WE WILL HEAR ‘ONLY URGENT CASES’, says SUPREME COURT! ‘ Corona virus: SC, Delhi HC restrict hearings to urgent cases only. Supreme Court judges have decided that they will hear only urgent matters as of now, to prevent overcrowding of courts and thereby prevent potential danger of spread of Corona virus. Supreme Court’s Secretary-general Sanjeev […]

A LETTER FROM F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, QUARANTINED IN 1920 IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE DURING THE SPANISH INFLUENZA OUTBREAK. Dearest Rosemary, It was a limpid dreary day, hung as in a basket from a single dull star. I thank you for your letter. Outside, I perceive what may be a collection of fallen leaves tussling […]

What became known as Covid-19, or the coronavirus, started in late 2019 and early 2020 in the Chinese city of Wuhan as a cluster of pneumonia cases with an unknown cause. The cause of the pneumonia was found to be a new virus – severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or Sars-CoV-2. The illness caused […]

Are you confused why this is more than just the flu? This was the best thing I found on the Internet to explain it, have a read .. Feeling confused as to why Coronavirus is a bigger deal than Seasonal flu? Here it is in a nutshell. I hope this helps. Feel free to share […]

  COVID -19 Outbreak Guidelines for Setting up Isolation Facility/Ward National Centre for Disease Control 22 Sham Nath Marg, Delhi 110054 Directorate General of Health Services Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Government of India Table of Contents A. Quarantine and isolation 1 B. Setting up isolation facility/ward 2 C. Checklist for isolation rooms […]

Please Read – Letter from MDs in Boston to our Community bracing for a calamity of epic proportion. “As there is so much confusion, misinformation and denial on social media about the coronavirus we hope to explain, in plain language, why the experts see this as such an emergency. Many people are reading the claim […]

At the moment the disease Covid 19 is in stage 2 in India. Community transmission has not yet documented so far. But surely will happen this week or in next couple of weeks.. To “‘flatten the curve” strategy countries are coming up with drastic measures including lockdown of cities and towns. In India most states […]

कृपया जरूर पढ़ें: ये ट्विटर थ्रेड (मैसेज श्रंखला) है इटली के लोगों की.. मैं इसे अपने हिंदी भाषी दोस्तों के लिए ट्रांसलेट कर रहा हूँ.. पढ़िए और समझिये कि हमारा और आपका सामना किस से होने वाला है अगर आप अभी भी अपने दोस्तों के साथ घूम रहे हैं, होटल जा रहे हैं, पार्टी कर […]

भारत सरकार GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Novel Corona Virus The Helpline Number for corona-virus : +91-11-23978046 Toll Free No: 1075 The Helpline Numbers of States & Union Territories for corona-virus The Helpline Email ID for corona-virus : ncov2019[at]gov[dot]in Advisory – Social Distancing Guidelines on Dead Body Management DoPT OM – Preventive measures to be taken to […]

संत सूरदासजी का  जन्म मथुरा के रुनकता नाम के गांव में सन 1540 में हुआ। सुरदासजी जन्म से ही अंधे थे और वे श्रीकृष्‍ण के अनन्न भक्त थे। जानकार लोग कहते हैं कि यह पद सुरदासजी ने तब लिखा था जब मथुरा पर मुगलों का आक्रमण होने वाला था।   संत सूरदासजी के नाम से […]

  Information Management in the context of COVID-19  Rational for Data and Information for COVID-19 preparedness and response • For tracking of cases and contacts and to provide care and treatment • For rapid detection of new cases where the SARS- CoV-2 is not circulating; • To provide epidemiological information to conduct risk […]

National Training of Trainers for COVID-19 March 6, 2020 Samples to be collected • Essential samples: – Throat swab (oropharyngeal swab). – Nasal swab (Nasopharyngeal swab) • Other preferred samples: – Bronchoalveolar lavage – Tracheal aspirate – Sputum • In lab confirmed patients: – Blood – Stool and urine – Wide mouth sterile plastic containers […]

 Government of India Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Directorate General of Health Services (EMR Division) Guidelines on Clinical Management of COVID – 19 This document is intended for clinicians taking care of hospitalised adult and paediatric patients of COVID – 19. It is not meant to replace clinical judgment or specialist consultation but […]

Broken pottery reveals the sheer devastation caused by the Black Death A 14th century woodcut showing victims of the plague. (The National Library of Medicine) By Sarah Kaplan  Reporter May 25, 2016 at 12:13 a.m. GMT+5:30 Working in the quiet villages of rural eastern Britain, surrounded by well-tended gardens and quaint country homes, Carenza Lewis has […]

Whenever a virus jumps from its natural host to another host (like humans), it tends to be virulent during the first few days, chiefly because the new host doesn’t have specific protective immunity against the novel virus. This results in higher mortality during the first few days or weeks. However, innate immunity provides protection to […]

