Health - Page 16
'COVID Got Global Attention Because It Affected Rich Countries'
New Delhi: India, with 2.4 million tuberculosis (TB) cases in 2019, has the most cases (27%) in the world. With...
'Virus Particles Piggyback On PM 2.5 Leading To Deadly Cocktail'
Mumbai: The record high number of new COVID-19 cases being reported in Delhi is a "direct effect of air pollution", says...
AYUSH Ministry’s COVID ‘Remedies’ Lack Evidence, Add To Confusion
New Delhi: A 65-year-old man in Mumbai was taking ayurvedic remedies for weeks prior to testing positive for COVID-19....
'Schools In Covid-Free Areas Must Be Kept Open, Even If Partially'
Mumbai: “If the pandemic has taught us one big lesson, it is to strengthen our public health system,” said Poonam...
How Patients Living With Mental Illness, Hospitals Coped With COVID-19 Crisis
Makeshift seating arrangements extending out of the outpatient department, in order to maintain physical distancing, at...
'Fast Drug Development Is New Normal Post-COVID'
Mumbai: When the COVID-19 pandemic comes under control, “we are not going back to February of 2020”, in how we control...
How COVID-19 Spread Faster Among Delhi Prison Staff Than Prisoners
New Delhi: In the national capital’s three prison complexes--Tihar, Mandoli and Rohini--175 of 240 confirmed COVID-19...
Covid Patients’ Claims Denied As Insurers, Private Hospitals Battle Over Bills
New Delhi: Peter Prem and his wife were admitted to St John’s Hospital in Bengaluru in August 2020 after they tested...