NEW DELHI: Delhi has recorded the first death due to dengue in 2021 on Monday morning, according to South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) report. The report says that total 720 dengue cases have been reported so far this year.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Medical Education and Research Minister Dr. Raj kumar Verka, on Monday, directed the department authorities to expedite the work of ongoing development projects in Government Medical College, Amritsar. The minister said that the state government is incurring Rs.341.50 crore for these projects to transform medical facilities in the institution.

FEROZEPUR: A special meeting of expert doctors, counselors and data entry operators of de-addiction and oat clinics was held at the office of Civil Surgeon here on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Dr. Rajinder Arora Civil Surgeon Ferozepur.

LONDON: Assessing the stiffness of the arteries could help identify patients most at risk of dying from Covid-19, new research has revealed.

CHANDIGARH: In view of spurt in dengue cases in Punjab, Deputy Chief Minister Om Parkash Soni has deputed Senior Officials of Health Department to supervise and monitor all districts.

NEW DELHI: The pandemic has led to a significant rise in major depressive and anxiety disorders globally, affecting women and younger people more in 2020, a first global estimate of Covid-19 impact on mental health has revealed.

NEW DELHI:  More than one in two Indian professionals are currently feeling stressed at work as well-being measures have become a luxury for many in the last 18 months, adversely affecting mental health of working professionals in the country, a LinkedIn report showed on Thursday.

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it has recommended widespread use of the world's first malaria vaccine called RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) for children in sub-Saharan Africa.

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that it has recommended widespread use of the world's first malaria vaccine called RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) for children in sub-Saharan Africa.

NEW DELHI:  The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has created serious concerns about the mental health of children and their families, says UNICEF report on mental health 'The States of the World's Children 2021'. The report says that around 14 per cent of 15 to 24-year-olds in India, or 1 in 7, have often feeling depressed.

 PATNA:  Over 40 villagers, including children, are reported to be suffering from diarrhoea in the Nathu Bigha village in Bihar's Aurangabad district.

BENGALURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on the occasion of World Heart Day on Wednesday took a pledge to make it a point to walk for 30 minutes daily. "If it is not possible due to work pressure, I will ensure that I will complete the walk on the treadmill," he said.

NEW DELHI: India reported a total of 28,336 fresh Covid cases and 260 deaths in the last 24 hours, even as over 85 crore people have been vaccinated, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday.

BEIRUT: Visiting World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that the world body will send a team of experts to help Lebanon identify problems in its health sector and draft a strategy plan for reforms.

KARACHI:  Three people died of dengue fever in Karachi over the last two days, Pakistani media reported.

CHANDIGARH: Dr. Andesh Kang today assumed charge as Director Health and Family Welfare, Punjab. In an administrative reshuffle in the Health and Family Welfare Department Punjab the postings of the three Directors were changed.

LUCKNOW:  UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to send another team of 10 doctors from the Health Department and 5 experts from the Medical Education Department to Firozabad to check outbreak of dengue and other viral diseases.

PATNA: The viral fever is turning out to be deadly in Bihar with three infants dying in Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) over the last 24 hours.

NEW DELHI: As many as 158 dengue, 68 malaria and 40 cases of chikungunya have been reported this year in the national capital, said a report released by the Delhi civic bodies on Monday.

NEW DELHI:  India witnessed a slight dip in new Covid cases yet again as in the last 24 hours 27,254 fresh cases were registered, the Ministry of Health and Family Affairs said on Monday.

FIROZABAD: More than 12,000 people in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district are suffering from viral fever, according to the state health department officials.

 LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh now has only 214 active Covid cases left in the state and 31 of the total 75 districts are Covid free. This is lower than the count recorded at the onset of the first wave.

LUCKNOW: Eleven new cases of dengue have been reported from Lucknow in the past 24 hours, which is the highest count in a single day so far.

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar represented India at the BRICS ministerial conclave through video conference here on Friday. The panel discussed challenges and opportunities during the implementation of Digital Health.

CHANDIGARH: In order to provide the best possible healthcare facilities and further ramp up the health infrastructure to effectively deal with any exigency, especially the Covid surge, if any, in future, the Chief Secretary, Ms Vini Mahajan, directed the authorities concerned to open the IPD (in patient department) services at the upcoming All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bathinda by September end, besides making functional the under-establishment PGI satellite centre in Sangrur by the October next.

GENEVA: The number of people with dementia worldwide is estimated to rise to 78 million by 2030 and to 139 million by 2050, according to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) released on Thursday.

MOHALI: District Mohali today scripts history by administering first dose of COVID 19 Vaccination to twenty-six thousand people over and above its total adult population.

NEW DELHI: Unable to manage your blood pressure levels? Eating flavonoid-rich foods like berries, apples, pears and drinking red wine can lower systolic blood pressure levels, as well as improve greater diversity in gut microbiome, according to new research.

NEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said it has identified counterfeit versions of India's primary Covid vaccine, Covishield, BBC reported.

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Health & Family Welfare Minister Mr. Balbir Singh Sidhu, on Wednesday, informed that quickly swinging into action, the Punjab Government has conducted house to house survey, ORS (Oral Rehydration Solution) packets and Chlorine tablets to disinfect drinking water have been provided, where outbreak of Cholera was reported.

New York:  Regular exercise, even performed in areas with air pollution, can reduce the risk of death from natural causes, a new study suggests.

Gurugram: As many as 1,267 pregnant women received first, while one got her second dose of Covid-19 vaccine during the first day of a special vaccination drive organised at 34 health centres across Gurugram.

Washington:The US may see a more deadly variant of Covid-19 than Delta, which may breach the protections provided by the current vaccines, as the country continues to be the worst-hit with the world's highest number of cases and deaths, White House chief medical advisor Dr Anthony Fauci has warned.

SRINAGAR: New Covid cases still outnumbered recoveries in J&K on Friday where 144 new cases and 98 recoveries came to light during the last 24 hours although no death was reported during this period.