Health Care

Cyrus Poonawalla against using cocktail of COVID-19 vaccines, says efficacy not proven in field trials

A recent study by ICMR involving 98 people, 18 of whom had been mistakenly given both Covishield and Covaxin in Uttar Pradesh, showed that combining the two elicited better resistance

From the COVID-19 pandemic, experts have a roadmap to lowering the costs of medicine

The decades-long trend of rising drug prices, described by Eroom’s Law, is in part a result of regulatory inefficiencies.

COVID-19 pandemic is proving costly for cancer care, other treatable illnesses

Even if the wait has minimal effects on survival or long-term health, the psychological trauma of living in limbo is worth considering.

Tech, health firms team up to create digital certificate to act as evidence of COVID-19 vaccine

The proposal comes amid a lukewarm reception for digital contact tracing by smartphone and ongoing concerns that devices may be used for government surveillance.

What is the most ethical way to distribute COVID-19 vaccine among nations, once an effective one is available?

An international group of ethicists on Thursday criticized the WHO's goal of distributing vaccines to treat 20 percent of each country's population.

World Population Day 2020: India need to focus on quality health care for all in the post-COVID-19 era

With the private health sector failing to provide equitable healthcare, we should consider regulations to ensure it acts in the people's interests and not in the quest for profits.

Coronavirus Outbreak: In Assam, masks made out of Gamusa become a trendy, convenient way to fight off COVID-19 threat

Every Assamese can relate to the Gamusa emotionally and therefore its use can make the fight against the dreaded virus even more people-oriented.

Bernie Sanders drops out of US presidential race, leaving Joe Biden as likely Democratic nominee

Senator Bernie Sanders ended his presidential bid on Wednesday, acknowledging former vice president Joe Biden is too far ahead for him to have any reasonable hope of catching up

Coronavirus Outbreak: In Kolkata, doctors on the frontline forced to make do with used gloves, raincoats for gowns

What entails without a proper PPE and shared by different medical professionals across the globe on social media has only triggered fear among healthcare professionals.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Maruti Suzuki India will help scale up production of ventilators, masks, and protective clothing

MSIL will work with AgVa Healthcare to help increase the production capacity for ventilators in India.