28 people tested positive in India for COVID-19: Harsh Vardhan

16 out of them Italian nationals, says Union health minister

COVID-19: Has community transmission begun in India?

Govt denies India in Phase 3 but experts not sure about its claim

COVID-19: Health ministry says less, hides more on cases, deaths

ICMR doing a rethink on HCQ as a preventive drug, says Gangakhedkar

COVID-19: Govt’s survey exposes lack of preparedness across India

Lack of PPEs, ventilators and overall hospital preparedness reported as major concerns

COVID-19: We will write to states to resume immunisation, says Centre

NCDC says 9 coronavirus disease hotspots in country, ministry says there are many

Guidelines released for evaluation of nano drugs

Nano-pharmaceuticals are expected to be of great use particularly in cancer treatment

Ventilators for COVID-19: Crisis looms in several states even after 50,000 allocated

More than 7,000 of the Centre-allocated ventilators are lying idle 

India reports 21 cases of COVID sub-variant JN.1, now a WHO ‘variant of interest’

We need to be on the alert, but there is no need to panic, says Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

Over half of prescribed antibiotics in India can lead to AMR, finds National Centre for Disease Control

High use of antibiotics found; recommends defined policies and monitoring consumption

Govt neither denies nor accepts adverse event in Serum Institute COVID-19 vaccine trial

Health secretary claims all procedures followed but refuses to divulge details

CAG report finds promotion irregularities at ICMR institute

Irregular payments of over Rs 2 crore at NICED; Promotions ante-dated by upto 34 months

Ban on pesticides: Plea in Supreme Court alleges restriction on reduced number of chemicals to protect companies

Next hearing on April 28; SC seeks reasons for the decision from Centre

As told to Parliament (February 12, 2021): CSE expose on honey adulteration taken note of by Centre

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Convalescent plasma therapy may go off Indian protocol for COVID-19: ICMR

PM Modi urges citizens to follow precautions during upcoming festive season

Show your account books, Delhi HC asks Centre on rare disease 'burden'

Statement after Centre said assigning funds more than Rs 15 lakh as financial assistance for rare diseases’ patients would be a big …

COVID-19: At least 427 million people go into lockdown in India

No community transmission but national lockdown most essential, says ICMR director-general  

COVID-19: Vaccine export to resume from next month, says Mandaviya

More than 300 million doses will be produced in October and more than a billion in the next quarter, according to Mansukh Mandaviya

Ivermectin for COVID-19: Mismatch between global and Indian policies

Union health ministry guidelines say the drug "may be" used for COVID-19 patients even as global agencies don't recommend 

Coronavirus: Enough drug ingredients, says govt, refuses to go into detail

Union Health minister says India will not repatriate citizens stuck on ship in Japan

COVID-19: INSACOG shares genome sequencing data after a gap of 3 months 

India sequenced 89,860 samples between January and April, according to the latest bulletin. The total is now 240,570 sequenced samples  

COVID-19: Union health ministry issues guidelines for telemedicine

On SC’s direction to encourage less patient-doctor interaction. Registered medical practitioners will need to complete an online course first

Over 50 people die due to swine flu in just one month

As many as 1,036 people have tested positive between January 1 and 17, 2019 in Rajasthan, while 40 have died, according to sources in the state&…

India's rare diseases policy hangs in balance

A 10-member committee, formed  to draft a revised policy, has not held a single meeting yet

Delhi HC quashes Centre’s ban on drug that helps women with childbirth

Oxytocin was earlier banned as it was being illegally given to cattle to increase milk production

All tuberculosis patients to be screened for COVID-19

Studies show up to 4.47% of COVID-19 patients have prevalence of tuberculosis