Clinical overview and practice recommendations for physicians undertaking COVID-19 critical care: Dr Yash Paul Sharma and Dr Prem Aggarwal Hina Zahid24 Jun 2020 9:34 AM ISTFollowing practice recommendations have been compiled by cardiologists Dr Yashpaul Sharma and Dr Prem Aggarwal These recommendations...
Covid 19 positive mothers should breastfeed: WHO Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli13 Jun 2020 12:00 PM ISTNew mothers infected with COVID-19 should generally continue breastfeeding and should not be separated from their babies, the World Health...
Perspective: Covid-19 tests in India can cost low and will help widen the net to get realistic picture Dr. Ishwar Gilada6 Jun 2020 11:01 AM ISTIndia, despite being number two in population (1380 million), was considered fortunate in Covid-19 as it had advantage of learning from the successes...
WHO recommends wider use of face masks to curb COVID-19 MD Bureau6 Jun 2020 10:00 AM IST"That means, for example, when a doctor is doing a ward round on the cardiology or palliative care units where there are no confirmed COVID-19...
COVID-19: WHO stay on HCQ trial was knee-jerk reaction, says CSIR Chief Shekhar Mande Ruchika Sharma6 Jun 2020 10:00 AM ISTDG CSIR said because there is a global outcry it must have put pressure on both Lancet as well as WHO and both of them now retracted from their...
WHO warns of disturbing rates of antimicrobial resistance during COVID-19 pandemic MD Bureau2 Jun 2020 9:30 AM ISTGeneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the world is "losing its ability" to use...
Sanofi halts enrolling COVID-19 patients in hydroxychloroquine trials Ruchika Sharma1 Jun 2020 3:08 PM ISTThe moves come after the World Health Organization paused its large trial of hydroxychloroquine, prompting several European governments to ban the use...
WHO puts temporary pause on hydroxychloroquine clinical trial on COVID-19 patients MD Bureau26 May 2020 9:01 AM ISTA recent Lancet study reported that among patients receiving the drug, when used alone or with a macrolide, they estimated a higher mortality rate.
Gilead holds talks with Health Ministry, DCGI officials to bring Remdesivir to India Ruchika Sharma23 May 2020 12:00 PM ISTThe medicine has been issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat hospitalised...
Dr Harsh Vardhan elected as Chair of Executive Board of WHO Medical Dialogues Bureau23 May 2020 11:19 AM ISTNew Delhi - The Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan has been elected as Chair of the Executive Board of World Health...
Scientists focus on development of better Ebola vaccine Hina Zahid22 May 2020 5:15 PM ISTEbola is a potentially catastrophic pandemic disease which could appear in a more virulent form.In view of this research continues on development of...
COVID 19 Battle: China, WHO launch charity fundraising programme MD Bureau21 May 2020 10:30 AM ISTBeijing: The China Population Welfare Foundation (CPWF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday jointly launched a charity fundraising...
