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Instead of usual grades of As to Fs, Harvard has decided to award ‘Emergency Satisfactory’ or ‘Emergency Unsatisfactory’. (Photo: Getty)

Top US universities modify grading policy for spring classes

2 min read . 27 Aug 2021

A Harvard study had revealed that as many as 5.2 million medical errors occurred in India annually

Speech-to-text AI tool helps docs keep error-free records

2 min read . 16 Nov 2020

The incidence of oral cancer is high in rural areas due to the consumption of tobacco. Photo: Bloomberg

Bengaluru startup builds AI tool to screen oral cancer

1 min read . 13 Oct 2020

DART has developed the first personalised medicine for DMD using antisense oligonucleotides (AO) based exon skipping technology. Photo: Mint.

Drugs controller approves human trials for Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug

2 min read . 05 Oct 2020

The Wipro research team is working with clinicians and speech pathologists from HCG and covid hospitals like Bangalore Medical College and Research Hospital and Bhaktivedanta Hospital in Mumbai

IT major Wipro, cancer specialist HCG working on covid cough recorder app

2 min read . 25 Sep 2020

Even if classes have re-started, many teenagers are continuing to take orders and make deliveries. (Photo: Getty)

College delayed, teens start businesses from home

2 min read . 23 Sep 2020

The Union Health Ministry has set guidelines and protocols for hospitals, health workers and families on last rites, funerals and handling the dead. (AP)

Covid-19 robs families of chance to say goodbye

3 min read . 17 Sep 2020

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Plasma flown from Bengaluru to Srinagar for covid patient

1 min read . 01 Sep 2020

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Pandemic holds up kids’ surgeries

2 min read . 21 Aug 2020

The National Sample Survey Organisation’s 2017-18 household survey put the number of out-of-school children in India (6-17 years) at 3.22 crore.

Out-of-school children likely to double in India due to coronavirus

2 min read . 16 Aug 2020

Right now, children have been sequestered at home, keeping them relatively safe (Photo: HT)

Children at risk if schools re-open, say doctors

2 min read . 13 Aug 2020

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Covid symptoms mimic dengue, say doctors

1 min read . 05 Aug 2020

K. Kasturirangan. Photo: HT

'A flexible education system under NEP 2020 will open our minds to excellence'

5 min read . 30 Jul 2020

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddiyurappa (R) holds a meeting with the heads of private medical colleges over the situation of COVID-19 treatment, in Bengaluru, saturday, July 18, 2020. (PTI)

Governance failure, lack of planning pushed Karnataka’s case count to 1 lakh

5 min read . 27 Jul 2020

A doctor wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suit looks after a covid-19 patient. (Photo: AFP)

As cases rise, resources run short, states reduce contact tracing

2 min read . 27 Jul 2020

A health worker arranges tubes containing swab samples in a tray for covid-19 test at a medical camp. (Photo: PTI)

Karnataka’s medical students join covid-19 duty

2 min read . 27 Jul 2020

Home healthcare provider Portea Medical has set up such community-level covid care centres within gated communities, said CEO Meena Ganesh.

Now, covid care centres in gated communities, apartment complexes

1 min read . 24 Jul 2020

A health worker in a PPE suit demonstrates a yoga asana for patients at a temporary covid-19 ward in New Delhi’s Commonwealth Games Village on Thursday. (AFP)

The ones who beat the coronavirus

7 min read . 17 Jul 2020

An ambulance, escorted by three police vehicles, brought Sridevi’s body home from the airport at around 10.30 pm soon after it arrived from Dubai where she died three days ago. Photo: PTI

Karnataka’s daily covid-19 toll includes deaths from previous months

2 min read . 15 Jul 2020

A covid-19 testing kiosk in Ernakulam, Kerala.reuters (MINT_PRINT)

More testing needed to bring down positivity rate

2 min read . 08 Jul 2020