Coronavirus Vaccine Registration, Coronavirus Omicron Variant Cases in India Live Updates: The death toll climbed to 5,13,724 with 243 fresh fatalities, the updated data says. Coronavirus India Live News: New Omicron Variant Symptoms and Cases in India, Coronavirus Vaccine Registration Latest Update, Covid-19 India Latest News Live: India continues to see a new decline in … Read more
The database will ensure ease of doing business for doctors/hospitals and healthcare service providers. The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved nationwide roll-out of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) with an outlay of Rs 1,600 crore for five years. The scheme, launched in September last year in certain parts of the country, facilitates creation of … Read more
The PM’s call for medical education reforms comes at a time when the country is evacuating a large number of Indian students studying in medical colleges in Ukraine and are caught in the crossfire of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for enhancing the quality and expansion of medical education … Read more
More than 1.99 crore (1,99,62,729) precaution doses have been administered so far to healthcare workers, frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities. The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 177.40 crore on Saturday, the Union Health Ministry said. More than 21 lakh (21,41,821) vaccine doses were administered on Saturday … Read more
A total of 91,671 coronavirus patients have recovered from the disease so far, including 44 on Saturday, he said. Meghalaya on Saturday recorded 24 new COVID-19 cases, two less than the previous day, pushing the caseload to 93,437, while two more deaths took the toll to 1,577, health officials said. Of the new infections, East … Read more
A government release said 11,36,59,648 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far in the state, including 64,011 on Saturday. The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh reached 10,38,196 on Saturday after the detection of 500 new cases, while one death took the toll to 10,727, a state health department official said. The positivity rate remained … Read more
Lauding India’s position as the world’s biggest vaccine manufacturer as well as a major supplier of doses to the world, Dr Plotkin said research of 20-odd years helped develop vaccines against COVID-19 in a short period of time. Vaccine hesitancy is a worldwide phenomenon and people’s reservations must be allayed by convincing them that vaccines … Read more
Human immunodeficiency virus or HIV attacks the immune system by destroying CD4 immune cells that help it respond to the infection. A US patient has become the first-ever woman — the third person in the world — to be cured of HIV, the AIDS-causing deadly virus. The New York Times reported that the woman, who was diagnosed … Read more
Of all Covid-19 side effects reported so far, ranging from prolonged loss of taste to brain fog, the impact on male genitals and fertility is a topic of greatest public discussion. Covid-19 can disrupt testicular health, including a decrease in size, testosterone levels, and sperm count, a new study has found. The study, conducted by Department … Read more
The decision was based on a study of 24,000 adults that found the vaccine was 71% effective at preventing COVID-19 — although that was before the omicron variant emerged. Canada has become the first country to authorize use of a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine. Canadian regulators said Thursday Medicago’s two-dose vaccine can be given to adults … Read more