ICMR changes its strategy for coronavirus testing
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) have introduced changes in its strategy for coronavirus testing in the country.
Apr 10, 2020, 08:22 AM IST
Coronavirus COVID-19: ICMR approves 200 testing labs across country; issues guidelines
The ICMR guidelines said that a new facility will be considered in areas with no operational COVID-19 testing facility.
Apr 05, 2020, 10:02 AM IST
ICMR approves 121 government labs for coronavirus COVID-19 test as India death toll reaches 18
With this, the total number of facilities for testing suspected coronavirus patients has increased to 157, both private and government.
Mar 27, 2020, 14:07 PM IST
Coronavirus COVID-19 test in private labs could cost up to Rs 4500
ICMR also released the guidelines for COVID-19 testing in private laboratories.
Mar 21, 2020, 23:11 PM IST
Coronavirus Good News: All 826 samples collected randomly are negative
ICMR: All 826 samples collected randomly from several locations are negative. No sign of community outbreak till now.
Mar 19, 2020, 12:02 PM IST
No community transmission of coronavirus in India yet, says Indian Council of Medical Research
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday (March 19) said that a total of 826 samples were tested for community transmission of coronavirus and all have returned negative.
Mar 19, 2020, 11:55 AM IST
Centre, ICMR issue guidelines for private labs to test coronavirus
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR) On Tuesday (March 17) issued guidelines for private laboratories to conduct coronavirus tests and appealed the private labs to conduct the tests free of cost.
Mar 18, 2020, 06:46 AM IST
52 test labs, including two in Delhi, commissioned for Coronavirus in India
The ICMR - the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research - along with the Department of Health Research has commissioned these 52 laboratories.
Mar 07, 2020, 17:52 PM IST
Mission Delhi ups heart attack patients' survival chances
The Mission Delhi aims to provide care to STEMI, a very serious type of heart attack, patients, who require treatment within the golden hour (90 minutes) of the onset of symptoms and providing clot buster therapy within 30 minutes.
Jul 19, 2019, 16:27 PM IST
One-third women in rural India unaware of breast cancer: Study
The findings showed that as many as 90 percent of the women in rural areas are unaware of the possibility of self-examination of their own breasts.
Mar 23, 2018, 16:47 PM IST
ICMR centre to open in encephalitis-hit Gorakhpur soon
The Indian Council of Medical Research is likely to get a new regional centre in Gorakhpur soon, to carry out research on Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) child mortality and malnutrition, the ICMR chief said.
Nov 23, 2017, 10:54 AM IST
Do plastic containers pollute medicines? Govt directs ICMR to find out
Last year, a government study detected toxic materials, including lead, in plastic bottles of cough syrups and other liquid medicines.
Jun 18, 2017, 12:34 PM IST
India's first womb transplants: Both recipients and donors doing well; ICMR says Pune hospital did not seek its nod
On May 18, a 21-year-old woman from Solapur, who received her mother's womb, became the first person to undergo a uterus transplant in India.
May 29, 2017, 10:26 AM IST
Swine flu scare in summer? Researchers discover new strain in India as H1N1 cases continue to rise
The Michigan strain, which has been in circulation in the USA for the last two years, has been identified in Hyderabad and other other parts of India.
Apr 11, 2017, 11:31 AM IST
Rise in cancer cases in India, says government
As per Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the cases have increased to 14,51,417 in 2016 from 12,70,781 in 2013.
Dec 02, 2016, 16:05 PM IST
Cheaper, indigenous diagnostic tool for TB likely in a year: ICMR
A Bengaluru-based company has made the new diagnostic tool for TB.
Mar 07, 2016, 05:46 AM IST
Cancer mitigation, prevention challenge for doctors: Pranab Mukherjee
With increasing cases of cancer across the country, the medical fraternity and policy planners face the challenge of mitigating and preventing the dreaded disease, President Pranab Mukherjee said here on Wednesday.
Dec 23, 2015, 18:22 PM IST
Top US surgeon to train Indian doctors in robotic surgery
A leading US robotic surgeon, Dr. Chris Holsinger from Stanford, will visit India this week to train head and neck surgeons on minimally invasive methods such as robotic surgery for treating cancer patients.
Dec 17, 2015, 19:30 PM IST
Number of new breast cancer cases in women to double by 2030
The estimated number of new breast cancer (incidence) cases in women would be about 1,84,000 by 2030 as compared to 97,328 cases in 2014, Health and Family Welfare Minister J P Nadda said in Rajya Sabha.
Dec 15, 2015, 23:03 PM IST
Centre okays resource facility for bio-medical research
The institution, whose estimated cost is Rs.338.58 crore, will be the first of its kind for quality laboratory animals for basic and applied biomedical research in the country.
Nov 18, 2015, 20:51 PM IST
