Why health experts aren't warning about coronavirus in food?

New York: Chicken with salmonella can make you sick. So can romaine lettuce with ..

Covid sees significant resurgence in Europe, Asia

Big new Covid wave unlikely but too early to say India in endemic stage: Scientists

9,361 new Covid-19 cases in Kerala on Friday, 464 unreported deaths included

Centre to launch song to celebrate administration of 100 cr COVID-19 vaccine doses on Thursday

New Delhi: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday will launch a song and an audiovisual film ..

Covid-19 is now under control, says Kerala CM

Thiruvananthapuram: The Covid-19 pandemic in the state is now under control and there is nothing to be concerned about, said the Chief ..

First in the world: US surgeons successfully attach pig's kidney in human

Washington: Scientists temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the ..

Centre aims to vaccinate entire adult population by 2021-end: Minister

New Delhi: The Central government has set a target of vaccinating the entire adult population of the country by the end of 2021, said ..

Not vaccinated yet? You may be at risk of Covid reinfection

If you think once infected with Covid-19 gives you immunity, then you may be wrong. According to new models without vaccination and ..

Maternal cholesterol during pregnancy linked with heart attack in adult offspring, finds study

Washington: A study has suggested that high maternal cholesterol in pregnancy is associated with more serious heart attacks in young ..

Steady decline in Kerala Covid-19 cases; 6,676 new infections on Monday, 60 deaths, TPR @ 9.72%

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 6,676 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, informed the health department in a press release. With 60 ..

With 7,555 new infections, Kerala sees dip in daily COVID cases

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 7,555 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, informed the health department in a press release. With 74 ..

Kerala records 7,955 new COVID cases, 57 fatalities, 11,769 recoveries

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 7,955 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, informed the health department in a press release. With 57 ..

Car swept away by floodwaters in Thodupuzha, 2 killed

Thodupuzha: The heavy rain is continuing to wreak havoc across the state. Two people were killed after a car was swept away by floodwaters ..

Kerala's first artificial heart implantation done successfully

Kochi: Kerala's first artificial heart implantation was successfully performed at a private hospital on a 61-year-old woman patient ..

Cong slams Mandaviya for 'walking in with photographer' while visiting Manmohan at AIIMS

New Delhi: The Congress on Friday slammed Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya for allegedly getting a photographer while visiting ..

Kerala logs 8,867 new COVID cases, 67 fatalities, 9,872 recoveries

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 8,867 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, informed the health department in a press release. With 67 ..

Baby dies after woman gives birth in UP hospital toilet

Kanpur: In a freak incident, a newborn died after the infant slipped and his head got stuck in a commode in the Lala Lajpat Rai hospital ..

India ships vaccines to four nations under 'Vaccine Maitri'

New Delhi: India has recently sent crores of Covid vaccine shots to four nations in its neighborhood under the "Vaccine Maitri" ..

Kochi to become India’s first ‘dementia-friendly city’

Kochi: Kochi is all set to become India's first 'dementia-friendly city'. The official announcement will be made by Chief ..

Kerala records 9,246 new COVID cases and 96 deaths on Thursday; TPR at 10.42 percent

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 9,246 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, informed the health department. With 96 new fatalities, the ..

Covid death: Kerala govt to provide Rs 5,000 per month for 3 years to bereaved BPL families

Thiruvananthapuram: The state government has decided to provide extra financial aids, in addition to all the existing financial and ..

Sputnik Light, as booster jab, 83% effective against Covid: Study

Moscow: Russia's Sputnik Light vaccine, as a Covid booster shot, is over 83 per cent effective against infection and over 94 per ..

Kerala logs 11,079 Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, 123 fatalities, 9,972 recoveries

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 11,079 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, informed the health department in a press release. With ..

Over 2.5 cr people inoculated with first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Health Minister Veena George has informed that over 2.5 cr people took the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine ..

Covid vaccine for kids, teenagers can be 'a game changer', say experts

New Delhi: Covid vaccinations for children and adolescents can turn out to be a game changer and enable return to normalcy among the ..

