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India’s expert group on vaccinations, Negvac, has discussed the need for booster shots for Covid-19 but more scientific evidence is being studied for any decision, a top official said on Tuesday during the routine government briefing on…

Hetero Labs, a Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company, said on Friday that it has sought an emergency use nod from the local regulator for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) drug Molnupiravir, after interim data from a late-stage trial showed…

The Delhi University (DU) is likely to seek details of candidates’ vaccination status at the time of the online registration for admission to various undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programmes across its colleges and departments…

About 1.86 billion vaccine doses will be available for the national Covid-19 immunisation programme through the year -- 516 million of those till the end of July -- the Centre has submitted in an affidavit to the Supreme Court.The number,…

The Centre on Monday recommended a ‘six minute walking test’ to check hypoxia in the human body. Hypoxia is a medical condition where enough quantities of oxygen do not make it to the tissues and cells in the body. The common symptoms are…

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in collaboration with Laxai Life Sciences began the phase-II clinical trials of anti-helminthic drug Niclosamide on Sunday for treating the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). According…

Dr Ashutosh “Ash” Tewari was himself in an intensive case unit (ICU) for two weeks, battling for life against Covid-19. He then watched his childhood best friend die of the illness after being turned down by multiple hospitals in India…

It’s official: mucormycosis or black fungus is now an epidemic, within the larger pandemic. It’s usually a rare disease , caused by fungi -- in this case, molds called mucormycetes -- but has now affected thousands of Covid-19 patients…

A 45-year-old assistant professor at a Delhi University (DU) college succumbed to Covid-19 on Monday, less than 10 days after her husband died of the illness Covid-19, orphaning two children.Chetan Jassal, an assistant professor in the…

Wearing masks, maintaining distance, adequate sanitation and proper indoor ventilation are key to stopping the coronavirus, the Union government’s principal scientific adviser K VijayRaghavan’s office said in a set of new guidelines to…