High viral load and bleeding before delivery may increase risk of perinatal transmission of hepatitis C Dr. Shravani Dali5 Oct 2023 4:00 AM ISTHigh viral load and bleeding before delivery may increase the risk of perinatal transmission of hepatitis C suggests a new study published in the...
Monkeypox transmission occurs in pre-symptomatic phase in more than half of cases: BMJ Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli3 Nov 2022 7:30 PM ISTMore than 70,000 cases have been recorded globally since the international outbreak of monkeypox in May 2022. The cases are declining it is important...
Transmission of Anxiety Disorders From Parents to Offspring Dr. Nandita Mohan14 July 2022 9:45 AM ISTThough several studies report anxiety disorders run in families, the relative contribution of genes and environment is unknown. Patterns of...
WHO, ECDC call for enhanced efforts to prevent transmission of Delta Covid-19 variant MD Bureau25 July 2021 9:30 AM ISTCopenhagen: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have called for the reinforcement of...
IMA JDN participates in WHO session on measures to minimize COVID transmission Sanchari Chattopadhyay10 May 2021 9:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Junior Doctors Network (JDN) of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) recently participated in an Ad-Hoc brainstorming session on...
It's okay for COVID-19 positive mothers to share room with newborns: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli8 Dec 2020 9:12 AM ISTThere has been lot of confusion as to whether newborn baby can be kept with COVID-19 positive mother or not.While current recommendations vary, most...
Simple measures good enough to limit Covid 19 transmission at home, say experts Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli6 May 2020 2:41 PM ISTHigher the viral load the easier it is for Covid 19 infection to get hold and the more severe the infection is.Reducing viral load may cut risk of...
Stray dogs may be the origin of coronavirus pandemic: Study IANS15 April 2020 12:47 PM ISTToronto: Ever since the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, scientists have been scrambling to identify the species of origin to understand how the new...
CDC confirms first case of person-to-person transmission of coronavirus in US Medha Baranwal31 Jan 2020 12:08 PM ISTUSA: The CDC has confirmed person-to-person transmission of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in the US, representing the first such case of the...
WHO congratulates Sri Lanka for eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV, Syphilis Medical Dialogues Bureau12 Dec 2019 9:21 AM ISTWorld Health Organization has congratulated Sri Lanka for achieving the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and congenital...
No new cases of Nipah Virus in Kerala: Dr Harsh Vardhan Garima10 Jun 2019 2:36 PM ISTNew Delhi:Â Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan has recently stated that there have been no new cases of Nipah virus disease in...
Know Facts about Nipah virus Garima9 Jun 2019 12:25 PM ISTNEW DELHI: Nipah virus (NiV) infection is an emerging zoonosis that causes severe disease in both animals and humans. The natural host of the virus is...
