As part of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' celebrations, free booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines will be administered to all citizens above the age of 18 at...
A new sub-lineage of the COVID-19 disease-causing virus, called the BA.2.75 has been reported from India and 10 other countries and is likely to replace BA.5,...
Stating that the virus is "constantly trying to outsmart us", Co-chairman of National Indian Medical Association Covid-19 task force Dr Rajeev Jayadevan said, "we need to...
COVID-19 Variants: "In Europe and America, BA.4 and BA.5 are driving waves. In countries like India a new sub-lineage of BA.2.75 has also been detected, which...
The precaution dose for all beneficiaries from 18-59 years will be administered after completion of 6 months or 26 weeks from the date of administration of...
The study, "Staying Alive –COVID 19 and Public services in West Bengal", said that the reporting of food crisis by households belonging to the Scheduled Tribes...
India, which will soon mark 2 billion COVID-19 doses, accounts for nearly two-thirds of all COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the region, Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh,...
According to a study of 90 lakh adults in England, published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, vaccine effectiveness was similar for those with a higher...
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan asked states and union territories to send all COVID-19 positive specimens of passengers for genome sequencing
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the ability to track coronavirus is “under threat" as reporting and genomic sequences are declining, making it harder to...
The Central government advised caution and continuous alertness to the states reporting a surge in COVID-19 cases during the past few weeks, and to step up...
National Centre for Disease Control Director Dr Sujeet Kumar Singh said, "Omicron sub-variants have not increased the deaths rate, but people are not following COVID-19 appropriate...
34-year-old Dr Swaminathan Chandramouli runs “Doctor on Wheels”, a mobile-healthcare initiative to provide at-home medical services to senior citizens in...
70-year-old Dr Arunoday Mondal, a Padma awardee has been providing healthcare services for free to rural Sundarbans for over two...
Padma awardee Dr. Neelam Kler highlighted the importance of having a holistic healthcare approach to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality...
Dr Indira Chakravarty, who is a Public Health Specialist, said that the Banega Swasth India campaign has helped people understand...
Currently working as the Chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad, Padma awardee Dr Nageshwar...
