New Delhi: The National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) on Wednesday (May 19) recommended that the COVID vaccination should be deferred by three months after clinical recovery of the illness. According to the…

Bengaluru: Karnataka may be inviting another wave of COVID-19 in the state by reducing the number of tests from 1.9 lakh daily a month ago to over 93,000 now, warned a member of the state COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). The…

Washington: COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna work against B.1.617 variant of the virus that was first identified in India, according to a new study. The study shows that the newly identified SARS-CoV-2 variants identified…

Bengaluru: With their PPE kits on, Nicole Furtado and her cousin Tina Cherian have been helping in the burial of bodies of COVID-19 patients at Bengaluru’s Indian Christian Cemetery since May 10. Nicole, a final-year Bachelor of Social Work…

Bengaluru: With their PPE kits on, Nicole Furtado and her cousin Tina Cherian have been helping in the burial of bodies of COVID-19 patients at Bengaluru’s Indian Christian Cemetery since May 10. Nicole, a final-year Bachelor of Social Work…

New Delhi: COVID vaccine for children is now a reality in the USA, where the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended expandING usage of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children between 12-15 years of age. President…

New Delhi: Names of many steroids have now become  commonly known as India fights COVID-19’s deadly second wave. According to experts, some of the steroids are indeed effective in curing moderate to severe cases of COVID-19, who might…

Paris: The world has a viable pathway to building a global energy sector with net-zero emissions in 2050 but it is narrow and requires an unprecedented transformation of how energy is produced, transported and used globally, the…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday (May 18) that continuous efforts are being made to ramp up COVID-19 vaccine supply in a big way, asserting that attempts are on to provide states 15-day advance schedule of the…

New York: Warning of a COVID-19 vaccine shortfall of nearly 190 million doses by next month, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Monday (May 17) called for a global, equitable distribution of vaccines, diagnostics and…

New Delhi: As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the country, it’s not leaving even the healthcare workers, India’s COVID warriors. India has lost 269 doctors during the second wave of the COVID-19…

New Delhi: Four to six weeks, six to eight or eight to 12? The increasing gap between two Covishield doses in India while the UK reduces its window has laypersons confused, but several experts say there is little reason to worry and second…

Eating a healthy diet has never been as important as it has become during the COVID-19 pandemic. What we eat and drink can affect our body’s ability to prevent, fight and recover from infections. The first step towards building our immunity…

New Delhi: As the devastating second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to grip the country, experts have raised apprehensions about another virulent wave that may hit the country by the end of this year and is more likely to affect…

New Delhi: Several top medical experts have welcomed the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)’s updated advisory released on Monday (May 17) dropping the use of convalescent plasma from recommended treatment protocols for COVID-19. Sir…

New Delhi: India’s fight against the deadly second wave of COVID-19 pandemic has been crippled by the shortage of vaccine in the country. Last week, the government widened the gap between two doses of Serum Institute of India’s Covidshield…