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Shortly afer the reports went viral after two major news channels began flashing the news, Bharat Biotech refuted these reports

Indonesia saw its number of confirmed new cases climb to nearly 10,000 a day on Wednesday, an increase blamed on travel during last month's Eid al-Fitr holiday.

With a rough population estimate of 3.98 crore in Telangana, the 39,000 physicians in the State are just about enough to meet the WHO norms of doctor to patient ratio

According to WHO, tobacco kills more than 8 million people every year, of which at least 7 million are the direct result of tobacco use, whereas about 1.2 million are exposed to second-hand smoke.

India's daily COVID-19 cases continue to decline further as 1,65,553 fresh infections were recorded in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry informed on Sunday.

Regulatory approvals for Covaxin are in process in more than 60 countries including USA, Brazil and Hungary, says the Hyderabad company.

Earlier in the day, Delhi Police sent a notice to Twitter, seeking an explanation from the microblogging site on what grounds it tagged BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra's tweet on the alleged Congress toolkit designed to target the Central government as 'manipulated media'.

It is time for reforms in the global health body to reflect the changing realities and improve preparedness for future pandemics

Hyderabad: An anti-parasitic drug ivermectin, frequently advised by physicians for management of Covid patients, has come under scrutiny with regulatory authorities advising against its use. The drug is widely prescribed to manage positive patients and even as a prophylactic for Covid-19. On Tuesday, Chief Scientist of World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Soumya Swaminathan said that […]

In India, more than 350,000 infections were reported within 24 hours on Monday, more than any country has reported in that timespan.

WHO highlighted the risk of direct transmission of emerging infectious diseases to humans who come in contact with bodily fluids of an infected animal.

He said while more than 780 million doses of vaccine have now been administered globally, vaccines are a powerful tool but not the only tool.

According to the WHO's statistics, as of Wednesday, at least 2.6 million people have died of Covid-19 worldwide.

WHO officials say the North is no longer providing the UN agency with the number of people it quarantines with suspected symptoms.

India is also conducting the world's largest vaccination drive to strengthen the fight against COVID-19, he asserted.

China further said that the joint study group tracing the origin of Covid-19 has unanimously agreed that the allegation of a 'lab leak' is extremely unlikely

Move to amend a 50-year-old Act to allow abortion beyond 20 weeks in special cases is progressive

In a statement on Friday, the WHO said that based on available data the review team found no increased risk of blood clotting conditions in people who received the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine.

Germany, France, Italy and Spain joined the growing list of mostly European countries — starting with Denmark last week — that temporarily halted use of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

"WHO is aware that some countries have suspended the use of AstraZeneca vaccines, based on reports of blood clots in some people who received doses of the vaccine from two batches. This measure was taken as a precaution while a full investigation is finalized," Tedros