Maha IMA seeks martyr status, life insurance for private doctors treating COVID patients Medical Dialogues Bureau26 Jun 2020 9:00 AM ISTOn behalf of the IMA, Dr Kadam sought martyr's status for such doctors and extension of the Rs 50 lakh term policy to the private practitioners.
Duty doctor tests COVID positive, Shravasti District Courts complex declared containment zone Medical Dialogues Bureau26 Jun 2020 9:00 AM ISTShravasti - The Shravasti District Courts complex was sealed and declared a containment zone after a doctor deputed there on screening duty tested...
Children with COVID-19 have mild disease with rare fatalities: Lancet Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli26 Jun 2020 6:45 AM ISTFirst Europe-wide study of children confirms COVID-19 predominately causes mild disease in children and fatalities are very rareFirst multinational...
Diabetes drug Metformin may lower risk of COVID-19 death in diabetic women Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli25 Jun 2020 7:30 PM ISTResearchers have found in an observational study that diabetes drug Metformin may lower risk of COVID-19 death in women.Type2 diabetes (T2DM) and...
Hetero Healthcare to supply 20000 vials of antiviral drug Covifor at Rs 5400 per vial across India Ruchika Sharma25 Jun 2020 1:05 PM ISTHetero Healthcare is set to deliver the first set of 20,000 vials in two equal lots of 10,000 each, one of which will be immediately supplied to...
Statin use may lower death rate in hospitalized COVID-19 patients Hina Zahid25 Jun 2020 7:45 AM ISTThe use of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins is associated with a lower death rate and a lower incidence of mechanical ventilation in patients...
Unfortunate: CTVS Doctor at Fortis Escorts hospital succumbs to COVID-19 Garima24 Jun 2020 2:54 PM ISTAccording to Hospital authorities, the doctor had stopped coming to the hospital after June 3. Since the department wasn’t aware, someone got in touch...
COVID Fight: Medical experts caution against Remdesivir, Favipiravir as "no game changer" Ruchika Sharma24 Jun 2020 12:23 PM ISTIt has been found that they help reduce viral load but are not game changers, Maurya said.
Covid-19 Drug: Cipla to price generic version of Remdesivir at less than Rs 5000 Ruchika Sharma24 Jun 2020 11:55 AM ISTHetero expects to price a similar 100 milligram dose of the treatment at 5,000 to 6,000 rupees.
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shows promise with two shots in Pig trial Ruchika Sharma24 Jun 2020 11:30 AM ISTThe ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine, also known as AZD1222, was originally developed by Oxford University scientists, who are now working with AstraZeneca on...
Sanofi-GSK COVID-19 vaccine anticipates approval by early 2021 Ruchika Sharma24 Jun 2020 11:15 AM ISTSanofi, which is hosting virtual research and development event, and GSK had said in April the vaccine, if successful, would be available in the...
Haryana: COVID-19 treatment rates in private hospitals to be fixed soon Medical Dialogues Bureau24 Jun 2020 10:00 AM ISTVij said that while treatment is free in government facilities in the state, the government wants to make sure that treatment is affordable even for...
