Union Health Ministry

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Around 82 per cent of the eligible population in India have received the first dose of the vaccine while around 43 per cent have been fully inoculated. (PTI file image)

Lucky draw among strategies planned to improve Covid vaccination coverage

Health Ministry has planned other initiatives also like organising workplace vaccination and providing badges to fully vaccinated employees

22 Nov 2021 10:39 AM

The court further noted that at the present stage, it will be difficult to issue general directions, especially with regard to diversity of conditions and our directions should not infringe upon the administrative powers of the state governments. (PTI)

Directing door-to-door vaccination is not feasible: Supreme Court

A bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud also dismissed another PIL, which demanded compensation for kin in each Covid death

09 Sep 2021 3:02 AM

People stand outside a COVID vaccination centre in Bengaluru, June 28, 2021. (PTI/Shailendra Bhojak)

India sees slight rise in COVID cases, reports 48,786 new infections, 1,005 deaths

The active cases have further declined to 5,23,257 comprising 1.72 per cent of the total infections

01 Jul 2021 11:34 AM

"More than 24,65,980 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the states and UTs within the next three days," the health ministry said. (PTI)

States, UTs to get over 24 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses in 3 days

The ministry said that the government has so far provided 32,13,75,820 vaccine doses to states and UTs

30 Jun 2021 12:43 PM

A BMC health worker collects swab sample of a passenger for COVID-19 testing, at Dadar railway station in Mumbai on June 22, 2021. (PTI/Shashank Parade)

COVID-19: India's active caseload declines to 6,43,194, lowest in 82 days

As daily recoveries continue to outnumber the daily new cases for the 41st consecutive day, the recovery rate improved to 96.56 per cent

23 Jun 2021 11:22 AM

Medical staff wearing PPE suits (Personal Protection Equipment) transfers a body of a patient who died of Covid-19 coronavirus into a ambulance at mortuary in New Delhi on May 18, 2021. (Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

India logs 13 per cent fall in new COVID cases in week; still highest globally: WHO

Globally, despite a declining trend, the incidence of cases remains at some of the highest levels since the start of the pandemic

19 May 2021 12:10 PM

Staff of Government ENT Hospital gets administered with COVID Vaccine during the vaccination drive at the Hospital premises in Visakhapatnam. (AA Image/P Narasimha Murthy)

Need to increase pace of vaccinations: Health Ministry tells states

While some states are carrying out vaccination twice a week some others are carrying out four or more than four times a week

21 Feb 2021 7:20 PM

The ministry said that from November 25 to December 23 midnight, about 33,000 passengers disembarked at various Indian airports from the UK. (PTI/file photo)

14 more UK returnees test positive for new strain of coronavirus; total 20

The tally includes six people who were found positive for the new virus strain on Tuesday.

30 Dec 2020 11:58 AM

Policy seeks to digitize the personal health records of citizens of India by developing a digital health ID

Chhattisgarh government fears National Digital Health Mission may turn into surveillance tool

The National Health Authority has outlined how this data would be collected, stored and shared, in the draft policy.

08 Sep 2020 10:40 AM

India's drug regulator grants Gilead Sciences marketing authorisation for remdesivir

The approval process for remdesivir was accelerated in view of emergency situation and unmet need for medicines in light of covid19 outbreak

03 Jun 2020 11:57 AM

India registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases on Sunday with 8,380 new infections reported in the last 24 hours. (PTI Photo)

India registers 8,380 fresh covid cases in a day, toll crosses 5000

India is the ninth worst-hit nation by the Covid-19 pandemic

31 May 2020 3:40 PM

Record jump of 5,242 COVID-19 cases in 24 hrs, tally reaches 96,169; death toll touches 3,029. (PTI Photo)

Coronavirus tally in India nears 1 lakh, deaths cross 3,000

A record jump of 5,242 cases in the last 24 hours

18 May 2020 10:48 AM

Covid19 death toll rises to 2,293, total cases at 70,756 in India. (PTI Photo)

India's covid19 infections cross 70,000-mark, death toll rises to 2,293

Of the 2,293 deaths, Maharashtra accounts for the highest number of fatalities at 868

