Tag: ICMR
Rare blood types hard to find? New ICMR registry could change that, ET HealthWorld
New Delhi: The National Institute of Immunohaematology in Mumbai under the India Council of Medical Research has for the first time created a national ‘rare blood donor registry’ for patients with rare and uncommon blood types who need frequent transfusion especially in conditions such as thalassemia and sickle cell disease. The ICMR-NIIH is now in…
Establishment of National Outbreak Response Team for Disease X in India, ET HealthWorld
Nagpur: The National Institute of One Health (NIOH), currently being established in Nagpur, will feature a specialised National Outbreak Response Team aimed at swiftly identifying and analysing the root causes of disease outbreaks. Dr. Pragya Yadav, Director-in-Charge of the National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH) and senior scientist at the ICMR-National Institute of Virology (NIV),…
ICMR Confirms Mild Covid Infections Amid Rising Cases, Health News, ET HealthWorld
New Delhi: Amid an uptick in Covid cases in some parts of the country, Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Rajiv Behl on Monday said the severity of infections is mild and there was no cause for worry. Speaking about new Covid variants being traced, he said genome sequencing of…