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May 10, 2023
New Delhi: After delivering life-saving vaccines via ICMR’s Drone Response and Outreach in North East (i-Drone) during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) attempted...
Jan 17, 2023
New Delhi: The Centre has dismissed the media reports claiming that the government’s two top watchdogs have admitted to ‘multiple side-effects’ of Covid-19 vaccines as ‘ill-informed’ and providing ‘...
Aug 24, 2022
New Delhi: With 58,000 deaths per year, India accounts for the highest number of snakebite cases and deaths in the world. According to reports, half of the global deaths due to venomous snakebites,...
Jul 06, 2022
Hyderabad: Local transmission of Zika virus is confirmed as the virus is spreading to more parts of the country including Telangana, according to the researchers at the Indian Institute of Medical...
Jan 19, 2022
AMARAVATI: Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday issued orders revising the RTPCR rates of COVID diagnostic tests in the state.
Aug 02, 2021
With Delta Plus variant and Third Wave looming over the country, news is that the Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin is effective against Delta Plus (AY.1) variant of the coronavirus, as...
Jul 22, 2021
NEW DELHI: The onset of a possible third wave of COVID-19 has begun, according to leading medical specialists throughout the world, including top scientists from the Indian Council of Medical...
Jul 17, 2021
New Delhi: A senior doctor has said that the third wave of Covid-19 might strike India by the end of August and will be less lethal than the second.
Jun 05, 2021
New Delhi: By mid-July or early August, India will have enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to inoculate up to one crore people every day, the government said, stressing that there is no scarcity of...
May 22, 2021
Krishnapatnam Ayurvedic Medicine has grabbed everyone's attention as it claims to cure Covid-19 and increase the oxygen saturation levels of a patient within 10 minutes.
May 18, 2021
The Indian government on Monday removed plasma therapy from the treatment protocol for adult Covid-19 patients. The therapy uses blood plasma from people who have recovered from Covid-19 to help...
May 06, 2021
Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar expressed confidence that COVID-19 cases were reduced in the last 10 days and reiterated that the curve was flattening.
May 04, 2021
The RT-PCR method of Covid-19 testing, developed by CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad can now be adopted in testing labs of the country.
Jan 27, 2021
Covaxin - vaccine developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech is said to be effective against UK variants of COVID-19, according to a study titled ''Neutralization of UK-variant VUI-202012/01 with...
Nov 07, 2020
Two research studies, one by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and another by two researchers from Dr Rajender Prasad Government Medical College and Hospital, Himachal Pradesh, have explored...
Oct 02, 2020
The second round of sero-surveillance by the ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) in Jangaon, Nalgonda and Kamareddy on 26 and 27 August showed that the coronavirus epidemic was steadily...
Aug 12, 2020
HYDERABAD: The clinical trials of India's first Coronavirus vaccine COVAXIN being conducted at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) have reached the final phase
Aug 03, 2020
India is reporting a high number of coronavirus cases and today it is the 133rd day since the country implemented a nationwide lockdown to contain
Jul 31, 2020
NEW DELHI: India's COVID-19 cases crossed the 16,00,000-mark, with 55,079 new cases reported on Friday, according to data released by the Union Ministry of Health and Fami
Jul 22, 2020
MUMBAI: Eighteen out of approximately 100 children who have been tested positive for coronavirus, admitted to Wadia Hospital in Mumbai displayed signs of Paediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome...
Jul 11, 2020
NEW DELHI: Researchers from CSIR, the Department of Science and Technology and Department of Biotechnology on Friday told the Parliamentary Standing Committee that no vaccine will be ready before...
Jul 08, 2020
NEW DELHI: India crossed the 7 lakh-mark on Tuesday with 22,252 fresh coronavirus cases and 467 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Jul 05, 2020
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Science and Technology said on Sunday that none of the 11 COVID-19 vaccine candidates worldwide which are currently in human trials are likely to be ready before 2021.
Jul 05, 2020
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad's Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) which was chosen for human clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine, is all set to start clinical trials of BBV152 COVID vaccine...
Jul 05, 2020
HYDERABAD: Telangana government seems to have dropped the decision of re-imposition of complete lockdown in Hyderabad for 15 days.
Jul 05, 2020
NEW DELHI: A day after facing criticism over the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) decision to fast-track India’s first vaccine candidate for Covid-19 and set a deadline for August 15, the...
Jul 04, 2020
NEW DELHI: After the deadline of August 15 for COVID-19 vaccine was issued also signalling action threat, the Indian Council of Medical Research's (ICMR) on Saturday issued a clarification.
Jul 03, 2020
NEW DELHI: As a large number of people showing no symptoms being detected for COVID-19, the Union health ministry on Thursday revised the home isolation guidelines to include asymptomatic positive...
Jul 03, 2020
HYDERABAD: India's first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN is expected to be launched by August 15 on Independence Day.
Jun 26, 2020
NEW DELHI: As COVID-19 cases surge in several states, a central team will visit Gujarat, Maharashtra and Telangana between June 26 and 29 to coordinate with state officials in strengthening COVID-19...
Jun 17, 2020
NEW DELHI: Scientists across the world are working hard to find out a COVID-19 medicine. The deadly virus has claimed the lives of many people.
Jun 15, 2020
NEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry on Sunday relaxed the guidelines on handing over the bodies of suspected COVID-19 cases to relatives for cremation.
Jun 15, 2020
NEW DELHI: India witnessed a highest-single day spike of 11,929 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the number of coronavirus cases to 3,20,922 on Sunday.
Jun 14, 2020
NEW DELHI: The number of coronavirus positive cases in India are increasing at an alarming rate.
Jun 12, 2020
NEW DELHI: Google on Friday said it has added a new feature on its Search, Assistant, and Maps products to help users find information on COVID-19 testing cent
May 23, 2020
NEW DELHI: India is witnessing a high number of COVID-19 cases and the i
May 20, 2020
In a significant direction amid the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, the Telangana High Court on Wednesday allowed private hospitals and laboratories to conduct COVID-19 tests.
May 07, 2020
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has decided not to go ahead with Jal Shakti Ministry’s proposal to undertake clinical studies for treatment of COVID-19 patients
Apr 29, 2020
The health ministry on Tuesday said that Plasma Therapy is only one of the several therapies...
Apr 28, 2020
China on Tuesday said it was “deeply concerned” over the evaluation result of the COVID-19 rapid testing kits supplied to India by two Chinese companies and subsequent decision by the Indian Council...
Apr 27, 2020
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday asked states to stop using the COVID-19 rapid antibody test kits procured from two Chinese companies and return them to be sent back to the...
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