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After a complete lockdown was imposed in Bihar to control the coronavirus infections, community kitchens have been started by the government at various places to feed the poor and deprived sections of society. Food is being prepared in…

 "There is no point writing my name. I am just doing what I can," says the 68-year-old, who makes it a point to bring food packets and soup for the 50 patients and volunteers at the Mini Covid Care Centre in Bal Bhavan in Chandigarh.…

Any help one needs in Virudhunagar district --one name that crops up each time is that of thirty-five-year-old Durai Prithviraj.A Village Administrative Officer (VAO) with the Tamil Nadu state government and also a full-time social worker,…

A Covid-19 vaccine developed by the US-based biotechnology company Novavax has been found effective against Coronavirus' B1351 variant, first identified in South Africa, results of a trial have shown.The Phase 2b randomised,…

 As Covid-19 pandemic moves from the urban centres to the hinterlands ravaging the over-burdened healthcare system, the medical fraternity on Saturday urged the government to install oxygen plants in all hospital premises as oxygen…

Collection of covid samples in Kapurthala district has crossed 3 lakh as in the wake of the second wave of covid to identify the epidemic at early stage , the collection of samples being collected daily exceeding 3,000 against the earlier…

Witnessing the lack of ambulances for Covid patients, the Congress' National Students Union of India (NSUI) on Friday said that it has launched the 'Sahyog Campaign' to provide free ambulance service in the national capital.NSUI National…

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare digitally interacted with Mr. Xavier Becerra, US Secretary of Health & Human Services here today.At the outset, he congratulated him on assuming charge as Secretary of…

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday asked concerned officials to prepare to start vaccinating the priority groups in the 18-45 years category from government hospitals from Monday, as the state was expecting 1 lakh doses…

Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday directed Health Minister Balbir Sidhu and Medical Education Minister OP Soni to explore the possibility of providing chemotherapy to cancer patients in Bathinda Civil Hospital while…