HEALTH

COVID-19 nationwide tally nears 54,000; death toll rises to 1,783

8:51 pm May 7, 2020

New Delhi: The nationwide tally of COVID-19 cases neared 54,000 on Thursday with more people testing positive for the deadly virus infection in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan among other states, but the number of those having recovered also crossed 15,000. At least 4,500 new cases have been detected across […]

FDA approves Dr Reddy’s NDA for migraine drug

9:05 pm May 6, 2020

Hyderabad: Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd said the company’s NDA (new drug application) Elyxyb ((celecoxib oral solution 25 mg/mL) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. Elyxyb (previously known as DFN-15), which is indicated for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura in adults, is the latest product emerging from Dr […]

UK doctor alerts Indians to poor diet link with COVID-19 deaths

1:58 pm May 3, 2020

London: Poor diet is a major cause behind the COVID-19 deaths and the Indians must urgently cut down on ultra-processed food to build resilience against the deadly virus, a leading Indian-origin cardiologist in the UK has cautioned. Dr Aseem Malhotra, who is among the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) frontline medics and also a professor […]

Record jump in COVID-19 cases; toll rises over 9K

41 people living in one building in Delhi test positive for COVID-19

9:15 pm May 2, 2020

New Delhi: Forty-one people living in a building in southwest Delhi’s Kapashera area tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday, an official said. A case of COVID-19 had been reported from the building situated in ”theke wali gali” on April 18, prompting authorities to timely seal it. This helped in containing the spread of coronavirus in […]

Plan prepared to vaccinate all adults in 3 months: CM Kejriwal

Won’t stop clinical trials of plasma therapy as initial results are good: Kejriwal

9:25 pm May 1, 2020

New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the Delhi government will not stop clinical trials of plasma therapy to treat severally-ill COVID-19 patients as its initial results are good. The announcement came days after the centre said that plasma therapy for treatment of coronavirus patients is at an experimental stage and it has […]