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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued a press release in response to media reports expressing worry about the clustering of respiratory ailment cases in the region. (Image: DC)

What's mysterious disease', India is closely watching

Public health specialists, and doctors have expressed alarm about the illness in China, stating that there is no reason...

25 Nov 2023 6:30 PM GMT

Viral flu and influenza, like H1N1, H5N1 and H3N2 viruses, are on the rise, leading to severe respiratory infections among patients suffering from any type of flu. (Photo: Pixabay)

Respiratory Illnesses on the Rise Post Monsoon

Doctors stressed that influenza and pneumococcal vaccines boost immunity against ongoing infections

21 Oct 2023 8:07 PM GMT

Old guidelines assume droplets to be one of two categories, small or large, taking short-range semi-ballistic trajectories when a person exhales, coughs, or sneezes. However based on more recent discoveries, the MIT scientist said, sneezes and coughs are made of a puff cloud that carries ambient air, transporting within it clusters of droplets of a wide range of sizes. (Photo | US Air Force - Kenna Jackson)

Influenza Expected To Surge Further, Caution Doctors

Hyderabad: The influenza virus has caused several viral infections, with seasonal flu becoming the major issue. Many...

9 Oct 2023 5:13 PM GMT

Health concerns accompany free drinking water facilities

Health concerns accompany free drinking water facilities

HYDERABAD: A dip in the number of free drinking water facilities, usually set up by sponsors as a goodwill gesture in...

5 April 2023 6:36 PM GMT

H3N2 cases on downward spiral, say docs

H3N2 cases on downward spiral, say docs

HYDERABAD: Doctors and medical experts posited a possible decrease in the H3N2 viral infection cases over the past week,...

2 April 2023 6:46 PM GMT

A health worker takes a swab sample to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo: AFP)

India reports first H3N2 deaths, one each from Karnataka, Haryana:...

Seasonal influenza is an acute respiratory infection caused by influenza viruses which circulate in all parts of the...

10 March 2023 11:59 AM GMT

Madurai Government Medical College organised a welcome reception for the first-year students on Saturday. (Image via ANI)

No heads for AP medical colleges; in-charges run daily affairs

VIJAYAWADA: Despite Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s order to strengthen the health department by filling...

9 March 2023 7:09 PM GMT

The AWaRe tool groups antibiotics into three main categories Access, Watch and Reserve based on their strength and potential impact on AMR. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Doctors warn against unnecessary usage of antibiotics

HYDERABAD: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) standing committee on anti-microbial resistance said that there was an...

4 March 2023 5:39 PM GMT

A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health worker collects swab sample of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at CSMT railway station, in Mumbai, Tuesday, Dec 28, 2021. (PTI Photo)

COVID-19 in endemic phase, experts feel

The symptoms of Covid and influenza are very similar and can said to be a flu-like syndrome and the treatment...

30 Oct 2022 6:49 AM GMT