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PUNE: Across cities, health experts now believe overprescription of drugs during Covid may have put scores at risk of serious ailments. Last month, 35 eminent doctors from India and abroad…
25 innovation hubs churn out technologies that aid Covid treatment, vaccine transportation, Health News, ET HealthWorld
NEW DELHI: New and emerging technologies are being developed at 25 innovation hubs, which have been set up across the country under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS),…
Why is India reluctant to include Molnupiravir in its arsenal against Covid?, Health News, ET HealthWorld
The decision by the Covid-19 National Task Force not to include Covid antiviral drug molnupiravir in the national treatment protocol citing safety concerns, even as the drug finds place in…
Doctors to ICMR, Health News, ET HealthWorld
BENGALURU: Doctors have s topped prescribing new antiviral drug molnupiravir, rolled out on January 3 to treat Covid-19, after recent remarks by ICMR over the safety of the drug. Doctors…
Experts back Centre’s 9-month gap stance on precaution dose, Health News, ET HealthWorld
PUNE: Top experts in the country have backed the Centre’s stance on completion of nine months after the second shot of Covid vaccine for availing a precaution dose. A study…
More studies claim indomethacin better for Covid-19 management, Health News, ET HealthWorld
CHENNAI: More than a year ago, city-based doctors and a team of scientists from IIT-Madras had said indomethacin, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), not just provides faster symptomatic relief to…
ICMR and task force stress on completing adult vaccination, Health News, ET HealthWorld
PUNE: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and national task force members have said that the country should focus on completing adult population vaccination rather than booster doses. Senior…
No change in Covaxin dosages for Covid cured, Health News, ET HealthWorld
PUNE: A person would have to take two doses of Covaxin even after recovering from Covid-19 for being considered as a fully vaccinated individual, a Union health ministry official said…
Government slashes prices of about 39 commonly-used drugs, Health News, ET HealthWorld
In a move to provide relief to patients, the government has slashed prices of about 39 drugs including anti cancer drugs, anti diabetes, anti viral, antibacterial drugs, antiretroviral drugs, anti-TB…
