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Run baby run!

Is being in tune with your body the best idea? Experts weigh in

16 Oct 2021 8:00 PM IST

The Union Health Ministry had announced in June that the Biological E would supply 30 crore doses of Corbevax to India by December. (ANI)

Biological E to submit final data on its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax...

The Corbevax is the third made-in-India vaccine against coronavirus, the other two indigenous vaccines are Covaxin and...

15 Oct 2021 2:22 AM IST

A study published in the journal People and Nature has found that children who increased their connection to nature during the first COVID-19 lockdown were likely to have lower levels of behavioural and emotional problems. (Representative Photo:ANI)

Children who spent more time in nature during lockdown fared best:...

Children from less affluent backgrounds are likely to have found COVID-19 lockdowns more challenging to their mental...

15 Oct 2021 12:31 AM IST

A pregnant woman is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at a vaccination center in Medellin, Colombia on July 24, 2021. (JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP)

Vaccines prevent severe Covid, even from Delta: study

The researchers compared the outcomes of 11 million vaccinated people with 11 million unvaccinated subjects

11 Oct 2021 11:34 AM IST

For the last one-and-a-half years pandemic-induced isolation has converted a happy human society into one filled with loneliness, burnout, stress and anxiety.(Representative Image)

Mental health matters

This year on World Mental Health Day, we note a slow but steady shift in society's mental health perception

10 Oct 2021 11:33 AM IST

They expressed fears that if they contract Covid-19, it will spread intensely in all localities where the sex workers live. Representational image/AP

Psychological treatment facility in all PHCs, UHCs sought

As the Covid-19 pandemic had led to stringent lockdowns, thousands of sex workers had been unable to perform work and...

9 Oct 2021 11:51 PM IST

Chew off your stress

Doctors believe chewing gum can beat stress and anxiety, increase blood flow to the brain and even improve memory

9 Oct 2021 9:12 PM IST

The pharmaceuticals company said that it is the only US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) approved vaccine, first launched in the US in 2015. (Representational Image: ANI)

Cadila Healthcare gets DCGI nod to conduct phase 3 trials for two-dose...

The company has got the permission for conduct of phase III trials for two-dose Covid vaccine, Cadila Healthcare said in...

5 Oct 2021 5:19 PM IST

Though not daily, I cycle to work as frequently as possible. I have completed riding 1,000 kilometres last month, the constable disclosed. DC Image/Anudeep Ceremilla

Constable riding bicycle for 55 km to work

47-year-old Anjaneyulu, posted at Jangaon DCP's office, rides to work on his bicycle for 55 kilometres

2 Oct 2021 9:03 AM IST

Lancet COVID-19 Commission India Task Force concluded that there is no current evidence that an anticipated the third wave will target children specifically. (PTI file photo)

Ayush Ministry to launch immunity boosting kit for children

The AIIA will distribute 10,000 free kits on National Ayurveda Day on November 2

30 Sept 2021 2:38 PM IST

Health workers collect blood samples in the neighborhood for testing after a 12-year-old boy died of the Nipah virus in Kozhikode, Kerala state, India. (File Image/AP)

Nipah antibodies detected in two varieties of bats: Kerala Health...

The Health department was on high alert since September 4 when the 12-year-old boy was found infected with the Nipah...

29 Sept 2021 6:22 PM IST

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Heart troubles

The recent demise of actors Siddharth Shukla and Jagnoor Aneja due to acute cardiac arrest has left the world shocked

29 Sept 2021 12:10 AM IST