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The company says its stents are made of biodegradable material, and are an alternative to the traditional metal stents (Bloomberg)

Expert panel to review Meril’s price exemption bid for stent

2 min read . Updated: 30 Jan 2019

New and suspected cases of the illness have been cropping up in Europe and North America in recent days. (REUTERS)

WHO says no evidence monkeypox virus has mutated

1 min read . 12:22 PM IST

Pfizer and its partner BioNTech said the extra shot did the trick, revving up the children's levels of virus-fighting antibodies enough to meet FDA criteria for emergency use of the vaccine with no safety problems. (REUTERS)

Covid-19 vaccine: Pfizer says 3 Covid shots protect children under 5

2 min read . 06:28 AM IST

Monkeypox has been endemic in Africa for decades. (AFP)

What WHO official said on mass monkeypox vaccinations

1 min read . 05:37 AM IST

Should India be worried about monkeypox?

2 min read . 01:21 AM IST

The best available evidence points to a fairly common stomach bug that isn't known to cause liver problems in otherwise healthy kids. (AFP)

Why this mysterious liver illnesses in children is worrying health officials

5 min read . Updated: 23 May 2022

The ABHA number will enable parents to upload all personal health records from birth (Mint)

Now, govt plans to provide health IDs to newborns and kids

3 min read . Updated: 23 May 2022

BA.4 and BA.5 are subvariants of the Omicron variant circulating globally.

INSACOG confirms first cases of BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron’s sub-variants

1 min read . Updated: 22 May 2022

An electron microscopic (EM) image shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virus particles (Reuters)

WHO expects more cases of monkeypox to emerge globally. 5 points

1 min read . Updated: 22 May 2022

FILE PHOTO: An image created during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1996 to 1997, shows the arms and torso of a patient with skin lesions due to monkeypox, in this undated image obtained by Reuters on May 18, 2022. CDC/Brian W.J. Mahy/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo (via REUTERS)

'No need to panic', says Expert as 11 nations report 80 Monkeypox cases

1 min read . Updated: 21 May 2022

The palms of a monkeypox case patient from Lodja, a city located within the Katako-Kombe Health Zone, are seen during a health investigation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (via REUTERS)

How is monkeypox spreading? What report says amid global scare

1 min read . Updated: 21 May 2022

Monkeypox is milder compared to smallpox, and the symptoms are similar to smallpox. (REUTERS)

Monkeypox panic in Europe, should India worry? Details of spread and symptoms

3 min read . Updated: 20 May 2022

Some studies also found gamers to have a higher volume of gray matter, the outer layer of the brain that processes information (Photo: iStock)

Videogames don’t ruin kids’ brains. They might even help

4 min read . Updated: 20 May 2022

On Wednesday, Dr Rajesh S. Gokhale, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) at the Union Ministry of Science & Technology told Mint that INSACOG is tracking the data and co-relating the data in terms of severity of the disease.

‘India detects 1st case of Omicron’s BA.4 variant’

1 min read . Updated: 20 May 2022

Naming at least four private hospitals, India’s drug pricing watchdog said that the hospitals are arm twisting both consumers and manufacturers in order to charge exorbitant prices. Photo: Priyanka Parashar/Mint

Bone marrow transplant units to be set up at govt hospitals

1 min read . Updated: 17 May 2022

Monkeypox is a viral zoonosis (a virus transmitted to humans from animals). (Reuters)

UK logs 4 new Monkeypox cases. All you need to know about this rare infection

2 min read . Updated: 17 May 2022

Children with COVID-19 are at significantly increased risk for liver dysfunction afterward, (AP)

Covid-19 may be linked to mysterious hepatitis cases in children: Study

1 min read . Updated: 17 May 2022

India's Covid-19 caseload increased to 43,121,599 on Sunday with 2,487 fresh infections, while the number of active cases came down to 17,692, according to Union health ministry data. (HT_PRINT)

Covid-19 symptoms to look out for based on vaccination status. Read here

2 min read . Updated: 15 May 2022

According to a report by the ICMR on the ‘Burden of cancers in India’, seven cancers accounted for more than 40% of the total disease burden: lung (10.6%), breast (10.5%), oesophagus (5.8%), mouth (5.7%), stomach (5.2%), liver (4.6%) and cervix uteri (4.3%). istock

India’s cancer burden to rise to 29.8 million in 2025: ICMR report

2 min read . Updated: 13 May 2022

The growing evidence shows that a considerable proportion of people who have recovered from COVID-19 have long-term effects on multiple organs and systems.(Representative Photo) (Ashish Raje)

Covid patients show some symptoms for at least 2 years: Lancet study

2 min read . Updated: 12 May 2022

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