HEALTH

Early detection of COVID-19 cases has resulted in low fatality rate of 2.66 pc: Vardhan

Vardhan takes charge as WHO Executive Board chairman

8:27 pm May 22, 2020

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, who is at the forefront of India’s battle against COVID-19 pandemic, took charge as the chairman of the 34-member WHO Executive Board on Friday, officials said. Vardhan, who succeeded Dr Hiroki Nakatani from Japan, offered his condolences at the loss of lives due to the coronavirus pandemic across […]

Ayushman Bharat scheme marks 1 crore treatments

11:53 am May 22, 2020

New Delhi: Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), the flagship health assurance scheme of the Government of India on Thursday marked 1 crore treatments. To mark this milestone, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare inaugurated the first edition of Arogya Dhara, a series of webinars created as an open […]

RNA extraction kit Agappe Chitra Magna launched commercially for COVID-19 detection

11:12 am May 22, 2020

New Delhi: Dr VK Saraswat, NITI Aayog member and President of Institute body of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) has announced here the commercial launch of Agappe Chitra Magna, a magnetic nanoparticle-based RNA extraction kit for use during testing for detection of COVID-19. The announcement was made by Dr VK […]

Artificial Intelligence hub in Bengaluru to promote technology innovations: DST

IIT Guwahati discovers ways to prevent memory loss due to Alzheimers

11:04 am May 22, 2020

New Delhi/Guwahati: Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have worked on out-of-the-box ideas that can help prevent or reduce short-term memory losses associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The research team was headed by Prof. Vibin Ramakrishnan, Professor, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati, and Prof. Harshal Nemade, Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical […]

Despite risk of potentially fatal side effects, Trump taking hydroxychloroquine

10:37 am May 19, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump said he is taking a malaria drug to protect against the coronavirus, despite warnings from his own government that it should only be administered for COVID-19 in a hospital or research setting due to potentially fatal side effects. Trump told reporters Monday he has been taking the drug, hydroxychloroquine, and a […]