Kerala logs 7,823 COVID cases, 106 fatalities, 12,490 recoveries

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 7,823 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, informed the health department in a press release. With 106 ..

Expert panel recommends emergency use approval for Covaxin in 2 to 18 age group

New Delhi: An expert panel of India's Central Drug Authority has recommended granting emergency use authorisation to Bharat Biotech's ..

WHO experts back extra Covid jab for people with weak immune systems

Geneva:The World Health Organization's vaccine advisers on Monday recommended people with weakened immune systems should be offered ..

Kerala clocks 6,996 new COVID cases, 84 fatalities, 16,576 recoveries

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 6,996 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, informed health department in a press release. With 84 new ..

LDF govt implements schemes to tackle mental illness:CM

Thiruvananthapuram: Mental illness, apart from being a medical condition, is a social problem that is caused due to lack of food, shelter ..

Kerala logs 10,691 new COVID cases, 85 fatalities, 12,655 recoveries

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 10,691 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, informed health department in a press release. With 85 new ..

Incessant rainfall leaves Kochi's P&T colony waterlogged

Kochi: The incessant downpour on Saturday night has doomed many parts of Kochi. Among the most affected areas are the P&T colony, ..

Active Covid cases in country lowest in 206 days, total cases decline to 2,36,643: Health ministry

New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 19,740 COVID-19 infections, taking the country's total tally of cases to 3,39,35,309, ..

Kerala to add 7,000 more COVID-19 deaths to official list

Thiruvananthapuram: Amid protest by the opposition alleging under-reporting of COVID deaths in Kerala, the state government on Friday ..

Kerala logs 10,944 COVID cases, 120 deaths, 12,922 recoveries

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 10,944 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, informed health department in a press release. With 120 new ..

WHO defines post-Covid situation to ensure better treatment

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a 'clinical case definition' of post-Covid situation to ensure better ..

No UK quarantine for Covishield vaccinated Indians from Oct 11

London: Ending a diplomatic row over vaccine certification, the UK government on Thursday added India to its vaccine-eligible countries ..

Centre warns people of Covid surge during festival, wedding season

New Delhi: "Please watch your October, November, December," a senior Health Ministry official warned people on Thursday about ..

No need to worry about Plus One allotment: Education Minister

Thiruvananthapuram: V Sivankutty, minister for education in Kerala has assured that there is no need to worry about plus one allotment ..

Kerala HC asks govt to consider free post-COVID treatment

Kochi: The Kerala High Court has asked the state government a slew of questions over post-COVID treatment. The high court enquired ..

Kerala logs 12,616 new COVID cases, 134 fatalities, 14,516 recoveries

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 12,616 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, informed health department in a press release. With 134 ..

Sex education is must, we can't run away from it, says first transgender doc VS Priya

The newly appointed chairperson of the Kerala Women's Commission, Adv P Sathidevi's remark that 'Sex Education' should ..

India records 18,833 fresh Covid cases, 278 deaths

New Delhi: India on Wednesday reported 18,333 fresh Covid cases and 278 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said ..

India conducts over 57 cr COVID-19 tests so far: ICMR

New Delhi: The testing capacity has been ramped up extensively and so far India has conducted 57,68,03,867 COVID-19 sample tests, informed ..

Active COVID-19 cases lowest in 196 days

New Delhi: India logged 26,727 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,37,66,707, while the active ..

Govt clarifies on allegations that dead person was issued vaccine certificate on PM's birthday

New Delhi: The government Thursday dismissed as "baseless" allegations that dead people were issued vaccination certificates ..

Kerala logs 15,914 new COVID cases, 122 fatalities, 16,758 recoveries; TPR at 15.32%

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala recorded 15,914 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, informed health department in a press release. With 122 ..

69 pc of India's adult population has got at least one dose of Covid vaccine, 25 pc both: Govt

New Delhi: Sixty-nine per cent of the country's adult population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 25 per ..

Kerala mulls free distribution of homeopathic tablets ahead of schools reopening

Thiruvananthapuram: With the Kerala government deciding to reopen all the schools in the state from November 1, it is thinking of distributing ..