A team of researchers from Washington State University has found a bacteria attracted to the liquid part of blood, or serum, which contains nutrients the bacteria can use as food. One of the chemicals the bacteria seemed...
A nationwide Pulse Polio Immunization drive to administer polio vaccine to children below the age of 5 was conducted in all districts across the country on Polio Day on Sunday. The nation had detected the last case of wild...
With the recent temperature dip in Delhi’s cold weather, there is a surge in cases of H1N1 infection, commonly known as Swine Flu. This is a subtype of the Influenza A virus which is highly contagious and creates human...
After the central government’s push in the budget for vaccination of girls in the age group of 9-14 years to prevent cervical cancer and the Union health ministry’s plans to include HPV vaccine in the Universal...
Amid the recent reports indicating a surge in respiratory illness in children in northern China, the center has asked all states and UTs to immediately review public health preparedness. The health ministry on Sunday said...
The Union Health Ministry on Friday said that the four made-in-India drugs for rare diseases have been launched in the country. As the drugs for rare disease are being imported at expensive cost, these made-in-India drugs...
Antimicrobial resistance contributes to almost 5 million human deaths from bacterial infections alone each year. The AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to the active ingredients, or...
Being one of the hardest-hit countries by the COVID-19 pandemic, India has managed to bring down the number of daily cases significantly since the peak of the second wave and has achieved significant progress in vaccinating...
After the outbreak of seasonal H3N2 influenza across the country, two deaths have been reported so far from Karnataka and Haryana. Both states have recorded one each death. So far, total 3038 laboratory confirmed H3N2...
