Parents’ transplant plea: ‘One more infection and we could lose our boy’

Parents’ transplant plea: ‘One more infection and we could lose our boy’

Zachary Bradford had a liver transplant when he was 22 months old but it failed If Zachary Bradford does not receive a small bowel and liver transplant within the next few weeks, the tiny two-year-old could die. That is the reality his parents are living with as they do everything they can to maximise his … Read more

Rare amoebic infection claims another life in Kerala as 13-year-old girl from Kannur dies

Rare amoebic infection claims another life in Kerala as 13-year-old girl from Kannur dies

The death of a 13-year-old girl from Kannur in Kerala while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Kozhikode has been ascribed to amoebic meningoencephalitis. (image for representation only) | Photo Credit: AFP The death of a 13-year-old girl from Kannur while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Kozhikode has been ascribed to amoebic … Read more

Pegasus infection found on Indian journalists’ phones after Apple alert: Amnesty International

Pegasus infection found on Indian journalists’ phones after Apple alert: Amnesty International

Representational image only. The Pegasus spyware, which the Union government has not categorically denied buying or using, allows attackers to extract all the contents of smartphones by leveraging software weaknesses that are known to a select few hackers, and sold for millions of dollars.  The Wire news website’s editor Siddharth Varadarajan and another journalist in … Read more

CDSCO starts probe into Indian-manufactured eye drops leading to infection

CDSCO starts probe into Indian-manufactured eye drops leading to infection

The CDSCO has begun investigation against a complaint raised by Sri Lankan Ministry of Health alleging eyedrops manufactured in India cause eye infection | representative image The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) has initiated an investigation into a complaint raised by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health alleging that eyedrops manufactured in India are … Read more

BJP stir in Bengal Assembly over Adenovirus deaths

BJP stir in Bengal Assembly over Adenovirus deaths

Kolkata, West Bengal, Leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari | File Photo | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Accusing the Mamata Banerjee government of not doing enough to check the spread of adenovirus, the BJP on Thursday demanded a statement from the Chief Minister on the recent deaths caused by the infection. The BJP legislature party, towards … Read more

India’s Covid infection tally rises by 226, active caseload declines to 4,529

India’s Covid infection tally rises by 226, active caseload declines to 4,529

India logged 226 new Covid infections in a day taking the tally of cases to 4.46 crore while active caseload has declined by 68 to reach 4,529, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll has climbed to 5,30,6278 with one fatality being reported from Odisha, data updated at 8 … Read more