Health

Jaipur, March 6 : Ninety-five-year-old socialist leader and former Bharatpur MP, Pandit Ramkishan, was among those who were administered the Covid-19 vaccine along with others aged above 60 and those above 45 years with comorbidities in Rajasthan on …

Jaipur, March 6 : Ninety-five-year-old socialist leader and former Bharatpur MP, Pandit Ramkishan, was among those who were administered the Covid-19 vaccine along with others aged above 60 and those above 45 years with comorbidities in Rajasthan on …

Jammu, March 6 : With 79 new Covid infections, J (and) K’s caseload rose to 126,932, while the recovery count reached 124,089 after 87 more people were discharged in the last 24 hours, health officials said on Saturday.An official bulletin said that …

Chandigarh, March 6 : Punjab Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan chaired a high-level meeting here on Saturday to discuss ways to contain the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the state, which is expected to witness a spike of 3,000 cases per day by t…

New Delhi, March 6 : A 104-year-old man was administered the first dose of the anti-coronavirus vaccine at Sir Gangaram Hospital (SGRH) here on Saturday.The beneficiary was given the Serum Institute of India’s (SII) ‘Covishield’ vaccine which did not…

New Delhi, March 6 : Arthritis drug tocilizumab has been found to reduce the risk of death among patients with severe Covid-19 in a phase 3 trial conducted in India.However, the findings, published in the journal The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, does…

New Delhi, March 6 : Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, LP on Saturday announced preliminary results from Ridgebacks Phase 2a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy to eliminate SARS-Co…

New Delhi, March 6 : The Central government on Saturday rushed high level multi-disciplinary public health teams to Maharashtra and Punjab in view of surge in the number of new Covid-19 cases being consistently reported by these states.They are being…

New Delhi, March 6 : While buying a new face mask to protect yourself against Covid-19 infection, make sure you go for a three-layered mask as it is more effective than single or double-layered alternatives, health experts emphasised on Saturday.Acco…

New Delhi, March 6 : Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Saturday received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine as India expanded the world’s biggest vaccination drive on Monday including all over 60 and those above 45 with comorbidities…