"The paper that has been published today is looking at COVID-19 mortality and the reduction in life expectancy during the pandemic. What it is trying to look at is excess mortality during the COVID pandemic in the year 2020. Now the first thing to understand is this is not COVID deaths on
NITI Aayog member VK Paul dismissed the study, claiming 11.8 lakh excess deaths in India during the 2020 Covid pandemic, referring to it as "outrageous."
New Delhi [India], June 11: The Centre for Chronic Disease Control (CCDC) has successfully screened over 1.1 million individuals for high Blood Pressure (BP) as part of the May Measurement Month (MMM) initiative that was launched in 2017. CCDC is the official Indian partner for MMM, the larg
New Delhi [India], May 15: High blood pressure, a silent killer, threatens India's public health. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that one-third of deaths in India are attributable to non-communicable diseases, with cardiovascular diseases leading the way. Hypertension is the mos
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 24 (ANI/NewsVoir): With a sharp focus on the eradication of tuberculosis in India this World TB Day, HaystackAnalytics, an IIT Bombay-based health-tech startup, supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, has launched a fundrai
Brain stroke is the second most common cause of death in India with one patient succumbing to the disease every four minutes, a top health expert flagged on Thursday.
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 17.7 million deaths in India are due to heart-related issues. These numbers also involve congenital heart (CHDs) in children. Experts explained about CHDs signs in newborn babies.
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): The COVID-19 cases in India have crossed the 4,000-mark for the second time in the past four days on Sunday, as the country logged 4,270 fresh infections in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry.
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): India reported 2,828 new COVID-19 cases, taking the cumulative infection tally to 4,31,53,043, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): India witnessed a slight increase in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with 2,124 new infections reported in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.