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Nagapattinam: The ongoing construction work to establish a new medical college at Orathur in Nagapattinam district would be completed before this year-end, District Collector Arun Thamburaj said on Sunday. Speaking to reporters after reviewing the progress of the work, the Collector said the college was being set up at a …

New Delhi: Dysfunction of glucose metabolism resulting in hyperglycaemia, a high blood sugar level, has been found in 14.4 per cent of patients who survived coronavirus, according to a global study published in the Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Journal. With India’s total caseload rose to 3,02,33,183 and achieving the third-highest …

The pace of vaccination of the 60-plus population has become sluggish in the past few weeks after an initial high, with healthcare experts attributing it to mobility issues and misinformation and unsubstantiated apprehensions about the jabs. According to Health Ministry data, 2.29 crore elderly people have been fully vaccinated so …

Researchers have developed a non-invasive and low-cost method that can accurately and rapidly detect Covid-19 using samples taken from the screens of smartphones. The researchers from University College London (UCL) in the UK analysed swabs from mobile screens rather than directly from people using the method known as Phone Screen …

Precision microbiome science leaders, Microba Life Sciences, have joined with the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), the University of Newcastle, and Hunter New England Health in the NEW1000 Family Study. The study will attempt to understand how the first 1000 days of life impact health and wellbeing into adulthood and …

India is considering offering as much as 500 billion rupees ($6.8 billion) of credit incentives to boost health care infrastructure in the nation hit by the coronavirus pandemic, according to people familiar with the matter. The program will allow companies to access funds for ramping up hospital capacity or medical …

June 15, 2021, Hyderabad, India: Aragen Life Sciences (formerly, GVK BIO), a leading Contract Research and Development Organization (CRDO), head quartered out of Hyderabad, India, announced a strategic partnership with FMC Corporation, a global leader in innovative agricultural science, that provides solutions towards crop protection, plant health, and professional pest …

By Anurag Khosla The decade of 2020s can turn out to be an era that reshapes our healthcare system by innovating and accepting digital technology at its heart. The outbreak and continuous surge of COVID-19 have driven many developments in the healthcare space, the way people seek medical assistance, doctor-patient …

(PTI Photo) New Delhi: The Delhi Metro will operate at 50 per cent capacity and markets and malls in the national capital will open on an odd-even basis from June 7, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday as he announced further relaxations in lockdown. He also said the Delhi …

Puducherry: A village in Karaikal district, has achieved 100 per cent vaccination of all those aged 45 and above, according to the District Collector Arjun Sharma. With this, the village in Tirunallar area of the district has become the first village in the Union Territory of Puducherry to achieve the …