Govt utilising Covid-19 experience to tackle monkeypox: Mandaviya

Eight cases of monkeypox have been reported so far in India and a national task force has been set up to monitor the development of diagnostics and vaccines, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya......

Govt drops plasma therapy from COVID-19 treatment guidelines

The government on Monday revised the clinical guidance for COVID-19 treatment, dropping the off-label use of convalescent plasma as it was found not beneficial in reducing the progression to severe......

India forms monkeypox taskforce after patient's death

A task force on monkeypox has been constituted to closely monitor the emerging situation in the country and decide on response initiatives to tackle the spread of the disease, official sources said......

Covid: Omicron, sub-lineages dominant variant in India

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), in a weekly meeting, reviewed the data of genomic surveillance of variants and found that at present, Omicron and its sub-lineages are the......

Sitharaman takes stock of coronavirus impact on economy

While the meetings on Friday were preliminary discussions, it is learnt that sectors like tourism; hospitality; aviation; micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs); and livestock have sought......

Repackaged drugs likely to be labelled 'new'

Roadblocks ahead as these medicines could face new clinical tests, more scrutiny Drug makers that improvise on existing formulations — by using new delivery mechanisms, like time-release,......