Health Minister

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan was impressed after yoga guru Ramdev withdrew his statements against allopathic medicine and halted the controversy over the issue. “The way yoga guru Ramdev withdrew his statements against…

New Delhi: The Centre has taken note of Baba Ramdev’s recent observations on allopathic and modern medicines, and conveyed the message that he should withdraw those comments. Union Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan stated in a tweet that…

New Delhi: The ‘National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021’ has been approved by Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and uploaded on the website of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. The policy, finalized after multiple consultations…

New Delhi: The COVID-19 vaccine will now be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The time constraint which was there earlier has been done away with, the idea being to increase the pace of vaccination, Union Minister for Health and…

New Delhi: Schools in Delhi are unlikely to reopen till a vaccine to prevent coronavirus disease is available, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Thursday. “There are no plans to open the schools as of now. A vaccine is likely to…

Bengaluru: Having recovered from throat cancer, 72-year-old Nalini Satyanarayana has urged the government to give attention to sufferings of non-smokers due to passive smoking. Nalini, who didn’t smoke a cigarette in her life, has written…

New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said on Saturday that he feels community spread of coronavirus is taking place in the national capital as well as other parts of the country. Despite the fact that over 90,000 cases are being…

New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday defended the country's handling of the COVID-19 situation. Speaking in the Lok Sabha on the first day of Monsoon Session, he pointed out that India has one of the lowest death…

New Delhi: India will have indigenous test kits for Covid-19 ready by the middle of May, Union Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has claimed. “The next couple of weeks are going to be crucial as we will get to see results of some of our…

Bhubaneswar: A new health policy to check brain drain and tide over doctor scarcity in Odisha is in the offing, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das here on Sunday. “The government will soon formulate a state health…