Letter to the Editor Giuseppe Lippi* and Mario Plebani https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2020-0198 Received for publication February 24, 2020 Keywords: coronavirus; COVID-19; laboratory medicine; laboratory tests; prognosis. To the Editor, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a form of respira- tory and systemic zoonosis caused by a virus belonging to the Coronaviridae family, originated from the town of Wuhan in […]

               COVID-19 The right clinical information, right where it’s needed  Last updated: Mar 12, 2020 Table of Contents Summary 3 Basics 4 Definition 4 Epidemiology 4 Aetiology 5 Pathophysiology 6 Prevention 8 Primary prevention 8 Screening 9 Secondary prevention 9 […]

Q&A with Peter 100 Questions of Peter Piot, Director of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine by Director, TEDMED Foundation, Jay Walker  1. TEDMED: Let’s start with the basics. What is a virus? A virus is a very tiny particle of RNA or DNA genetic code protected by an outer protein wrapper. 2. […]

Save lives with Social Distancing: How to protect your family from coronavirus, primed to hit India like a bomb March 16, 2020, 2:00 AM IST Devi Shetty in TOI Edit Page | Edit Page, India | TOI Biogen, a Boston-based biotech company, held a conference in the last week of February. 175 senior managers from […]

Story My 15-year-old son locks himself with his girlfriend inside our bedroom: What THE HELL? Dr. Harish Shetty [An Imaginary Conversation] “The HOME is a Laboratory where habits are shaped. Never fear children, they are waiting for ‘democratic’ conversations but remember you have the veto power. ” Father: What do I do? He again locked […]

 A THERAPIST’S GUIDE TO JEFFREY A. CULLY, PH.D. ANDRA L. TETEN, PH.D. Published by the Department of Veterans Affairs, South Central Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), 2008. Suggested citation: Cully, J.A., & Teten, A.L. 2008. A Therapist’s Guide to Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Department of Veterans Affairs South Central MIRECC, Houston. […]

VIDYA KRISHNAN 14 March 2020 India continues to respond to COVID-19 with a focus on “imported” cases. With the current limits on testing for the virus, the Indian government is likely blind to the full scale of local transmission. SANJEEV VERMA / HINDUSTAN TIMES / GETTY IMAGES On Friday, 707 employees of a Noida-based leather […]

Health By Harry Stevens March 14, 2020 <div class=”noscript-warning”> Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. </div> After the first case of covid-19, the disease caused by the new strain of coronavirus, was announced in the United States, reports of further infections trickled in slowly. Two months later, that trickle […]

Here’s what happened with the fatality announced yesterday. @db_is_db pieced together the story from different news reports. Mohammed Hussain Siddiqui is a 76-year-old Maulana from Kalburgi, Karnataka. He had returned from Mecca on Feb 29th, landed at Bengaluru airport and proceeded to Kalburgi, 500 km away. He had had a history of hypertension and asthma. […]

I am writing to you from Bergamo, Italy, at the heart of the coronavirus crisis. The news media in the US has not captured the severity of what is happening here. I am writing this post because each of you, today, not the government, not the school district, not the mayor, each individual citizen has […]

8 min read . Updated: 13 Mar 2020, 01:11 PM IST Ajai Sreevatsan Over a century ago, Spanish flu all but destroyed the Indian economy. What can we learn from those experiences? 1918 experience matters because it was the last major pandemic that spread rapidly within India, showing what happens when an unprepared country comes […]

Annals of Internal Medicine ORIGINAL RESEARCH2019 (COVID-19) From Publicly Reported Confirmed Cases: Estimation and Application Stephen A. Lauer, MS, PhD*; Kyra H. Grantz, BA*; Qifang Bi, MHS; Forrest K. Jones, MPH; Qulu Zheng, MHS; Hannah R. Meredith, PhD; Andrew S. Azman, PhD; Nicholas G. Reich, PhD; and Justin Lessler, PhD Background: A novel human coronavirus, […]

  March 2020 In January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of a new coronavirus disease in Hubei Province, China to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. WHO stated there is a high risk of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spreading to other countries around the world. WHO and […]

 रजि री स.ं डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. NO. D. L.-33004/99 स.ं 141] No. 141] CG-DL-E-11032020-218601 असाधारण EXTRAORDINARY भाग II—ख ड 3—उप-ख ड (i) PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) ाजधकार से काजित PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY नई दि ली, सगमिार, माचच 9, 2020/फा गनस 19, 1941 NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 2020/PHALGUNA 19, 1941 मजिला और बाल जिकास […]

A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism. Viruses can infect all types of life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms, including bacteria and archaea.[1] Virus Rotavirus Virus classification (unranked): Virus Various See text Since Dmitri Ivanovsky’s 1892 article describing a non-bacterial pathogen infecting tobacco […]

Dr K K Aggarwal, Dr Rajan Sharma and Dr R V Asokan This time of crisis is generating stress in the population. These mental health considerations were developed by the Mental Health Department of WHO as support for mental and psychological well-being during COVID-19 outbreak. General population 1. COVID-19 has and is likely to affect […]

