The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has obtained permission for “restricted use in public health emergency” of two second-line HIV medications for use against the novel coronavirus (nCoV).
The Rajya Sabha members passed the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottle and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Bill today. The Bill, now an Act, aims at promoting
The Lok Sabha passed the significant fiscal responsibility legislation, aimed at eliminating revenue deficit by 2007-08. Though most members appreciated the need for the Fiscal Responsibility and
The death rate from SARS is substantially higher than many experts had previously believed, reaching 13.2 per cent among young and middle-aged people and as high as 55 per cent among those over 60,
Just as nearly 200 sugarcane farmers from UP were protesting at Vijay Chowk, near the Parliament, the Lok Sabha amended the Essential Commodities Act 1955 in a bid to mitigate their plight. Rajya
India today inched closer to entering the lucrative global satellite launch market when a second developmental flight of the indigenously-built GSLV rocket successfully placed a 1,800-kg GSAT-2
The global death toll from SARS passed 500 after China reported five more deaths from an illness the government is trying desperately to stop spreading out of control in the countryside. The Health
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is far short of the cash it needs to do its job, despite promises of money from the United States, a US Government report said. The fund, set
As conventional treatments prove elusive and health experts question risky anti-viral and steroid combinations being administered in places like Hong Kong, traditional Chinese medicine is asserting
With almost no fresh SARS suspects being reported in the country, World Health Organisation has said that infection in India may have been
About 10 per cent of SARS survivors appear to be left with lung damage that renders them unable to perform routine tasks without struggling for breath, doctors in Hong Kong reported. The report comes
