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analysis

Updated on Nov 20, 2020 06:36 am IST

Researchers develop new Covid-19 test that doesn’t use scarce reagents

While the positive samples the new test failed to catch had very low levels of the virus, the scientists said ultra-sensitive tests that identify individuals with even the smallest viral loads may not be needed to slow the spread of the disease.

world news

Published on Oct 04, 2020 02:29 pm IST

Embrace new health tech, but with due safeguards

Technology experts have warned against serious risks to personal privacy posed by Aarogya Setu, the Indian contact tracing mobile app.

analysis

Updated on Jul 20, 2020 10:32 pm IST

In India, the deepening of the mental health crisis | Opinion

Unlike in the case of physical health, there is a denial of and resistance to less-than-perfect mental health in India

analysis

Updated on Jul 08, 2020 06:33 pm IST

Medics to the World: Latvia unveils 20 feet high sculpture honouring medical workers

Aigars Bikse said of the sculpture, “The three-month long lockdown period and fear for their lives has made the people change their perspective towards doctors, nurses and other medical staff. Many just now for the first time in their lives realized the vital importance of medical staff.”

art culture

Updated on Jun 18, 2020 06:15 pm IST

Covid-19: Focus on reproductive health

In India, far more women are working in the field of childcare, in schools at the nursery level, and as health care providers in homes than men. In fact, with schools closing, their burden at home increases hugely

columns

Updated on Jun 14, 2020 06:05 am IST

Plea in HC against Delhi govt order forbidding testing of asymptomatic patients

The petition also said that with the increasing number of cases, the government should administer more tests. . photo:pradeep gaur/mint

delhi news

Updated on Jun 07, 2020 02:15 am IST

Fewer able to get tested as Delhi tightens rules

As a temporary measure, these labs have been asked not to pick up individual samples but samples sent by various hospitals and other agencies will continue being processed in these labs, the statement added. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/Hindustan Times)

delhi news

Updated on Jun 06, 2020 12:35 am IST

Covid-19: What you need to know today

As for its ability as a therapeutic, The Lancet is reviewing a study that dismissed this (because it seems based on dodgy data), and the World Health Organization, which suspended HCQ trials following the study, has said it will now revive them.

india news

Updated on Jun 05, 2020 03:54 am IST

Delhi limits access to Covid-19 testing

The change means that direct contacts of infected people that are asymptomatic will be tested only if they have co-morbidities or are senior-citizens between Day 5 and Day 10 of coming in contact with a confirmed Covid-19 case..Photo by Keshav Singh/Hindustan Times

delhi news

Updated on Jun 04, 2020 05:38 am IST

ICMR asks states to do sero-survey in high-risk populations to assess exposure to Covid-19

Depending upon the level of sero-prevalence of infection, appropriate public health interventions can be planned and implemented for prevention and control of the disease, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said.

india news

Published on May 30, 2020 09:47 pm IST

Another Chandigarh woman recovers, discharged from PGIMER’s Covid ward

A Chandigarh woman who recovered from Covid being given a ceremonial send off by the PGIMER team.

chandigarh news

Published on May 03, 2020 12:42 am IST

BCG vaccine may help Covid-19 health workers: Study

Apart from looking at immune-modulation through available vaccines, the article also suggests that natural exposure to mycobacterium (tuberculosis), Salmonella (Typhoid), and influenza can boost the immune system resulting in less severe infections and deaths due to Covid-19.

india news

Updated on May 03, 2020 05:40 am IST

With hospitals overwhelmed, pregnant women left with no care or place to give birth

A medical worker collects a swab sample from an infant to test for Covid-19 in Nabi Karim on Saturday.

delhi news

Updated on May 03, 2020 03:04 am IST

11 relatives of Lok Nayak dietician test positive for Covid

Doctors and other medical staff of Lok Nayak hospital attend to people outside the main building.

delhi news

Updated on Apr 29, 2020 03:48 am IST

Central Delhi: 12 people belonging to 2 families, including a 45-day-old, test positive for Covid-19

The source of the infection is yet to be determined. One of the persons has a history of travel to Russia, before India imposed a complete ban on international travel on March 22. (Photo by Keshav Singh/Hindustan TimeS)

delhi news

Updated on Apr 23, 2020 06:03 pm IST

5-star hotels for docs only: Govt revises rules for Covid warriors

A public notice stating a lockdown hangs outside Jahangirpuri’s C Block, one of Delhi’s 87 containment zones, on Tuesday.

delhi news

Updated on Apr 22, 2020 01:50 am IST

Health care professionals are heroes. Honour them| Analysis

Working in close proximity to one another, as close as one-to-two feet from infected patients, Health Care workers expose themselves to great danger several times a day

analysis

Updated on Apr 16, 2020 06:06 pm IST

In next 5 days, Delhi govt to test 20,000 in containment zones

A quarantined group of people is brought for screening tests by the district health department, on day sixteen of the 21 day nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, at Civil Hospital Sector 10 in Gurugram, India, on Thursday, April 09, 2020.

cities

Updated on Apr 15, 2020 04:20 am IST

Covid-19: Here is what India needs to do now

The South Delhi Municipal Corporation public health department field workers arrive with a team of doctors and inspectors, Defence Colony, New Delhi, April 6, 2020

analysis

Updated on Apr 07, 2020 09:03 pm IST

Covid-19 challenge seeks innovative solutions to mitigate pandemic impact

A worker wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant on a street as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus

india news

Updated on Apr 05, 2020 12:33 pm IST

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