Coronavirus

New Delhi: India recorded 1,53,052 suicides – an average of 418 daily – in 2020, according to the latest central government data. In 2019, there were 1,39,123 suicides recorded in India, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) stated in an annual report. Suicide rate (per...

Sydney: Vascular disease in Covid-19 is not caused by viral infection of blood vessels as the SARS-CoV-2 virus does not infect the channels of blood distribution in the body, researchers have found. Covid infection is known to increase severe risk of blood clot in patients...

United Nations/Geneva: India's Bharat Biotech has been submitting data on the EUL of Covaxin “regularly and very quickly” to a technical committee which hopes to have a final recommendation to the WHO next week, a top official of the global health agency said Thursday, stressing...

Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration's advisory committee has endorsed Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. The recommendation by the agency's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will now be considered by the FDA, which could issue a final decision...

London: Getting Covid infection increases the risk of rare neurological complications in people more than the vaccines, according to a new study. The study led by researchers from the University of Oxford analysed the healthcare records of more than 32 million people in England. Their...

United Nations/Geneva: A technical advisory group of the World Health Organisation was Tuesday reviewing data on Covaxin for the emergency use listing of India's indigenously-made vaccine and it could pronounce its decision within the next 24 hours or so, a spokesperson said. Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech,...

The ongoing pandemic is not only claiming thousands of lives every day in India at the moment, it has put the very fabric of our society at risk. With uncertainties and misinformation driving people’s mindset, all are in a race to save their own lives....

With a sharp surge in the number of Covid deaths during the second wave across India, more and more people are getting affected by coronaphobia.  Headlines such as -  Space runs out for graves in Bhubaneswar, Oxygen scarcity claims 20 lives in Jaipur, Crematoria stares...

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation is likely to grant emergency use approval to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin "within 24 hours", according to media reports Tuesday. "If all is in place and all goes well and if the committee is satisfied, we would expect a recommendation...

Mumbai: In a major development, the Central Railway and Western Railway will resume 100 percent suburban services operations from October 28 for the millions of commuters in Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts, officials said Monday. However, only the specified categories of commuters shall be...