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Health Ministry reschedules Polio National Immunisation Day to Jan. 31

Special Correspondent ‘The decision is in keeping with the stated policy of the Health Ministry to ensure that COVID-19 health services and non-COVID-19 essential health services proceed in tandem without adversely impacting each other,’ says a release

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Govt defers national polio immunisation programme

Special Correspondent The country will launch its COVID-19 vaccination drive from January 16.

File photo the U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court has ordered that women must visit a doctor's office, hospital or clinic in person to obtain an abortion pill during the COVID-19 pandemic, though similar rules for other drugs have been suspended during the public health emergency.

U.S. justices say women must obtain abortion pill in person during pandemic

AP The pill need not be taken in the presence of medical professionals.

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Are 2021’s New Year gym memberships going online?

Sunalini Mathew To some extent, say experts in the tech-led fitness and diet space, as they talk about how the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown gave digital products a boost that’s likely to stay

Sleepless nights? Time for a reboot

8 weeks to better sleep

Sunalini Mathew The biggest takeaway from 2020: the importance of a good night’s rest. As more of us turn night owls, battling stress, isolation and work, here’s some help to reboot your routine.

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Chickens at a poultry farm at Chabba village, near Amritsar.

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Novel COVID-19 test can give results in just 45 minutes

Oncologists fear delayed cancer diagnosis, stage migration amid COVID-19 crisis

Now, you can take yoga lessons from Avril Q

Men and women may develop heart disease differently: Study

Data

Data | The variable impact of the novel coronavirus across different countries

Ask A Doctor Health

‘What diet will help me reduce hairfall?’

Who are the immunocompromised?

Several factors like diseases, treatments and age can make one immunocompomised and they are at a higher risk during the COVID-19 pandemic

Breast milk donation during COVID-19 in Coimbatore

Doctors, milk donation groups, and police work together to procure milk for the breast milk bank in the city

Coronavirus | What are the concerns around the Aarogya Setu app?

Why should there be more transparency on the inner workings of an app that seeks the personal details of millions?

Coronavirus | Why pathogens travel in search of a host

What is the link between the virus causing COVID-19 and bats, pangolins and other wild species? Why are zoonotic diseases on the rise?

Coronavirus spares no major organ in the body

Lungs are just the ground zero, and the virus spreads its lethal tentacles to multiple organs in some patients

Losing sleep over the coronavirus pandemic?

Here’s how to adjust your body’s circadian clock to be more well-rested

A doctor who beat the novel coronavirus recounts his days in isolation

An Indian doctor based in the UK catches the COVID-19. This is his account of emotionally harrowing days in isolation

COVID-19: Telecounselling helps people with alcohol withdrawal syndrome

Experts have seen a marked increase in video calls seeking help for different mental health issues, including alcohol dependence

Cotton, natural silk, chiffon make best materials for homemade masks against COVID-19: study

According to the researchers, including those from the University of Chicago in the US, SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, is thought to spread mainly through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes, speaks or breathes.

Prenatal exposure to air pollutants linked to growth delays

The study was published in the journal ‘Environment International’ and analysed data from more than 1,700 mother-child pairs

Instagram Live: Fitness in the Last Days of the Lockdown

Deepak Raj is a 21-time Ironman finisher, a triathlon coach, and race director of the Goa Ironman 70.3. He grew up in Bengaluru and now lives in

Why is quinine being discussed in COVID-19 times?

As hydroxychloroquine, a modification of quinine is being used to treat COVID -19, the ancient malarial drug is back in the spotlight. April 25 is World Malaria Day

Serum Institute eyes COVID-19 vaccine by October

It is being developed by University of Oxford; clinical trials in India soon, says CEO.

Coronavirus | Rapid test kits were cleared by ICMR, say Chinese manufacturers

Chinese manufacturers have promised to cooperate with Indian authorities to investigate the reported malfunctioning of rapid testing kits

Risking lives to save others from COVID-19 in Delhi

How guards in medical facilities and residential complexes in Delhi are working through the lockdown, to keep us safe

Coronavirus | MGR Medical University develops ‘vaccine candidate’

It has identified a synthetic polypeptide which can bind the viral genome

Data | How many doctors and nurses have tested positive for coronavirus in India?