As the dreaded coronavirus appeared to spread in India, top Chinese doctors treating patients in Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak, on March 4 advised their Indian counterparts to prepare plans, train medical staff and educate the public about wearing masks and washing of hands to contain the disease. Four top medical specialists, who were […]

  D     Emerging infectious disease outbreaks, such as COVID-19, cause significant fear and uncertainty. Psychiatrists can play an important role in supporting the well-being of patients and families, healthcare personnel, and the general public.        JARUN011/ADOBESTOCK Joshua C. Morganstein, M when and where to […]

AIIMS, New Delhi February 5, 2020 When to suspect Any patient with acute respiratory illness with: 1. A history of travel to or residence in China in the 14 days prior to symptom onset, or 2. Close contact with a confirmed/ suspected case of 2019-nCoV in the 14 days prior to symptom onset, or 3. […]

Women’s Day and A Frightening Secret ©️Dr. Rajas Deshpande A well respected senior, a social celebrity, walked in with his daughter. Cultured, proud people. Probably highly educated and rich. While he was richly dressed in a traditional Indian attire, she wore a saree. Many phone calls had told me since a day prior that he […]

  Student Success Center Stages of Memory There are three stages of memory: Short-Term/Sensory Memory – brief storage until working memory decides what to do with the information Working Memory – the active part of your memory decides how to use what you just learned Long-Term Memory – stores what we have learned but […]

A Magen David Adom worker wears protective clothing as a preventive measure against the coronavirus, outside the special emergency call center in Kiryat Ono, on Thursday. (Flash90) YERUSHALAYIM – A group of researchers in northern Israel said Thursday they had achieved a “scientific breakthrough” in treating coronavirus. At a press conference, researchers of the Migal […]

Different sources estimate the mortality rate for COVID-19 at roughly 2% to 3%—but that could change as the virus rages on. But, the world has been through other outbreaks that were much, much worse. To that end, let’s look at five other viruses that, in their own ways, are more dangerous than COVID-19.  The novel coronavirus—officially […]

Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection when Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection is suspected: Interim Guidance Introduction This is the first edition of this document for novel coronavirus, an adaption of WHO Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection when MERS-CoV infection is suspected publication (2019). This document is intended for clinicians taking care of […]

AIIMS, New Delhi February 5, 2020 When to suspect Any patient with acute respiratory illness with: 1. A history of travel to or residence in China in the 14 days prior to symptom onset, or 2. Close contact with a confirmed/ suspected case of 2019-nCoV in the 14 days prior to symptom onset, or 3. […]

Home care for patients with suspected novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection presenting with mild symptoms, and management of their contacts Interim guidance 04 February 2020  Introduction WHO has developed this rapid advice to meet the need for recommendations on safe home care for patients with suspected novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection who present with mild symptoms1 […]

T he dreams of my youth were simple. Someday I wanted to be like I already was but older. I sought a house to share with a beloved family and a job that I was good at. I wanted to be loved and respected and to feel that way about others in my life. In […]

  02nd March 2020  Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China and Public Health Response 1 Situational Status in China  6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 New Confirmed cases for the day   New Confirmed cases for the day             […]

Can I write my notes later ? I have had doctors bring empty or incomplete files to me of patient who expired and asking me to dictate what should be written in notes. Shocking though this may appear it is not uncommon for doctors to complete the medical records only after an adverse event. Even […]

People with diabetes or heart disease are known to be more at risk from coronavirus, which is starting to spread rapidly in the UK and internationally. That is a concern for the 7.4 million Britons who have some form of cardiac or circulatory disease, which includes 4.8 million people with diabetes. The common risk factor […]

  02nd March 2020  Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China and Public Health Response 1 Situational Status in China  6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0 New Confirmed cases for the day   New Confirmed cases for the day             […]

  DRAFT     Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID 19) Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Government of India 1. INTRODUCTION  1.1 Background  On 31st December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) China Country Office was informed of cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology (unknown cause) detected in Wuhan City, […]

Guidelines on Clinical management of severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) in suspect/confirmed novel coronavirus (nCoV) cases An infection with a novel coronavirus has been reported from China. As 25th January 2020, a total of 1287 cases and 41 deaths were reported in 29 provinces (districts and cities) of China. In addition, 28 cases have been […]

Here we present the results of the online survey conducted by M3 India, regarding general perceptions attached to working abroad, and draw insights from real-life experiences of Indian doctors who have worked abroad. UK is the most preferred country of work We asked the respondents to rank the most coveted foreign countries for work, in […]

Nitrate Rich Vegetables Help Boost Muscle Mitochondria A substance called nitrate, which is abundantly found in vegetables like beetroot, spinach and lettuce, boosts the cellular power plants of the muscles, known as the mitochondria. Inorganic nitrate has been linked for half a century to negative health effects, but contrary evidence has emerged more recently. Prior […]