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Hyderabad: City-based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and State government are all set to launch a state-wide SARS-COV-2 sero-survey from Tuesday. The survey will be conducted among general population and healthcare workers, in all the districts of Telangana and aims to assess the extent of community spread of the infection in the state. The sero-prevalence […]

Hyderabad: Director, National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Dr R Hemalatha presented the first Tulpule Awards in the senior and junior categories to Dr Bharati Kulkarni, Scientist F and Head, Clinical Division and Dr Paras Sharma, Scientist C, Food Chemistry Division respectively for their contributions to nutritional and health sciences, a press release said. The Tulpule […]

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has designed a diagnostic kit for detection of Omicron variant of the coronavirus and has invited Expression of Interest from in vitro diagnostics (IVD) kit manufacturers for undertaking transfer of technology for its development and commercialisation. The ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre, NE, Dibrugarh, one of the […]

As the economy is getting back to its normal rhythm, this is the right time for India to mandate booster shots

Hyderabad: The State government on Monday notified the formation of the District Level Covid-19 Death Ascertaining Committee (CDAC) that will issue official document for Covid-19 deaths so that the relatives of the deceased can claim ex-gratia. The special committee has been constituted as per the guidelines that were issued by the Ministry of Health and […]

Hyderabad: A webinar on ‘Balancing the diet to balance nutrition’ was conducted by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) and Regional Outreach Bureau on Wednesday. Delivering the keynote address, Dr. GM Subba Rao, scientist at ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, said, “Providing nutrition during the first 1000 days is crucial for mental and physical growth of […]

It is argued that such a mixed regimen will help overcome the challenges of the shortfall of certain vaccines and remove hesitancy, especially in settings where multiple Covid-19 vaccines are being used

Previous studies have reported that BCG vaccination may confer protection against respiratory tract infections, involving viral infections.

The results of a study conducted by ICMR showed that the people in the mix and match group had superior immunogenicity profiles against Alpha, Beta and Delta variants of Covid-19

The ICMR has rightly cautioned against the tendency to extrapolate the serosurvey findings to draw conclusions

NIN study suggests that natural immunity and vaccination can act as community barriers and won’t allow the SARS-CoV-2 virus to spread yet again

The survey was conducted in the districts of Jangaon, Nalgonda and Kamareddy in collaboration with the health department and covered all age groups including children between 6 years and 9 years.

The analysis of breakthrough cases is a clear indication that vaccines are the best bet to reduce severity and fatalities among Covid-19 patients.

Hyderabad: After the Delta and Delta Plus variants of the Covid-19, a new strain – Kappa – has been discovered and three people infected with this strain of SARS-Cov-2 were recently reported in Uttar Pradesh. With one of the three patients infected with the Kappa variant succumbing to it, there is a now a sense […]

The Union Health Ministry has warned States that the Delta Plus variant, which is currently a "variant of concern", has increased transmissibility, causes stronger binding to receptors of lung cells.

The survey will be conducted in Jangaon, Kamareddy and Nalgonda; for the first time, children aged 6-9 to be included

The ministry also said that the Covid situation in the country appears to be stabilising, but urged people to continue following the appropriate behaviour and social distancing norms.

This will ease pressure on overburdened labs and reduce delays in testing

The drug can be added as a supplement or adjunct to the existing treatment protocols to treat moderate to severe Covid patients

TS makes it a notifiable disease under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897