India has detected the first case of the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) -- currently causing an outbreak in China -- in an 8-month-old baby in Bengaluru, Karnataka, the state health department confirmed on Monday. ...
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has detected two cases of the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in Karnataka with no travel history, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday. ...
The health condition of Prashant Kishor, the architect of the Jan Suraj Abhiyan, is stable. He has been on a hunger strike for more than 48 hours in solidarity with students protesting alleged irregularities in the 70th Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) Preliminary examination. ...
A team of US researchers has developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI) system that can help doctors identify patients at risk for suicide. ...
India is striving to ensure that people with visual impairment live with dignity, independence, and equality, said the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on World Braille Day on Saturday. ...
Six days after she fell 15 feet down at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here, Congress; first-time Kerala legislator Uma Thomas on Saturday was taken off of a ventilator at a private hospital where she is being treated. ...
The death of veteran nuclear scientist, Dr. Rajagopala Chidambaram is an “irreparable loss to India’s scientific community”, said scientists on Saturday. ...
While the Covid-like Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), currently spreading in China, is just a ‘winter occurrence,’ is less severe, and is spreading on a smaller scale, Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Saturday stressed that as a matter of caution, it would be better if the elderly, the sick, and pregnant women ...
Amid the recent outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, an expert from the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday said that the virus does not cause fatalities like Covid-19 but can in some individuals cause lung infection. ...
The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) has achieved a milestone of the highest number of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) filed in a single year -- 152 in 2024, the premier institute said on Friday. ...