World Hepatitis Day 2021: Raising awareness to encourage prevention, diagnosis, treatment

World Hepatitis Day (WHD), which is celebrated annually on July 28, brings the world ..

Biological E's COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax likely to be launched by September end

Online classes: 55% students report health issues

Two-thirds of Indians have Covid antibodies, another 40 crore still vulnerable to infection: Govt

IMA criticises Kerala Govt over Bakrid relaxations in Covid-19 regulations

Thiruvananthapuram: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Sunday demanded the state government to immediately withdraw the order ..

Has Kerala ‘miserably failed’ in handling the pandemic? This health economist explains

As Kerala has still been clocking more than 10,000 cases despite the official data of the country showed tendencies of the second wave ..

Incorporate face mask into our lives as new normal: Health Ministry urges citizens

New Delhi: Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday urged citizens to keep wearing face masks adding that we should incorporate ..

Rise in infectious diseases worries Kerala amid Covid-19 influx

Thiruvananthapuram: At a time when the Kerala government is fighting tooth and nail to curb the rising Covid-19 cases, the surging ..

J&J pulls Aveeno, Neutrogena spray sunscreens over cancer risk

New York: Johnson & Johnson is pulling out its Neutrogena and Aveeno spray sunscreens from US stores after some samples showed ..

Zika virus resistance: Ministers decide to speed up state-wide action

Thiruvananthapuram: A high-level meeting led by ministers MV Govindan Master and Veena George decided to step up the alert for Zika ..

Intense testing drive to curb Covid infection in state

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala state Health Minister Veena George requested all close contacts of people who were tested Covid-19 positive ..

Kerala sees dip in COVID tally with 7798 new cases, TPR declines to 9.14 pc

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 7798 new Covid cases on Monday, informed a press release issued by the health department. With ..

Decision on emergency use listing of Covaxin likely in 4-6 weeks: WHO

New Delhi:The World Health Organization (WHO) is likely to take a decision on including Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin ..

Pfizer developing Covid booster shot to target Delta variant

Washington: Pfizer and BioNTech have announced that they were developing a Covid-19 booster shot intended to target the highly transmissible ..

Delta variant shows 8-fold reduced sensitivity to vaccine elicited antibodies: Study

New Delhi:The Delta variant of Covid-19 virus shows eight-fold approximately reduced sensitivity to vaccine elicited antibodies compared ..

Symptoms of Delta variant differ from common COVID symptoms, Here's what to look out for

We've been living in a COVID world for more than 18 months now. At the outset of the pandemic, government agencies and health authorities ..