The last time polio was detected in the body of a child in Howrah was in 2011. After this, in 2014, The World Health Organization declared India a polio-free country. But eight years later, the health department's concerns increased and the discovery of polio virus was found in Kolkata. According to health department sources, polio germs have been detectedRead News

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday (June 14, 2022) said that the total number of confirmed cases of monkeypox has increased to 1,600 globally and that it has called an emergency meeting to assess if the "unusual" and "concerning" outbreak is an international health emergency. While addressing a media briefing in Geneva, WHO Chief Tedros Adhanom GhebreyesuRead News

New Delhi: India recorded 8,084 new Covid-19 cases, 10 deaths in the last 24 hours, pushing the total death toll to 5,24,771, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health on Monday (June 13, 2022). The active cases stand at 47,995. An increase of 3,482 cases has been recorded in the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. The country also recorded 4,592 recoveries today, taking the total number of recoveries to 4,26,57,335. Read News

NEW DELHI: Amid growing concerns over a sudden spike in Covid-19 cases, a top ICMR official has said that there is still no need to panic about the possible fourth wave of coronavirus hitting the country soon. "It's wrong to say the 4th wave is coming, we need to examine district-level data. A high number of cases in a few districts can't be considered as a uniform increase in cases across the whole country,” Samiran Panda, ADG, ICMR said, according to ANI. Read News

Hyderabad-based Biological E's CORBEVAX has become the first vaccine in India to get DCGI approval for COVID-19 booster dose for adults who have received two doses of Covishield or Covaxin. According to the Statement released by Biological E, its vaccine Corbevax got DCGI approval for a heterologous COVID-19 booster shot. People who are Read News

The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday issued specific guidelines to states and Union Territories for the prevention of the monkeypox outbreak in the country. Though no monkeypox cases have been detected in India as yet, the Health Ministry has issued detailed guidelines on the management of the disease, reported ANI. Read News

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday arrested Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain in connection with a money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain in connection with a case of hawala transactions related to a Kolkata-based company, said ED officialsRead News

Monkeypox virus infection is on the rise in Europe and on Wednesday, US' Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed a single case of monkeypox virus infection in an adult male with recent travel to Canada, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts said in a press release. A handful of cases of monkeypox have now been reported or are suspected in Britain, Portugal, Spain and the United States.Read News

New Delhi: Vitamin D has received a lot of attention in recent years, and most people have heard of it. Vitamin D is also known as the "sunshine vitamin". It is produced in the skin as a result of sun exposure and can also be absorbed through food and supplements.Most people, however, are unaware that their vitamin D levels may impair their fertility.Read News

Increasing ambient temperatures, caused by human-induced climate change, can negatively impact how humans sleep around the globe, finds a study. The study, published in the journal One Earth, suggests that by the year 2099, suboptimal temperatures may erode 50 to 58 hours of sleep per person per year. Read News