Covishield

On the clarion call of our Prime Minister to strengthen health infrastructure in rural areas, the UT Government responded with setting up Covid Care Centres in all the panchayats across J&K. The objective was to enable Covid patients…

The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine may be associated with a condition characterised by low platelet counts, in rare cases, according to a study by an international team of researchers. A low number of platelets -- blood cells that help prevent…

The results of third phase trials of India's first indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin are expected to be released next month. ovaxin manufacturer Bharat Biotech said its service provider, IQVIA, has started final statistical…

With an aim to provide assistance to Punjab Prisons amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, ‘Raj Vidya Kendra’ has come forward by donating Covid rescue items for the benefit of prisoners as well as staff deployed in various prisons of…

Transmission of the virus behind Covid-19 varies seasonally, but warmer conditions are not enough to prevent its spread, shows a new research.The study, led by Imperial College London researchers, showed that temperature and population…

Covid-19 produced more symptoms and complications than seasonal influenza in children, while death was rare among them, revealed a large new study.Early in the pandemic, opinions around the impact of Covid-19 on children and adolescents…

Critically ill Covid-19 patients treated with non-altered stem cells from umbilical cord connective tissue were more than twice as likely to survive as those who did not have the treatment, according to a small study.The clinical trial,…

Punjab Health & Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said that Central Government's order of Capping of Covid Vaccines Prices at Private Hospital is a hasty and late. While reacting to the latest decision of the Central Government…

The Government on Wednesday informed that 1098 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19),324 from Jammu division and 774 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and…

As part of the fight against Covid-19, the Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory Branch of Indian Red Cross Society handed over 55 Oxygen Concentrators to 03 prominent NGOs of Kashmir region.The concentrators were handed over by the Honorary…