Health

Washington: Three-quarters of parents in a new national poll think peers better understand teen challenges including depression and anxiety, compared to teachers or counsellors in the school. The majority also agree that peer support leaders at school would encourage more teens to talk with someone about their mental health problems. …

GENEVA: A panel of experts commissioned by the World Health Organization has criticized China and other countries for not moving to stem the initial outbreak of the coronavirus earlier and questioned whether the U.N. health agency should have labeled it a pandemic sooner. In a report issued Monday, the panel …

Guwahati: For providing food and medicine to the patients, two robots were handed over to Assam medical and college (AMCH) in Dibrugarh. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal handed over two robots to Principal AMCH Dr. Sanjib Kakati as a part of the Covid-19 infrastructure equipment grant sponsored by Rotary Foundation of …

NEW DELHI: People adopting a “wait and watch” approach, lack of communication and glitches in CoWin app are the major reasons why only 53 per cent people got the COVID-19 shots on the first day in Delhi, experts said on Sunday. In Delhi, 4,319 healthcare workers “ 53.3 per cent …

Express News Service All the teachers out there, beware. Conducting online lectures while sitting for long hours can be dangerous for you, as was seen recently in a case at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Vaishali, Ghaziabad.  A 40-year-old school teacher, was brought to the hospital in emergency, with severe breathlessness …

NEW DELHI: How does a candidate for DNB (a postgraduate medical degree) ranked around 34,600 in the entrance exam get allotted a high-demand specialty like radio diagnosis in a highly regarded institution? How does one ranked around 15,000 get into an institution which usually gets filled around rank 5,000? It …

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Thursday, confirmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be launching India’s mass inoculation drive against the Covid-19 pandemic on January 16. “The massive countrywide Covid-19 vaccination drive will be rolled out by Prime Minister from January 16. This would be the world’s largest immunisation …

January 2021 Print this issue Preventing Infections and Improving Survival Your immune system is on patrol every day. It protects your body from bacteria, viruses, and other germs. But if something goes wrong, it can …

January 2021 Print this issue Ways to Improve Your Well-Being Have you been feeling more stressed than usual? Many people are during these challenging times. The COVID-19 pandemic has many people feeling overwhelmed. Everyone feels …

New Delhi: The Education Ministry has asked the states to conduct a door-to-door survey to identify out-of-school children and prepare an action plan for their enrolment as part of efforts to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, especially on migrants, according to officials. The ministry has also recommended relaxing …