12 May 2020 10:52 AM

New guidelines for home isolation of people with very mild symptoms of coronavirus. (PTI Photo)

Patients with very mild Covid19 symptoms can opt for home isolation

The patient should be clinically assigned as a very mild case or pre-symptomatic case by the treating medical officer

28 Apr 2020 11:33 AM

The leading anti-TB drugs manufacturers at present having contract agreement with National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP) are Macleods and Lupin. PTI Photo

Union health ministry seeks a ban on anti-TB drug export

Delay in production and receipt of supply may cause acute shortage of these drugs, Union Health Secretary said

22 Apr 2020 2:38 PM

Drugs with less than 60 pc shelf life allowed to be imported on condition. (PTI Photo)

India will import drugs with less than 60 pc shelf life, condition apply

Health ministry has instructed to take various steps to ensure availability of a sufficient quantity of drugs in the domestic retail market

19 Apr 2020 11:20 AM

Centre has approved the COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health System Preparedness package aimed at boosting national and state health systems. (AFP Photo)

Centre approves covid19 emergency package for states, UTs

The activities to be undertaken include disinfection of hospitals, government offices, public utilities and ambulances

09 Apr 2020 1:51 PM

Medical officials check tourists in wake of the deadly coronavirus at Junagarh Fort in Bikaner on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

Coronavirus cases in India rise to 31, major events off

The IIFA 2020 and Lotus Makeup India Fashion Week have been postponed.

07 Mar 2020 6:17 AM

Coronavirus cases in India touch 31

Apart from Delhi, coronavirus cases have been reported in Uttar Pradesh, Rajashtan, Telangana, and Kerala

06 Mar 2020 2:17 PM

Primary Health Centres (PHCs) are not present in many villages (about 1 for every 20), and where present, are so severely undermanned that the ‘access’ system is completely broken.

Healthcare in India is in abysmal shape, must be shaken out of comatose state

The story of infants and children dying due to AES remains the same.

04 Jul 2019 1:08 AM

The state health department also formed a five-member committee on Saturday to investigate, examine and track Zika virus disease in pregnant patients of first trimester. (Representational Image)

Six more people tested positive for Zika virus in Rajasthan, cases rise to 123

The virus, transmitted through the aedes aegypti mosquito, causes fever, skin rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain.

21 Oct 2018 7:24 PM

A man sleeps under the cover of a mosquito net in the evening. Zika virus is transmitted through the aedes aegypti mosquito, and causes fever, skin rashes, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain. (Photo: AP)

8 new Zika cases in Rajasthan, people infected in outbreak climbs to 117

Rajasthan health dept has formed 5-member committee to investigate, examine and track Zika virus disease.

20 Oct 2018 8:29 PM

The 12-hour OPD move would have been a first of its kind project and a trial for the Centre’s larger proposal for 24/7 health care services in government hospitals. (Representational image)

Ministry junks proposal to extend OPD timings

Through the plan, the government had aimed to address the problem of overcrowding plaguing specialty and premier hospitals like Safdarjung and AIIMS.

21 Aug 2018 1:29 AM

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar had earlier announced the ambitious plan of conducting the medical and dental entrance exam, along with the Joint Entrance Examination - Main for admission to engineering colleges, twice a year by the NTA. (Photo: File)

HRD ministry to reconsider conducting NEET twice a year

Health ministry raised concerns about extra stress due to exam calendar and about problems online exams may cause students from rural areas.

10 Aug 2018 6:57 PM

Safdarjung Hospital told to prepare a fresh proposal.

Centre plans to extend Safdarjung OPD hours

The plan is a pilot project of the government’s larger proposal for 24x7 health care services in government hospitals.

14 Jul 2018 3:38 AM

Maximum kids hooked to tobacco in Meghalaya

Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma has acknowledged the seriousness of prevailing scenario.

14 Jul 2018 2:04 AM

The health ministry said a total of nine persons are currently undergoing treatment and isolation wards have been opened in several hospitals in Kozhikode. (Photo: File)

Nipah situation in Kerala under control, assures Health Minister JP Nadda

The NCDC team has visited the house in Kerala's Perambra from where the initial death was reported and found many bats in a well.

