Health News

International Yoga Day 2020: This year is all about 'Yoga at home'

International Yoga Day 2020 is here and this year the UN has gone with the theme as 'Yoga at home', keeping the social distancing message intact.

Jun 21, 2020

11-year-old girl from Delhi cries blood; doctors puzzled by rare medical condition

The young girl's mother said there is no sensation of pain from tears of blood but the sight of her daughter with a red streak down the cheeks is horrifying and concerning.

Jun 20, 2020

This vaccine may protect against worst symptoms of Covid-19

The MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine could serve as a preventive measure to dampen septic inflammation associated with Covid-19 infection, say researchers.

Jun 19, 2020

Bengaluru student who appeared in II PUC English exam on June 18 tests coronavirus positive

After the Karnataka govt announced that it had successfully conducted the II PUC English exam on June 18 following social distancing guidelines, a latest report suggests that a student has tested positive for coronavirus in Bengaluru.

Jun 19, 2020

Two Toyota Kirloskar employees at Bidadi complex test Covid positive, operations temporarily suspended

Two employees at the Toyota Kirloskar complex in Bidadi tested positive for Coronavirus on Thursday. Operations are temporarily suspended for sanitisation.

Jun 18, 2020

Karnataka observes Mask Day: CM Yediyurappa, Puneeth Rajkumar lead the march from Vidhana Soudha

As Karnataka observes Mask Day today, CM Yediyurappa leads a march from Vidhana Soudha to Cubbon Park; superstar Puneeth Rajkumar and cricketer Anil Kumble join him.

Jun 18, 2020

You need to flush your toilet 'this way' to avoid coronavirus infection

The researchers at the Yangzhou University in China used computer modeling to show how the water from a flushed toilet could spray up into the air as high as three feet.

Jun 17, 2020

Bengaluru traffic cop tests positive for Covid after death; first among police to succumb to virus

An Assistant Sub-inspector in Bengaluru tested positive for COVID-19 after his death on Sunday, he is the first person in uniform to succumb to the virus in the city.

Jun 16, 2020

Telangana gives green signal to private labs and hospital: Check prices for Covid tests and treatment

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has allowed the private labs and hospital to test and treat the COVID-19-infected people in Telangana. He has also fixed prices for tests and treatment.

Jun 16, 2020

Hydroxychloroquine should not be used to treat COVID-19 anymore, FDA warns

The decision on the so-called 'wonder drug' as touted by the US President Donald Trump is taken in the wake of recent clinical trials that showed that the antimalarial drugs were not effective against the coronavirus.

Jun 16, 2020

Not reporting ILI and SARI cases amid pandemic gets 4 clinics shut in Bengaluru

As COVID-19 cases increase among those reporting Influenza Like Illness and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection, 4 clinics in Bengaluru have been shut for not reporting ILI and SARI cases.

Jun 15, 2020

1 in 3 young adults in US reveals no sex in one year: Survey

In the last 20 years, sexual inactivity has increased among US men in such a way that approximately 1 in 3 men aged 18 to 24 years reported no sexual activity in the past year, a new survey has predicted.

Jun 15, 2020

Worship on wheels: Bengaluru church holds first ever 'drive-in' Sunday service amid Covid-19 pandemic

In the new normal, a Bengaluru Church have introduced the 'Worship on Wheels' initiative to devotees attending a drive-in prayer service in their cars.

Jun 14, 2020

Bengaluru changes approach to containment zones, only affected houses to be sealed

The state government has decided to abandon the current standard procedure of sealing off wards as containment zones, and will now seal only houses which report a COVID-19 positive case.

Jun 14, 2020

After suspect tests coronavirus positive, Bengaluru Crime Branch office sealed

The office of the Central Crime Branch in Bengaluru has been sealed for sanitation after a suspect tested positive for the coronavirus pandemic.

Jun 13, 2020