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It’s Time To Revise Mask Guidelines In View Of COVID-19 Variants
New Delhi: Face masks have become more of a fashion statement than a safeguard against COVID-19. In the absence of any updated guidelines with regard to masks since April 2020 when N95 masks were in short supply, any piece of cloth that is…
Is Anxiety A Reason Behind Side Effects Post COVID Vaccination?
New Delhi: It's all in the mind. The way you react to a situation determines the consequences. Similarly, with medical conditions, the way your mind reacts to a problem has a direct bearing on the side effects on the body. This has also…
COVID Patients Developed Unusual Pus In Liver Post Recovery, Says Study
New Delhi: The COVID-19 patients on whom steroids have been used during treatment are found to have developed unusually large and multiple liver abscesses post-recovery, reports from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi said on Monday.
A…
14 COVID-Recovered Patients Develop Unusually Large Liver Abscess!
New Delhi: In a worrying development, 14 patients who had recovered from COVID-19 were diagnosed with “unusually large” and multiple liver abscesses in the last two months.
According to doctors at Ganga Ram Hospital here, 8 of the 14…
Delta Variant Of COVID-19 More Severe In 2nd Wave In Odisha: ILS Director
Bhubaneswar: The delta variant of COVID-19 has been found to be more severe and infectious than other variants of the virus in the second wave of the pandemic in the country.
Claiming this, Ajay Parida, director, Institute of Life Sciences…
Fact Check: Has India Undercounted Its COVID-19 Death Toll?
New Delhi: There have been some reports in the media, based on findings from recent studies in the US and European countries, that India’s toll of excess deaths during the pandemic could be in millions. The reports say that the official…
In A First, Doctor Infected With Alpha & Delta Variants Of COVID Together
New Delhi: In what could be the first, a woman doctor in Assam has been infected with two different variants Alpha and Delta of SARS-CoV-2 at the same time, Dr. B Borkakoty, senior scientist at the ICMRs Regional Medical Research…
Over 3 Million Children In India Missed DTP Vaccine Due To COVID-19: WHO
New Delhi: With the focus having shifted on COVID-19, 23 million children globally missed out on routine immunisation last year, according to a Lancet study.
India experienced a large drop in diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP)…
No Deaths Due To Lack Of Oxygen During Second COVID Wave, Says Centre
New Delhi: The government informed the Upper House of the Parliament, Rajya Sabha, that no deaths were reported specifically due to lack of oxygen by states and UTs during the raging second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Replying to a…
ICMR Chief Gives Nod To Reopening Primary Schools, Says ‘Kids Handle Infection Better
New Delhi: Dr. Balram Bhargava, chief of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has given a nod to the reopening of primary schools (Classes I to V) saying younger children have “much better ability to handle the virus than adults".…