Health

The first and only one of its kind on the Dal Lake, Tariq Ahmed Patloo’s boat ambulance has all basic facilities, including an oxygen system.

One advantage of these new vaccines derived from the coronavirus DNA, or mRNA vaccines, is that these can be rapidly modified for any new variant.

Most parents are anxiously waiting for vaccination for children, so that they may get back to school and other activities. But is that likely, or even advisable now?

So far, 50 Delta Plus cases and four deaths have been found across 11 states. Will it be even more virulent than the Delta variant?

Desperate patients were seen making this journey, even as headlines screamed that the second wave had spread from big cities to smaller towns and villages.

Most doctors have used various drugs and therapies on COVID patients at one point or the other, but feel that each actually has a limited role to play.

Why was the second dose of Covishield pushed back to 12 weeks? And why are so many fully vaccinated people still getting infected? We ask health researcher Dr Anant Bhan.

Over the past year numerous messages have gone viral on social media, preaching unfounded, imaginative home-remedies for protection against the coronavirus. It’s important to call these out.

The only way the present crisis can be mitigated is by re-designating existing facilities and changing the ‘work as usual’ mindset. We need to think out of the box.

With India recording such a surge in the number of COVID cases, stronger infrastructural facilities and triaging at the community level has become very important.

What should a policyholder do soon after testing positive? How to go about health insurance claims? Can you claim home care? All your questions answered here.

With the opening up of vaccines for all above 18, there is considerable confusion on several fronts. We try to answer some of the most common questions being raised.