WHO warns against using hydroxychloroquine outside clinical trials MD Bureau21 May 2020 9:00 AM ISTGeneva: A senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against using hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, the drugs for malaria and...
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan to become WHO Executive Board chairman: Official Meghna A Singhania20 May 2020 8:26 AM ISTIt is not a full time assignment and the minister will just be required to chair the Executive Board's meetings, an official said.
Harsh Vardhan calls doctors, medical staff super-humans at 73rd World Health Assembly MD Bureau19 May 2020 9:45 AM IST"I stand here to honour the doctors, the nurses, the paramedics, the scientists, the journalists, the delivery boys, security staff, sanitation staff...
India, 57 countries sign resolution questioning WHO on COVID-19 response MD Bureau18 May 2020 9:00 AM ISTThe resolution says timelines are to be evaluated regarding "recommendations the WHO made to improve global pandemic prevention, preparedness, and...
Hard to predict when pandemic will be over: WHO officials MD Bureau15 May 2020 11:15 AM ISTGeneva: Officials of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is hard to predict when the pandemic will be over, but countries should...
ICMR partners in WHO Global Solidarity Trial for COVID 19 Treatment, rolls trial on fast-track Medical Dialogues Bureau14 May 2020 3:42 PM ISTNew Delhi - The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) is partnering in the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Solidarity Trial for...
International Nurses Day: WHO pays tribute to nurses, health professionals MD Bureau12 May 2020 9:00 AM ISTThe International Nurses Day is celebrated on May 12 every year. The theme for this year is Nurses: A Voice to Lead -- Nursing the World to Health.
5 hospitals approved to join WHOs Solidarity Trial to find treatment for COVID-19 Medical Dialogues Bureau11 May 2020 2:41 PM ISTNew Delhi - Five hospitals, two from Ahmedabad and one each from Chennai, Jodhpur and Bhopal, have so far been approved to conduct randomised...
COVID-19 remains a public health emergency of international concern: WHO maintains highest alarm status MD Bureau2 May 2020 12:45 AM ISTGeneva,: The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that the COVID-19 outbreak still...
WHO convenes manufacturers, regulatory authorities meet on COVID-19 vaccines Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli29 April 2020 6:20 PM ISTNew Delhi, 29 April 2020: Gearing up for the much needed COVID-19 vaccines, the World Health Organization today organized a meeting of vaccine...
You May Catch Coronavirus More Than Once, warns WHO Hina Zahid28 April 2020 12:30 PM ISTWorld Health Organization has stated that catching Covid-19 once may not protect one from getting it again. The new finding may jeopardize efforts to...
Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis safe after umbilical cord clamping in C-sections Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli20 April 2020 3:21 PM ISTResearchers in a new study have found that it is safe to give antibiotics to mothers after umbilical cord clamping in Caesarean section, rather than...
