India faces no immediate public health threat from hantavirus: NIV chiefTwo Indian nationals aboard a cruise ship have reportedly contracted hantavirus. Indian health officials assure the public that these cases...
08 May, 2026, 03.36 PM IST
Overhaul of drug regulator begins with recruitment plan for 1,500 specialistsIndia's pharmaceutical landscape is on the verge of transformation! The country’s drug regulatory body is gearing up for an overhaul with t...
06 May, 2026, 01.13 AM IST
AI transforming healthcare, but human empathy is irreplaceable: President MurmuPresident Droupadi Murmu addressed the first convocation at AIIMS Rajkot. She highlighted the rapid advancements in AI and digital health t...
13 Apr, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
It's official now! CIA says the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic originated from a Wuhan lab after years of denial under Biden's administrationCIA director John Ratcliffe ordered the release of a declassified assessment about the origin theory of COVID-19.
27 Jan, 2025, 08.57 PM IST
You thought Joe Biden had cognitive decline? Think twice; he suppressed intel officials' views that said COVID-19 was leaked from a lab in WuhanIn a recent and shocking development it has come to light that US President Joe Biden administration reportedly blocked the views of the In...
01 Jan, 2025, 01.24 AM IST
Chinese virus expert, known as batwoman, warns new coronavirus outbreak in futureHer recent research assessed the risk of different coronavirus species spilling over into human populations, with alarming results. The stu...
25 Sep, 2023, 05.01 PM IST
Kerala should give importance to virology research, says NITI Aayog memberNITI Aayog member Vinod Kumar Paul has urged Thiruvananthapuram to prioritize virology research given that the state faces an increased ris...
07 May, 2023, 01.10 PM IST
US announces $122 million fund for India to address challenges posed by infectious diseasesThe total funding of USD 122,475,000 will, over a period of five years, be distributed to the three top Indian health research institutions...
16 Jun, 2022, 08.54 AM IST
"China & Pakistan enter 'secret deal' to expand bio-warfare tools," says an Australian investigative journalistAustralia based investigative journalist Anthony Klan alleged that the infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology has signed a covert deal with t...
25 Jul, 2020, 12.39 PM IST
Delhi-based Dr Dangs Lab selected as central lab for Covaxin human clinical trials"We are extremely privileged to announce that Dr. Dangs Lab, New Delhi has been provided the opportunity to serve the nation by being selec...
23 Jul, 2020, 02.56 PM IST
Madras High Court directs Centre to verify efficacy of Siddha medicine in COVID-19 treatmentIssuing the directive also to the Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha, Justices P N Prakash and B Pugalendhi of the Madurai...
07 Jul, 2020, 05.04 PM IST
National Institute of Virology develops 1st indigenous antibody detection kit for COVID: Harsh Vardhan"National Institute of Virology, Pune, has successfully developed the 1st indigenous anti-SARS-CoV-2 human IgG ELISA test kit for antibody ...
10 May, 2020, 09.24 PM IST
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates DRDO mobile testing labThe mobile lab, which can be positioned anywhere in the country, will also be helpful to carry out the diagnosis of COVID-19, virus culturi...
23 Apr, 2020, 10.23 PM IST
War against Covid-19: Meil firm iCOMM Tele teams up with DRDO to develop mobile virology labThe mobile lab is built as per the bio-safety standards of the World Health Organisation and the Indian Council of Medical Research, said a...
23 Apr, 2020, 08.32 PM IST
Wuhan virology lab chief denies COVID-19 originated from institute, says virus 'cannot be man made'The Director of a maximum-security laboratory in China's coronavirus ground-zero city of Wuhan has rejected claims that it could be the sou...
20 Apr, 2020, 10.00 AM IST
High-level team deployed at Bihar's Muzaffarpur to set up state-of-the-art research centreThe health minister reviewed the situation at a high-level meeting which was attended by senior officers of the Health Ministry, Indian Cou...
17 Jun, 2019, 10.01 PM IST
Is India ready to handle an epidemic? The frightful truth behind Nipah outbreakWhile Kerala has responded with alacrity to the Nipah outbreak, are hospital protocols followed across the country?
27 May, 2018, 08.02 AM IST