Omicron variant stokes concern but vaccine still critical: Experts

The Omicron variant carries 'concerning' mutations that may make it more transmissible and allow it to evade immunity, scientists said on Monday, stressing that the one certainty in the uncertainty......

Explained: Dharavi's COVID-19 Success

Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com reveals how the BMC has contained the spread of COVID-19 in Dharavi, India's largest slum, which WHO wants to know more about. IMAGE: A health camp in Dharavi, north......

Why WHO should not have stopped HCQ clinical trials

'WHO has been under a lot of attack, so when they saw the Lancet study, they stopped the clinical trials of HCQ.''They should not have stopped the clinical trials.' Kindly note the image has been......

COVID-19: Dos and don'ts for the elderly

The Centre advises the elderly people to wash their hands and face at regular intervals with soap, stay at home, avoid meeting visitors at home and if such a meeting is essential, maintain a......

Despite cap on pricing import of medical devices rises

The growth in imports was led by product categories such as diagnostic items, ultra-sonogram machines, MRI and ECG apparatus, syringes with needles, suture needles, digital thermometers, malaria......

'Ayushman Bharat will be a big flop'

'The biggest gainers under this scheme would be insurance companies.''If the government is going to route the payments through the insurance companies, these companies will be making nearly 30 per......

Ban on combination drugs: Knee-jerk reaction won't help

The government had formed a panel under Chandrakant Kokate to study over 6,000 combinations, of which it listed 963 as irrational. The government’s decision to ban 344 fixed-dose combinations......

Wimbledon PIX: Djokovic whips Rune; Fritz stuns Zverev

Images from Day 8 of Wimbledon 2024 at The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London on Monday. IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates an easy victory over Denmark's Holger Rune in the......

Wimbledon PIX: Djokovic, Zverev, Medvedev in Round 4

IMAGES from Day 6 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Saturday. IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his third round match......

Wimbledon PIX: Djokovic, Zverev cruise; Rublev exits

IMAGES from Day 2 of the Wimbledon Championships, at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, on Tuesday. IMAGE: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates winning his first round match......

French Open PIX: Alcaraz books Sinner showdown; Swiatek sets up Gauff semis

IMAGES from the French Open quarter-finals played at Roland Garros, in Paris, on Tuesday.  Alcaraz steamrolls Tsitsipas for semis berth IMAGE: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz in action during his......

Who Took The Best Catch? Vote!

IMAGE: While Mumbai Indians fell to their seventh loss of the season, hosts Lucknow Super Giants picked up their sixth win of IPL 2024. Photographs: BCCI Marcus Stoinis not only played the best......