22 May 2018 7:24 PM

‘Tobacco causes painful death’ does not explain the fact that the life span of tobacco users also gets shortened

Clearly explain tobacco text warnings: Delhi government

Health ministry advised to print early death message on products.

01 May 2018 1:00 AM

He is a diabetic and a high blood pressure patient and has been getting treated for the same at All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) two years now.

Many listed medicines not available in AIIMS

“But many medicines out of these 230 listed drugs are not available at the AIIMS for more than a year now.

18 Apr 2018 6:04 AM

India has approved a three-year budget for its flagship public health programme almost 20 per cent lower than what the health ministry said was needed. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

India cuts back funding for National Health Mission

The National Health Mission is one of the world’s largest health programmes and forms the backbone of public services in India.

23 Nov 2017 11:30 AM

A letter from the health ministry to the AIIMS said, “Kindly refer to the ministry’s letter dated March 14 and subsequent reminders dated April 11, May 5 and August 4, 2017 regarding review of user charges of autonomous bodies.”

Govt asks AIIMS to furnish info on user charges

“The finance ministry has asked the AIIMS to conduct a review of its user charges which have not been revised since 1996,” the official said.

16 Oct 2017 2:32 AM

Moreover, 1,50,000 people are waiting for a kidney transplant every year, but only about 5,000 get the organs.

5L die each year due to lack of organs: Health ministry

Around 2L die due to liver issues and 50K due to heart diseases.

29 Aug 2017 1:33 AM

Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 amendment likely.

Organ donation to get easier

Mulling over considering non-immediate kin as near relatives.

29 Aug 2017 1:28 AM

The employee of the month gets a letter of appreciation from the Union health secretary. (Representational image)

Punctual health ministry employees to get awards

Significantly, arrival in the office after 9.30 am and departure from office before 5 pm will be reckoned as half day casual leave.

08 May 2017 12:40 AM

The proposed guidelines will also focus on hygiene and handling of milk. (Photo: Pixabay)

Ministry working on new regulation for milk banks

There is a substantial online trade in breast milk in the US, where women advertise their expressed milk for sale.

16 Apr 2017 6:54 AM

Contractual staff of RML Hospital take part in a protest to demand confirmation of their jobs in New Delhi. (Photo: Asian Age)

RML Hospital set to have 23-storey hostel building

Over 1.5 acres of land has been allocated for the construction of the building.

17 Mar 2017 6:26 AM

Around 1,600 security personnel in AIIMS are mostly the first point of contact for patients and their relatives.

AIIMS to counsel guards to make them people-friendly

AIIMS handles 20,000 patients in the OPD and 1,200 in the emergency section daily.

27 Feb 2017 1:48 AM

The app and the kit launched today are actually tools to help educators take this job forward. (Representational Image)

Centre to solve adolescent issues with new mobile app

Under the programme, 1.6 lakh boys and girls will work as peer educators and respond to queries of adolescents.

21 Feb 2017 6:24 AM

Non-communicable diseases — which include heart attacks and stroke, cancers, asthma and diabetes — claim the lives of about 5.8 million Indians every year. (Representational image)

Ministries may junk bad snacks

This is not the first time that the issue of “healthy eating and banning junk food” has been raised.

19 Feb 2017 6:47 AM

Government is all set to introduce two major vaccines — the measles-rubella and pneumococcal — in the Universal Immunisation Programme. (Representational Image)

Two new vaccines to tackle under-5 mortality rate

As per the government statistics, the rubella infection approximately affects 25,000 children every year in India.

22 Jan 2017 2:12 AM

Once introduced, the exam will also reduce the burden of multiple exams for medical aspirants.

Now, medicos will have to clear exit exam for Doctor tag

Union health ministry officials believe that the move will standardise the medical education in India.

31 Dec 2016 4:45 AM

Calling it a “favourable” order, an official in the ministry said that following this move, chances of people getting exploited by private colleges over capitation fee, will be minimised. (Representational image)

Joint counselling for Post Graduate medical and dental courses

Officials say that the move is expected to bring transparency and fairness in the admission process.

22 Dec 2016 2:16 AM

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