Doctors question irrational, unscientific use of convalescent plasma for COVID, write to Govt, ICMR MD Bureau11 May 2021 3:31 PM ISTNew Delhi: Expressing concerns about the "irrational and non-scientific" use of convalescent plasma for treatment of Covid-19 patients in the...
Painkillers like Ibuprofen found to worsen Covid-19: ICMR Medical Dialogues Bureau29 April 2021 3:13 PM ISTOver reports of BP medications increasing the severity of the disease, the apex health research body said, "After the review of available information,...
Govt nod to ICMR drone trial for Covid-19 vaccine delivery Medical Dialogues Bureau25 April 2021 9:30 AM ISTConditional drone use exemption has been granted for said purposes for a period of one year or until further orders.
Bharat Biotech Covaxin shows 78 percent overall interim efficacy, 100 percent efficacy against severe Covid Ruchika Sharma22 April 2021 11:30 AM ISTHyderabad: Drugmaker, Bharat Biotech, has recently announced phase 3 interim analysis results of COVAXIN. The second interim analysis is based...
Covid Vaccines Are Disease-Modifying, Reduce Chances Of Severe Infection, Mortality: ICMR Chief Medical Dialogues Bureau14 April 2021 9:30 AM ISTICMR Chief Balram Bhargava said these are "disease modifying" vaccines and there is an 85 per cent reduction in hospitalization after vaccination...
ICMR appoints BP Acharya as National Animal Resource Facility for BioMedical Research Advisor Sanchari Chattopadhyay13 April 2021 9:15 AM ISTHyderabad: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently appointed the former Special Chief Secretary BP Acharya as the Advisor of...
Dismissed: PIL proposing red ant chutney as COVID cure Dr. Shafali Bakshi11 April 2021 9:30 AM ISTCuttack: The Orissa High Court dismissed a plea proposing that 'Kaai (Kukuti) Chutney (paste)' which is prepared using red ants, can be used as an...
ICMR junks Maha Govt Plea for Changing cut-off CT value for COVID RT-PCR test Dr. Shafali Bakshi8 April 2021 1:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Junking its plea seeking revision in the positivity norms, the Director-general of ICMR, Dr. Balram Bhargava has written a letter to the...
Dignified management of dead: AIIMS Delhi introduces virtual autopsy Sanchari Chattopadhyay23 March 2021 9:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: In a revolutionary step, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi has introduced a virtual autopsy for the first time in...
Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurates new research building at ICMR, Agra Medical Dialogues Bureau8 March 2021 9:15 AM ISTThe building is dedicated for research facilities like animal experimentation, COVID19 diagnosis, whole genome sequencing of different Mycohacteriu:...
Paper on Covaxin's neutralization potential against UK strain accepted for publication: ICMR Chief Medical Dialogues Bureau22 Feb 2021 9:30 AM ISTIn the case of the variants from South Africa and Brazil, efforts were on to isolate the mutated virus strains from the samples collected from...
Covishield adverse event case: Madras HC sends notice to ICMR, Serum Institute of India, AstraZeneca others Ruchika Sharma21 Feb 2021 11:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Madras High court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre and five other respondents including India's drug regulatory body, ICMR,...
