The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised its guidelines regarding the Covid-19 quarantine period, from 14 days to seven to 10 days, depending on one's test results and symptoms. If individuals do not develop symptoms, they only need quarantine for 10 days...
Apple on Tuesday said it is offering customers more ways to support non-profit organisation (RED)'s fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa while simultaneously protecting those communities from COVID-19. The announcement comes on World AIDS Day which is observed to unite people ...
Following examples of Rajasthan and Delhi, the Gujarat government on Tuesday slashed the cost of RT-PCR tests for coronavirus at private laboratories from Rs 1,500 to Rs 800 each. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said the decision will be effective from ...
Amid the rising cases of Covid-19 in Delhi-NCR, health experts on Tuesday stressed that along with a focus on overall health, taking special care of your heart's health is extremely important because the virus affects more to people with heart and its related problems....
Telangana registered 753 new coronavirus cases, taking its total tally to 2.68 lakh, even as 952 more patients recovered from the virus on Saturday. Active cases now total 10,637 in the state. Hyderabad accounted for the highest 133 new cases, followed by Medhcal ...
The Covid-19 pandemic interrupted contraceptive access for an estimated over 25 million couples in India, said a report by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Health officials in some low- and middle-income countries are bracing for a ...
Brazil has reported 514 new fatalities due to the novel coronavirus, raising its total death toll to 171,974. According to the Ministry of Health, tests detected 34,130 new cases, pushing the accumulated caseload to 6,238,350....
A 48-year-old woman from Mauritius with a pancreatic tail tumour was successfully treated with complex robotic surgery in Delhi-NCR. Thee patient underwent a 'robotic distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy' to remove the tumour which was four centimetres in size. ...
In yet another grim milestone, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 61 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.43 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday afternoon, the University's Center for S...
Researchers have revealed that higher than normal blood pressure (BP) is linked to more extensive brain damage in the elderly, suggesting that it is important to control blood pressure long-term. The study, published in the journal European Heart Journal, found that there ...
