Health News Updates

Washington: The total number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed the 74 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.64 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood […]

New Delhi: With 24,010 fresh novel Coronavirus infections and 355 deaths in the past 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 99.56 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 94.89 lakh, on Thursday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 99,56,557 […]

Bhubaneswar: The daily Covid-19 count in Odisha continued its downward trend on Thursday. As many as 351 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours in the State which pushed the positive tally over 3.25 lakh. Of the fresh cases reported from 27 districts, 203 were related to quarantine while the remaining 148 are […]

Bhubaneswar: Notwithstanding Odisha government going gung-ho over the Ganjam Covid-19 management model to showcase how skilfully the State had controlled the novel Coronavirus pandemic in the State, the bitter home-truth is that Odisha has been ranked lower than the North-eastern states, including Assam, Bihar and UP in the management of Covid-19 pandemic across states in […]

New Delhi: While the Central Government has geared up for the vaccination drive, more than 50 per cenr of India’s population has expressed caution towards taking the coronavirus vaccine, a survey revealed on Thursday. The survey holds importance at a time when questions are being raised on both the safety and efficacy of the vaccines […]

Washington: The total number of global covid-19 cases has surpassed 74.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.66 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. The University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 74,875,300 and 1,660,132, respectively, in its latest […]

New Delhi: With 22,890 new coronavirus infections and 338 deaths in the past 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 99.79 lakh on Friday, while the death toll reached 1,44,789, Union Health Ministry’s data updated on Friday. In the past 11 months, 95,20,827 people have recovered, of whom 31,087 recovered in the last 24 hours, […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 358 people were tested positive for Covid-19 while four patients succumbed to the virus in Odisha in the last 24 hours pushing the infection tally to 3,25,505 and death toll to 1,829 in the State on Friday. The new cases were detected from 27 districts of the State. A total of […]

Washington: Researchers have now claimed that more and more evidence is coming out that people with Covid-19 are suffering from cognitive effects, such as brain fog and fatigue. The study, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, found that that the spike protein, often depicted as the red arms of the virus, can cross the blood-brain […]

New Delhi: About 86 per cent people in the country are following one or the other AYUSH guideline, a senior ministry official said on Friday. Addressing the ASSOCHAM Foundation Week 2020, AYUSH Ministry Secretary Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha said through the Ayush Sanjeevani mobile application, the ministry has received a data set of 1.47 crore people. […]

Moscow: India will produce about 300 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in 2021, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev said in an interview with a TV channel. “In India, we have agreements with four large manufacturers. …India will produce about 300 million doses or more of […]

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Friday said that the Covid-19 vaccine will be safe and effective but could show minor side effects like fever and pain at the injection site, adding that taking its shot will be voluntary. The comment comes at a time when questions are being raised at the safety and […]

New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Balram Bhargava has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after he tested positive for Covid-19. The 59-year-old ICMR chief was admitted to AIIMS’s Trauma Centre, a dedicated Covid-19 facility, on December 16, a hospital source told IANS on condition of […]

New York: The United States on Friday authorised a second Covid-19 vaccine in a single week’s time, green lighting a shot developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health for emergency use in Americans of 18 years and older. The Moderna approval comes exactly a week after the US Food and Drug Administration […]

Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has crossed 75.5 million, while the death toll have surged to more than 1.67 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global Covid-19 caseload stood at 75,588,781 while […]