The rising toll of the COVID pandemic in India has led to a greater need for recuperative measures, treatments and cures for the ailing public. One such measure which has grabbed the public imagination is plasma therapy. Since the first few critical care cases received a

US FDA registration opens the doors for Transasia’s ‘Made in India’ to be available in the US market All instruments are CE certified and in use in over 100 countries State-of-the-art Mumbai manufacturing facility is already certified to be compliant to various quality system norms in India  India’s

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has set up five more COVID-19 care centres with a capacity of 1,600 beds. These include 600-bed GKVK agriculture students' hostel and university campus, 400-bed GKVK horticulture students' hostel and university campus, and 200 beds each at Government Ayurvedic Medical

After Australia's Victoria recorded 49 coronavirus cases on Sunday in its biggest single-day rise in three months, Premier Daniel Andrews said, "Some

Karnataka Chief Secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar on Sunday said private medical establishments in the state cannot refuse treatment to patients with COVID-19 and COVID-19-like symptoms. It's the statutory duty of all private medical facilities to prevent the spread of communicable diseases and adhere to the

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Monday said its COVID-19 vaccine candidate 'COVAXIN' has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to conduct Phase I and II human trials. This makes it India's first vaccine candidate to receive approval for human trials. The vaccine

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal today announced a plasma bank will be set up in Delhi for treatment of COVID-19 patients, which will be India's first plasma bank. He urged people who recovered from coronavirus to donate plasma in large amounts to help save people's lives.

Delhi government's Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital, which was converted into a COVID-19-only facility last month, is facing a shortage of senior resident doctors. At present, 95 posts of senior resident doctors are vacant. The teachers' association of University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) wrote

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the coronavirus pandemic is "not even close to being over", adding that the worst is yet to come. "Although many countries have made some progress, globally the pandemic is actually speeding up," he said. Tedros further

India recorded 3,84,697 coronavirus cases in the month of June, with the total reaching 5,66,840 on Tuesday. The coronavirus death toll in the country has surged to 16,893, after a one-day spike of 418 deaths. Meanwhile, the number of patients who have been cured/discharged has