Coronavirus: AYUSH Ministry’s dangerous prescription
When a passenger with symptoms suggestive of novel coronavirus infection is found at an airport, should he/she be quarantined and
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Novel coronavirus: WHO to reconvene Emergency Committee meeting today
The World Health Organization will be reconvening the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee today (January 30) to decide whether the
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AYUSH’s dangerous prescription: Unani medicines for ‘symptomatic management of coronavirus infection’
The AYUSH Ministry appears to be encouraging people to self-medicate. It has sent out a press release listing out specific
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Can the novel coronavirus spreading with renewed vigour be stopped?
Even as 18 countries/regions have reported 67 cases of novel coronavirus as on January 28 morning, no confirmed case has
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No novel coronavirus cases in India so far, says Health Ministry
The Health Ministry tweeted today that as on January 27, all 20 samples sent to NIV for testing have turned
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Coronavirus: First case of human-to-human transmission confirmed outside China
First confirmed case of human-to-human transmission outside China has been reported from Vietnam. The person, who had not travelled to
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Coronavirus: Shutting down cities to prevent spread is unprecedented, WHO supporting it is puzzling
If shutting down huge cities of 11 and seven million inhabitants is unprecedented, the WHO supporting such a measure is
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WHO postpones declaring novel coronavirus a global health emergency
WHO has postponed making a decision on January 22 whether the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan city of China constitutes
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Coronavirus: What explains WHO’s hesitancy to regularly update its website?
It is surprising that the WHO does not considering sharing on its website, which was finally updated on January 21
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Coronavirus: WHO should update its website regularly
In a fast developing scenario such as the novel coronavirus outbreak, is it unfair to expect the WHO to keep
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India’s TB control programme renamed to reflect its intent on ending TB
India has changed the name of the TB control programme. It is no longer known as the Revised National TB
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TB diagnostic test developed in India has high diagnostic accuracy, says WHO
Truenat, a molecular test to diagnose pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB and rifampicin-resistant TB, has high diagnostic accuracy, says WHO. Truenat
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Nature denounces violence inside India’s university campuses
Nature has, in an editorial, denounced the violent attack on students inside university campuses. The “government and state authorities must
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