, 2020, 05.56 PM IST
WHO: Countries complaining about contact tracing are 'lame'In recent months, countries with large outbreaks of COVID-19, including Britain and the US, have said there are simply too many contacts to...
29 Jun, 2020, 11.34 PM IST
WHO urges countries to investigate early COVID-19 casesThe disease later identified as COVID-19 was first reported by Chinese authorities to the WHO on 31 December and was not previously believe...
05 May, 2020, 04.57 PM IST
Coronavirus testing protocol to go hand in hand with our healthcare capacity: AIIMS’ GuleriaWhile tests on random samples done by ICMR so far suggests that there is no community transmission yet in India, Guleria said if India goes...
21 Mar, 2020, 10.52 AM IST
India tops global pneumonia child deaths: UNICEF studyIndia tops in global pneumonia deaths of children under five years of age with 3.97 lakh reported in 2010, says a UNICEF study.
16 Nov, 2012, 09.31 PM IST