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Telangana will likely have 53K cancer patients by 2025: Report
The state of Telangana will likely have 53000 cancer patients by the year 2025, a new data report on the issue predicts. By 2025, the State is expected to have 24,857 male…
- India
Covaxin booster safe, necessary for lasting immunity-ICMR study, says govt
New Delhi: An ICMR study has indicated that a booster dose of Covaxin is safe and necessary to ensure persistent immunity to minimise breakthrough infections of COVID-19, due to newly emerging variants,…
- India
Vaccines or villains? Govt admits multiple side-effects of Covid-19 jabs in RTI reply
Mumbai: It’s official. The government’s two top watchdogs have admitted to ‘multiple side-effects’ of Covid-19 vaccines that were jabbed in over a billion Indians in the past more than two years. The…
- India
Avoid antibiotics for low-grade fever: ICMR guidelines
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research has issued guidelines warning against the use of antibiotics for conditions such as low-grade fever and viral bronchitis while advising doctors to follow a…
- India
Only 11% of 69 cr beneficiaries have taken Covid precaution doses
New Delhi: Only 11 percent of the nearly 69 crore eligible beneficiaries aged 18 years and above taking the precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine till July 25, has become a cause of…
- India
Monkeypox: Experts say no need to panic as it is rarely fatal
New Delhi: With the WHO declaring monkeypox a global public health emergency of international concern and India reporting four cases of the disease, experts on Sunday said there is no need to…
- India
India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 4,000-mark after nearly 3 months
New Delhi: After nearly three months, the daily tally of COVID-19 cases in India crossed the 4,000-mark, as the country logged 4,041 infections in the last 24 hours on Friday. India had…
- India
ICMR releases guidelines for using drones in healthcare
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday released a guidance document for use of drones in healthcare for medical supplies in far-flung areas. The research body has come…
- India
India logs 5,921 new COVID-19 cases, 289 deaths
New Delhi: With 5,921 people testing positive for the infection in a day, India’s COVID-19 case tally now stands at 4,29,57,477 and that of active cases at 63,878, showed the Union Health…
- India
India’s R-value further reduces, COVID-19 peak likely in next 14 days: IIT analysis
New Delhi: India’s R-value which indicates the rate of spread of coronavirus has further reduced to 1.57 in the week from January 14-21 and the national peak of the third wave of…
- India
Covid tests being conducted in Delhi 3 times the number recommended by ICMR: Satyendar Jain
New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday sought to nix concerns over “fewer” Covid testing in the national capital, saying the diagnostic tests being conducted in the city is three…