India, May 8 -- Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) stopped manufacturing its anti-Covid-19 vaccine Covishield in 2021, according to a statement issued by the company on Wednesday after British-... Read More
India, May 5 -- In an effort to curb the rampant over-the-counter sale of prescription drugs, which is fuelling the growing menace of antibiotic resistance, the government recently launched a programm... Read More
New Delhi, May 2 -- Males are disproportionally affected by illnesses that lead to an early death, while women live longer but endure higher levels of illness through their lives, according to a globa... Read More
New Delhi, May 1 -- India's food regulator will check spices and culinary herbs for quality this year, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India said in a generic statement on Monday, a move se... Read More
New Delhi, May 1 -- Experts stressed that recent disclosure by drugs multinational AstraZeneca in a London court that the Covishield vaccine can cause blood clots in "very rare cases" is not something... Read More
India, April 29 -- Last week, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) announced the launch of the Longevity India Initiative, a project focused on efforts to extend human 'healthspan' and tackle ageing... Read More
India, April 22 -- The Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance recently called on political leaders to make specific commitments at the high-level meeting on AMR to be held at the United Nati... Read More
New Delhi, April 19 -- The World Health Organization (WHO)announced updated terminology on Thursday for pathogens that transmit through the air, doing away with terms like "aerosols" and "droplets" in... Read More
India, April 17 -- HPV, or human papillomavirus, is a common virus that can cause cancers. It is spread through intimate skin-to-skin contact. One can get HPV by having vaginal, anal, or oral intercou... Read More
New Delhi, April 15 -- The Union health ministry is likely to incorporate HPV (human papillomavirus) testing into the National Cancer Control Programme to screen women for cervical cancer, people fami... Read More