Doc who found Omicron says India will see a surge, but...

India will see a surge in Omicron-driven Covid cases and a high positivity rate but the infection will hopefully be mild in most people as is being seen in South Africa, says Dr Angelique Coetzee......

'Omicron may make you more sick'

'This virus may have more immune evasion capability and therefore, it may make you more sick.' IMAGE: A healthcare worker takes a nasal swab sample for the COVID-19 test in Bengaluru, November 28,......

How To Be Aware About Early Heart Disease

'Thirty per cent of the world's deaths in young people, due to heart disease, are Indians.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind......

Omicron cases a wake-up call for India: Expert

The COVID-19 vaccines administered in India will be effective in the country's fight against the new variant of the virus Omicron and will provide a shield to vaccinated citizens of the country,......

Medical tourism set to be in the pink of health

 US President Barack Obama might have taken all possible steps to ensure American jobs were not lost to Indians, but his healthcare initiative seems to be doing just the opposite -- and......

Wipro Consumer eyes the Philippines' bulging middle

Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting (WCCLG), a part of Azim Premji's Wipro, plans to enter the Philippine market through acquisitions.The Philippines' per capita consumer spending is almost double......

We will make India the global healthcare destinati

It is celebration time for Dr Pratap C Reddy, Chairman, Apollo Group of Hospitals. His baby, Apollo Hospitals Ltd, has just turned 20.From the first hospital started in Chennai in 1983 with 150......

The best global brands

Not long ago, Motorola saw itself the same way its customers did: as a tech-driven seller of products, not a brand. The success of the RAZR changed all that. By ringing the consumer's bell, the......

Returning South African team checks in for Kolkata stopover

'We have made full arrangements so that the South African players return home safe.' IMAGE: Thermal screening of South African cricketers for novel coronavirus as they arrive at a city hotel in......

South African Vaughn Van Jaarsveld gets drugs ban

South African batsman Vaughn van Jaarsveld has been banned from cricket for three months following an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the South African Cricketers' Association......

South African Semenya cleared to return

South African world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya was cleared on Tuesday to compete as a woman, nearly a year after controversial gender tests put her career on hold. Semenya, 19, has not run......

Semenya offered to show body to IAAF officials for proof

Double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya offered to show her vagina to athletics officials when she was 18 to prove she was female, the South African middle-distance runner said in an......

South Africa's Olympics soccer team reports 3 COVID-19 cases

IMAGE: Security staff stand guard at the entrance of the Athletes Village, where a person tested positive for COVID-19, ahead of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Photograph: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters Three......