The World Health Organisation has sought a two-month halt on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines in view of severely constrained vaccine availability around the globe
The endemic stage is when a population learns to live with a virus. It's very different from the epidemic stage when the virus overwhelms a population
While smog towers might come across as a visible solution to air pollution, there is no scientific evidence - even globally - to support that they...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine shot the full go-ahead for patients aged 16 years or older
According to the report prepared by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), paediatric hospital facilities in the country are currently nowhere close to what maybe...
ZIF-8@CM Cotton and ZIF-67@CM Cotton, as they are called, are Zeolite Imidazolate Framework (ZIF)-modified functionalised fabrics which adsorb high levels of organic air pollutants like benzene,...
The government has ‘learnt the lesson the hard way’ due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and is developing the sector through the creation of infrastructure, said...
Vaccine injustice and vaccine nationalism increase the risk of more contagious variants emerging, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
For children in age group 5 to 12 years and below, there are different stages of the research that is going on, said Dr Renu Swarup,...
"Priests, dhakis, pandal makers, electricians, those who will go through the nitty-gritty - all associated with the puja have to be inoculated with at least one...
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has also asked Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan to develop a time-bound comprehensive action plan, in consultation with...
COVID-19 pandemic: The study showed that most common masks, primarily due to problems with fit, filter about 10 per cent of exhaled aerosol droplets
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...
