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NEW DELHI: Union Health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said on Thursday, May 25, that India has developed its own mechanism for estimating its TB burden. Addressing the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Dr Mandaviya said, “India is the only country in the world to have developed its own mechanism for estimating its TB burden.” […]

Health experts call for precaution as XBB1.16 has been declared as Variant of Interest

In the last 24 hours, India recorded 42 fatalities and 12,193 fresh COVID cases

Amid rising cases, health experts say that hospitals should start running COVID OPDs and doctors should start wearing full PPE kits

India needs to be extremely cautious and watchful, health experts observe as India reaches 7830 cases

Union Health minister chairs review meeting with state health ministers, says average tests in states are below national average

India recorded 5335 COVID cases and 13 deaths, doctor says if not lethal, this virus has higher infectivity rate

As India sees rise in COVID cases, health expert says no need to panic; genome sequencing is a must

In the wake of increasing cases of H3N2 influenza virus, the country’s leading health experts state that the virus is not as lethal as H1N1. However, the symptoms after infection tend to last longer. Sometimes it can extend for upto a couple of months. Speaking to The New Indian, Dr. Naval Kishore Vikram, Endocrinologist and […]

“Much before Covid-19 was declared a public health emergency by World Health Organization (WHO) in Jan 2020, processes and structures to focus dedicatedly on various facets of pandemic management were put in place. India under the leadership of Hon. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiji adopted a ‘Whole of Government’ & ‘Whole of Society’ approach in […]