Medica Group of Hospitals hosted its second COVID-19 Webinar this evening. We were extremely pleased with the attendee turn out. We, at Medica, have always believed in being prepared for the worst and we decided to fully engage, intercept and take the fight to COVID

Following the news that the Indian state of Maharashtra is planning to procure Gilead Sciences' antiviral drug remdesivir from Bangladesh-based pharmaceutical giant Eskayef Pharmaceuticals;   Anupama Mishra, Pharma Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view “Maharashtra is the worst affected state of

As many as 3,493 new coronavirus cases were reported in Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases in the state to 1,01,141. With this, Maharashtra became the first state to report more than one lakh coronavirus cases in the country.

The number of coronavirus cases in India has risen to 3,08,993 after a record jump of 11,458 cases in last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced. The coronavirus death toll in the country has risen to 8,884, while 1,54,330 coronavirus patients

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asked all countries to designate seafarers and other marine personnel as key workers. The UN chief added that hundreds and thousands of them have been stranded at sea for months due to coronavirus. Guterres urged the governments to implement protocols

Strong public health measures are required in Africa's current coronavirus "hotspots" in South Africa, Algeria and Cameroon, WHO's Africa Regional Director Matshidiso Moeti said. Africa will have a "steady increase" in COVID-19 cases until a vaccine is developed, Moeti added. She further said that COVID-19

Russia on Thursday began to supply 'Avifavir', its first drug approved for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, to hospitals and clinics across the country, Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund said. The anti-coronavirus drug is produced by a joint venture of RDIF and ChemRar Group. Over

According to experts, for the new mothers, first six weeks after childbirth refers to the postpartum period and it is a period of adjustment and healing for the mother. With the entire world under lockdown because of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, it is an especially

Arvi, a health-tech startup has launched contactless thermal scanning kiosks amid COVID-19 pandemic. Arvi kiosks use AI technology with deep learning to combine facial recognition and thermal screening to detect persons with high temperatures as well as those violating requirements to wear masks. The launch of safe

PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted awebinar on "Cancer Care during COVID Times: Tackling of NCDs" with august panelist from the medical fraternity including Dr. N Subramanian, Chairman,Health Committee, PHD Chamber and Director, Medical Services, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals; Dr. Gopi Chand Khilnani, Chairman, Pulmonary,