Anaemia among children and women continues to be a cause of concern. More than half of them, including pregnant women, are anaemic nationwide....
Two-dose of Covaxin, developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech, provided only 50 per cent protection against the Covid-19 infection during the second wave of the pandemic in India, according to the first real-world assessment published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal on Wednesday....
South Korean health authorities on Wednesday said that a foetus has died of Covid-19 in the first case in the country...
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Randeep Guleria on Tuesday said India does not need booster dose at this time....
A team of scientists has identified coronaviruses closely related to SARS-CoV-2 from two bats sampled in Cambodia more than a decade ago. ...
A whopping 80 per cent people in India believe that it is more difficult for a daily wage worker to get the Covid vaccine as compared to a salaried, middle-class person, as the innoculation drive was not equitable, according to a new report released on Tuesday....
A third of Muslims, over 20 per cent Dalits and Adivasis, and 30 per cent people in general reported being discriminated against on the grounds of religion, caste or because of illness or health conditions in a hospital or by a healthcare professional, according to a new report released on Tuesday....
Months before the Covid-19 outbreak occurred, scientists at the infamous Wuhan lab in China were studying coronaviruses found in bats from Laos, according to new evidence. ...
Researchers have developed a new wearable device that can be worn on the stomach like an insulin pump, and easily detect as well as reverse an opioid overdose....
Amid worsening levels of air pollution, the hospitals here have registered a 30 per cent increase in patients with respiratory ailments....
