Demand for air purifiers, masks surge as Delhi-NCR grapples with rising air pollutionThe demand for air purifiers and masks has shot up in Delhi-NCR amid increasing levels of pollution in the region, merchants and pharmacist...
03 Nov, 2023, 08.26 PM IST
Pollution hits pros back on the road in Delhi"One of the biggest issues we're seeing now among Indian professionals, roughly in the age bracket of 25-50 years, is pollution-related ail...
04 Nov, 2022, 09.56 AM IST
Continue wearing mask in crowded places, especially people in vulnerable category: ExpertsAccording to Chatterjee of Apollo Hospital, a person who is not wearing a mask is also at risk of contracting many other respiratory infect...
20 Oct, 2022, 09.25 PM IST
Dengue likely to strike back after heavy rainfall in DelhiThe national capital has reported 396 cases of dengue this year so far, according to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) data. Till Se...
23 Sep, 2022, 03.57 PM IST
Covid and flu cases rising across IndiaWhile its difficult to differentiate between the two with the hallmark symptoms of Covid - loss of smell and taste - gone with the emergenc...
05 Aug, 2022, 01.05 AM IST
Covid-19: Hospital cases up, but symptoms are mainly flu-like, say doctorsIn Delhi, which has been seeing an uptick in the number of Covid cases, so far 79 occupied beds, 61 oxygen beds and 24 ICU beds, according ...
22 Apr, 2022, 01.21 AM IST
Covid numbers creeping up in NCR, GujaratIn a span of seven days, Delhi, Haryana and Gujarat have reported a rise in average daily Covid-19 cases even as countrywide numbers have d...
13 Apr, 2022, 08.59 AM IST
India must ease out curbs, not lift them like others: Public health experts"Under no circumstances we should do away with all restrictions. We should not emulate other countries as their health system is much stron...
18 Feb, 2022, 01.01 PM IST
People can catch Omicron twice, but reinfections aren't dangerous: Health expertsFarah Ingale, director, internal medicine at Fortis Hiranandani Hospital Vashi, said the hospital is seeing new cases of reinfection, espec...
12 Feb, 2022, 08.26 AM IST
Most patients had heart or kidney ailments: Report on Covid deaths in DelhiAmong those who died after contracting coronavirus infection, and were found suffering from co-morbid conditions, patients with heart ailme...
09 Feb, 2022, 10.39 PM IST
Mucormycosis cases rise: How this deadly black fungal infection is making people blindThe fungal infection is caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes. These molds live throughout the environment. Mucormycosis mainly af...
10 May, 2021, 09.45 AM IST
Is it ethical to stick posters outside houses of isolated patients? Experts say it adds to Covid stigmaThe advantage is that people will come out for testing in large numbers because even if they test positive.
12 Oct, 2020, 05.40 PM IST
No posters outside houses of isolated patients will help reduce COVID-19 stigma: ExpertsOfficial sources had said on Thursday that there will be no sticking of posters outside the houses of COVID-19 patients under home-isolatio...
09 Oct, 2020, 05.17 PM IST
You need not always complete full course of antibiotics: DoctorsIn many situations, stopping antibiotics sooner is a safe way to reduce antibiotic overuse, said a paper published in the British Medical J...
26 Jul, 2017, 09.59 AM IST
Hospitals burst at seams as Delhi shivers with feverHospitals are at wit's ends on how to accommodate the additional rush of patients. Safdarjung Hospital has shifted many such patients to it...
30 Aug, 2016, 10.33 AM IST
50% of 'asthmatics' don't really have the disease, say expertsMedicine experts said that the 50% of all patients labelled as asthmatics by primary-level physicians may have wheezing or coughing due to ...
07 Apr, 2016, 12.45 PM IST
Swine flu kills over 600 people in India, worries health ministry and doctorsThe ministry's directed pharma companies to expedite supply of antiviral medicines to state hospitals and licensed retail outlets.
18 Feb, 2015, 11.19 AM IST