By Carlyne Remedios Mumbai: Never before have we been so invested in our immunity than since when Covid hit us in 2019. The internet and the market are saturated with products, pills and shots promising to ‘boost’ your immunity and it is all enticing because who doesn’t want a quickContinue Reading
By Vivek Joseph Hyderabad: A Montfort institute in Hyderabad has pressed the Telangana government to vaccinate the transgender community as a priority. “The vulnerability of the trans community, who have faced centuries of structural violence and marginalization, has increasingly deepened over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Montfort BrotherContinue Reading
New Delhi: A government panel studying Covid-19 vaccine side effects has confirmed the first death due to anaphylaxis following vaccination. The causality assessment of 31 reported Serious Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) cases following Covid-19 vaccination was carried out by the panel. According to a report by the National AEFIContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai: Vaccines are working well against the Indian (delta) variant of the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, according to a study on healthcare staff working at the Christian Medical College in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore town. By April 30, at the height of the second wave ofContinue Reading
New Delhi: As many as 719 doctors died due to Covid-19 during the second wave of the virus, says the Indian Medical Association (IMA). Most deaths — 111– occurred in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, IMA secretary general Jayesh Lele told reporters on June 12 in New Delhi. DelhiContinue Reading
New Delhi: According to the Indian Medical Association (IMA), 244 doctors have lost their lives due to Covid in the second wave. Of them, 50 deaths were recorded May 16. The highest number of fatalities have been reported from Bihar (69) followed by Uttar Pradesh (34) and Delhi (27). “ItContinue Reading
Geneva: Working long hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people a year in a worsening trend that may accelerate further due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization has said. I In the first global study of the loss of life associated with longer working hours, the paperContinue Reading
Valletta: A Maltese man who came to India to finalize the adoption of a baby girl has succumbed to Covid-19. Ivan Barbara contracted the disease in India where he had come with his wife. The Maltese Health Ministry said in a statement on April 30 that the 47-year-old was expectedContinue Reading
By Jacob Koshy New Delhi: There is no difference in mortality among Covid-19 patients in the first and second wave, say leading doctors in charge of India’s national Covid management strategy. There was a relative increase in instances of those manifesting shortness of breath as a symptom of the infectionContinue Reading
The Gujarat High Court has been hearing a suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the rising cases of Covid-19, taking stock of the available medical facilities in the state. Chief Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Bhargav Kania have flagged some issues for State’s consideration, noting that it needs toContinue Reading
