New guidelines address rise in opioid use during pregnancy
Opioid use in pregnancy has prompted new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, aimed at improving care for women and newborns affected by their mothers’ drug use. The number of affected women and infants…
WHO chief warns against ‘vaccine nationalism’
Berlin: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday called for global solidarity in the rollout of any future coronavirus vaccine, as the number of cases soared across the world. In a…
Covid : India’s active cases below 7 lakh after 21-day decline
New Delhi : India’s active Covid cases went below the 7-lakh mark on Thursday as the downtrend continued for the 21st day running, with the number of discharged patients outstripping fresh…
Anti-parasitic drug ivermectin not to be included for Covid-19 treatment protocol: Health Ministry
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has decided not to include ivermectin medicine (anti-parasitic drug) in the National Clinical Management Protocol for Covid-19 for the treatment of virus-infected patients. The move comes after the Central government’s…
FSSAI out to Campaign against Menace of Adulterated Khoa
New Delhi: Adulteration of Khoa, the main ingredient of many a sweet in India is all pervading. So names of sweets like Barfies, Pedas, milk cake , Kalakand and Halwas…
Coronavirus vaccine update: Chinese vaccine shows positive results, US govt probes Vaxart’s tall claims
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that international cooperation on a coronavirus vaccine could boost the global economy by $9 trillion to pull it out of the economic crisis.…
Remdesivir and interferon fall flat in WHO’s megastudy of COVID-19 treatments
One of the world’s biggest trials of COVID-19 therapies released its long-awaited interim results yesterday—and they’re a letdown. None of the four treatments in the Solidarity trial, which enrolled more…
To stem Food Fraud, FSSAI’s Compliance System is now pan India
New Delhi: FSSAI, the food regulator of India is intent on ensuring food safety uniformly. To that end, it has decided to extend its upgraded compliance system FoSCoS to pan…
Iodine based I2Cure – Bioshield 99.9% Effective against Coronavirus
New Delhi: In the time of the global pandemic, I2Cure launched their BioShield in India which is a research of Dr. Jack Kessler (Father of I2) an FDA Compliant, ISO…
PepsiCo India swears by FSSAI’s Eat Right Initiative
New Delhi: As immunity has become a buzzword in the wake of COVID, eat healthy is all pervading mantra in India. In keeping with spirit of time, PepsiCo India, food,…