At least 412 medical workers have been exposed to the disease

Coronavirus | Indian test kits must for reliability

Seven manufacturers awaiting approval from the National Institute of Virology

Stress and anxiety rise amid coronavirus pandemic

Now is the time to put suicide prevention strategies in place for the vulnerable, say psychiatrists

Coronavirus | BHU professors plan clinical trial of ayurvedic drug against COVID-19

The AYUSH Ministry had issued a notification on March 31, asking AYUSH practitioners and institutions to submit their suggestions on various therapies and has received over 2,000 proposals.

Coronavirus | Hydroxychloroquine not effective against COVID-19, says Study

The yet to be peer-reviewed study, published in the preprint server medRxiv, made a retrospective analysis of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in all the Veterans Health Administration medical centres across the U.S.

Now, dental consultation through telemedicine

The is an initiative by the Dental Surgeons Association of India along with the Anti-Corona Task Force and the consultation will be through CallDoc App

Data | A State-wise comparison of coronavirus infection doubling rates and testing

Cases are growing quickly in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, but the high testing rates suggest that more infected people are being identified

Coronavirus | Drug for sepsis to be tested for COVID-19

It will be administered to 50 patients at AIIMS, PGIMER

Lockdown masks other patients’ plight

Family doctors are mostly unreachable, transport is not easy to find — either for them to get to hospital or for their relatives to reach them, and even if they do get to the nearest hospital, there’s no guarantee they will be attended to.

Global hunger could double due to COVID-19 blow, says UN

The number of people facing acute food insecurity could nearly double this year to 265 million due to the economic fallout of COVID-19, the United

Watch | The immune system's response to a coronavirus attack

A video explainer of how your immune system responds to SARS-CoV-2

IMA seeks law to check violence against doctors

‘Hindering cremation is the last straw’.

Is the COVID-19 lockdown stress making you binge non-stop?

If your anxiety is leading you to drink, snack, game like never before, here are signs you need to stop before it turns harmful

Researchers develop stomach-friendly, plant-based food products

Researchers have succeeded in breaking down FODMAPs with enzymes

COVID-19: Should you use a scarf as a mask?

Now that many of us are making masks at home, we fact-check commonly held beliefs on the best safety practices around it

DBT approves funding for three companies for developing COVID-19 vaccine

The Department of Biotechnology has been designated the central coordination agency for the development of a vaccine for COVID-19.

Watch | Why are hospitals hotbeds of COVID-19 transmission?

A video explaining how certain areas in hospitals have high risk of novel coronavirus infection

COVID-19 survivors speak on recovery and well-being

Here is a range of accounts from India's COVID-19 survivors on returning home; physical and mental well-being in the aftermath of recovery from the

Coronavirus lockdown | Pharma units still not able to operate freely

Raw material supplies are hampered

Coronavirus | Will convalescent plasma help COVID-19 patients?

How are trials going using this time-tested strategy that has worked successfully with several other diseases?

Coronavirus | Will the U.S. freeze on funding affect WHO’s functioning?

How will the American President’s suspension of funds to the World Health Organization in the middle of a pandemic impact its work?

Coronavirus | RT-PCR only confirmatory test, says government

Rapid antibody tests for epidemiological studies, surveillance in hotspots

The COVID-19 virus and its polyproteins

What makes up the virus and how drugs act on it.

Action will be taken against hospitals if they turn away patients: Harsh Vardhan

Chairing a video-conference with officials, the Union Health Minister said he has received complaints about denial of treatment to people suffering from critical ailments, other than COVID-19.

Substantial coronavirus spread seen before symptoms show up

Within 77 infector-infectee pairs, 44% of secondary cases had been infected when the person was yet to show symptoms

Hydroxychloroquine does not reduce viral load, randomised trial shows

However, patients who got the drug did show quicker alleviation of clinical symptoms

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A medic fills a syringe with COVAXIN before administering it to a health worker during its trials, at the Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society in Ahmedabad on November 26, 2020.

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Republic TV owner Arnab Goswami. File

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Sameera Fazili.

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The remains of the mini-bus being removed from the Hubballi-Dharwad Bypass Road on Friday.

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A health official shows a vial of Covishield vaccine in Assam’s Tezpur on January 15,2021.

9K | Coronavirus | World’s largest vaccination programme begins in India on January 16

Those receiving Bharat Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine Covaxin have been asked to sign a consent form before being vaccinated as the vaccine “has been allowed by the government in clinical trial mode”. Photo: Special Arrangement

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Vijay Sethupathi

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