Cyrus Poonawalla began Serum Institute of India in 1966 with a goal to make India self-reliant in healthcare. His vision was to provide aff...

Florida has reported its first-ever cases of 'sloth fever', caused by the Oropouche virus, which is primarily spread by small flies and mos...

Health authorities in Connecticut have announced the identification of four verified instances of the Powassan virus, an illness transmitte...

Another consequence of Covid-19 is the devastation wrought on tourism markets worldwide. We looked at a key US market and found that the fi...

From lower wages to job losses and slower pace of vaccination to increased mortality, women have been hit more severely than men in India.

After India's first Covid death reported on March 12, 2020, Karnataka crossed 4000-mark by registering cumulatively 4,062 deaths on August ...

In business, academia and other fields of science, women do not have roles nearly as prominent as they do right now in vaccine development....

The ongoing study among the city-state's public hospitals adds to international efforts to better understand whether the infection can be t...

The study will follow women through pregnancy and 12 months after childbirth to compare maternal, fetal and newborn outcomes of participant...

The virus aggravates the risk of blood clots and strokes associated with oral contraceptive pills.

"With local flare-ups it is right we have a localised solution in terms of infection control, social distancing, testing and many of the to...

Less than a quarter of women in India are in labour force — among the poorest standings in world .

Likelihood of maternal depression and anxiety has substantially increased during the pandemic.

The newly elected national president of the women's wing of FICCI talks about their priorities, which are aimed to sustainable livelihoods ...

Up to 45 per cent of HIV-infected mothers will transmit the virus to their child, usually through breastfeeding, researchers said.

The virus outbreak in some parts of the world has left many shaken, while others are waiting in dread when it will hit them.

While travel companies say it's too early to say if Zika epidemic will affect bookings, enquiries regarding the probable impact of the same...