Health

New Delhi, Feb 10 : The Supreme Court said on Wednesday that heart ailment is not covered within the definition of disability in the Disability Act, while dismissing an appeal against a Patna High Court judgment which upheld an order of the Shipping …

Chandigarh, Feb 10 : Online availability of cheap herbal cigarettes and ‘bidis’ which are being illegally marketed as healthier alternatives to traditional cigarettes is a matter of concern, warn researchers from the Oral Health Sciences Centre of th…

New Delhi, Feb 10 : In a massive capacity building exercise ahead of the Covid-19 vaccination roll out for the people above 50 years, the central government will be increasing the number of inoculation sites to 75,000 in a couple of weeks from now, s…

Amaravati, Feb 10 : Andhra Pradesh health commissioner Katamaneni Bhaskar on Wednesday said the state will start administering the second dose of coronavirus vaccines for frontline workers from Saturday.He said all the healthcare and ICDS workers sho…

Mumbai/New Delhi, Feb 10 : Wockhardt, the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology major headquartered in Mumbai, on Wednesday announced that it has been awarded a six-month extension of its agreement with the United Kingdom (UK) government to fill-fi…

New Delhi, Feb 10 : With just weeks remaining for the start of Covid vaccination for people above 50 years of age, the union government has still not decided whether this priority group will receive the doses free of cost on the lines of healthcare a…

New Delhi, Feb 10 : India’s streak of low numbers of single-day coronavirus cases continued on Wednesday as 13,087 new infections and 94 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data showed.While the numbe…

Hyderabad, Feb 10 : The declining trend in Covid infections continued in Telangana with the daily count in majority of the districts falling to one or two cases.Of the total 33 districts, no cases were registered in four districts during the last 24 …

New Delhi, Feb 10 : India’s streak of low numbers of single-day coronavirus cases continued on Wednesday as 11,067 new infections and 94 more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data showed.While the numbe…

Bengaluru, Feb 10 : Karnataka Health and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar on Tuesday called for awareness about dental care in the rural areas.”There is a need to create awareness among the rural people about dental care, as most of them still …