A well-equipped health centre was launched on Monday at Jharia Vihar Colony of Belgarhia to address the health care needs of around 5,000 families of 595 underground fire-affected sites, who have been...

A clinical breast examination by trained health workers can detect breast cancer early and reduce mortality by 30 per cent, almost as much as possible through mammography screening, a 22-year-long stu...

Covid vaccines will be offered from March 1 to all people aged above 60 and those older than 45 years with chronic health disorders, the Centre has said. The vaccines will be free in government hospi...

Central health teams are trying to decipher reasons for the upsurge in cases in Maharashtra, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The teams will convey to state authorities the steps they would ne...

Bengal on Tuesday logged 228 Covid-19 recoveries, 189 new infections and two deaths, but none from the city. The state now has 3,399 active Covid-19 cases, down from 37,190 on Dashami last year, in a...

The health budget of 2021 is extremely important given the backdrop of pandemic-induced disruptions in the social and economic lives of the people. This year’s Economic Survey emphasiz...

Bengal on Sunday logged 233 Covid-19 recoveries, 182 new infections and three deaths, including two from the city, with the state’s total active cases dropping for 118 days on the trot to 3,525....

Bengal on Friday logged 238 Covid-19 recoveries, 194 infections and three deaths as total active cases dropped for the 116th consecutive day since Vijaya Dashami last year. The total of active cases,...

Some did not take a single day’s leave from their outpatient department duties through the pandemic; some got the virus themselves but joined back immediately on recovery; some performed crucial...

Senior doctors on the Bengal government’s committee for management and containment of Covid-19 have urged people to continue adhering to the protocols strictly because the coronavirus is still a...