The target of the Central team was to specifically look at areas of testing, contact tracing including surveillance and containment, COVID appropriate behaviours, availability of hospital...
COVID vaccination: A communication strategy is in place which is being implemented across "sustain vaccine confidence", the health ministry told parliament on Tuesday (August 3), highlighting...
The government expects that by October-November, four more Indian pharmaceutical companies will start production of indigenous vaccines that will help meet the domestic demand, said Union...
The study published in the Lancet journal compared the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction or heart attack, and stroke in 86,742 COVID-19 patients with 3.48lakh control...
A six-member high-level multidisciplinary team visited six districts of Kerala that were reporting a high number of COVID-19 cases
Scoring a new milestone, Bhubaneswar has become the first city to achieve 100 per cent COVID-19 vaccination
The Department of Biotechnology under the Ministry of Science and Technology has launched 'Mission COVID Suraksha- the Indian COVID-19 Vaccine Development Mission'
World Breastfeeding Week: Instead of avoiding contact with her child because of the fear of the infection, a lactating mother who has tested Covid positive should...
R number refers to the effective reproduction number of COVID-19. In simpler terms, it denotes a disease’s capacity to spread
According to a study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Covaxin has shown less reduction in 'neutralizing activity' while comparing with...
An increasing ‘R’ value, or Covid reproduction rate, in Kerala, had earlier this month triggered concerns of a renewed wave, which could even fuel a national...
World Breastfeeding Week 2021: WHO recommends that mothers should continue to breastfeed after the vaccination as none of the current vaccines in use is excreted into...
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...
