Home delivery of essential medicines can be organised in containment zones: Health ministry Ruchika Sharma29 May 2020 9:00 AM IST"Home deliveries of essential medicines like IFA, Calcium, ORS, Zinc, contraceptives, etc. can be organized in containment zones," it said
Wearing face masks at home might control COVID-19 spread among family members Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli29 May 2020 7:05 AM ISTA cohort study in China has found that there is considerable reduction of secondary transmission of COVID-19 in households by face mask use,...
COVID-19: HCQ can be used as preventive treatment, no side effects shown in Indian studies, says ICMR Medical Dialogues Bureau28 May 2020 2:59 PM ISTNew Delhi - No major side-effects of antimalarial drug Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) have been found in studies in India and its use can be continued...
Care of aggressive cancers during COVID-19 pandemic Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli28 May 2020 2:38 PM ISTThe novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has struck the entire healthcare system including the care for patients with cancer. There are aggressive...
Biocon Biologics gets DCGI nod for use of CytoSorb in critical COVID-19 cases Hina Zahid28 May 2020 2:13 PM ISTBiopharmaceutical company Biocon on Wednesday announced that its subsidiary Biocon Biologics has received the Drugs Controller General of India's...
61 stranded medical, nursing students finally to return home after Chhattisgarh HC chief justice intervenes Medical Dialogues Bureau28 May 2020 12:44 PM ISTChhattisgarh - Doctors and nurses are fighting against Covid-19 all over the country and ensuring their safety became the prior responsibility by...
Union Health secretary suggests measures to 5 states reporting surge in COVID 19 cases Medical Dialogues Bureau28 May 2020 12:44 PM ISTNew Delhi - The Union health ministry on Tuesday suggested five states reporting a surge in COVID-19 cases over the last three weeks to analyse...
India has 14 COVID-19 vaccine candidates, 4 may enter clinical trial phase in 3-5 months: Dr HarshVardhan Medical Dialogues Bureau28 May 2020 10:13 AM ISTNew Delhi - Four out of the 14 COVID-19 vaccine candidates from India may enter the clinical trial stage in the next three-five months, Health...
Mumbai: Private Doctors scared to prescribe tests even to COVID 19 suspected people Medical Dialogues Bureau28 May 2020 9:00 AM ISTMumbai - After BMC has issued a show-cause notice for the 6 doctors belonging from the suburban area and 1 from South Mumbai for not conducting a...
Odisha: Doctor tests positive for COVID 19 Medical Dialogues Bureau28 May 2020 9:00 AM ISTCuttack - For the first time in Odisha, a doctor has tested positive for coronavirus infection here, a senior official said here on Tuesday. The...
Prevalence of 'silent' COVID-19 infection may be much higher than thought Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli28 May 2020 8:06 AM ISTThe prevalence of 'silent' symptomless COVID-19 infection may be much higher than thought, reveals a study charting the enforced isolation of cruise...
Lungs of deceased COVID-19 patients show distinctive features Hina Zahid28 May 2020 7:00 AM ISTResearchers in a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) have outlined morphologic and molecular changes in the peripheral lung of...
