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Covaxin vaccines is being administered by India to children between 15 to 18 years of age. Dr Vikas Maurya, pulmonologist at Fortis Hospital, answers questions about the expiry of vaccines.

Goa, Karnataka and Uttarakhand have recently sanctioned the use of Ivermectin for COVID-19 treatment, and the Union Health Ministry has included it in the COVID Protocol as well

While the World Health Organisation (WHO), Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and the Indian Health Ministry may have differing views about the wait period between COVID-19 vaccine doses, here's what the experts have to say.

“We cannot sit back and say it’s over. There is always a chance of a spike. What is in our hands is to identify patients as early as possible and treat them.”

Dexamethasone is a cheap and widely-used steroid in India, effective in preventing death in extremely ill COVID-19 patients on ventilators.

The Apex Court has ordered that all government and private testing labs do the COVID-19 test for free.

Sometimes it can make things better if we knock on a closed door and say, “You look sad. Maybe I can help. Would you like to talk about something?”

Uncover bleeding wound and put direct pressure on the wound with a thick pad of bandage or cloth to stop bleeding.

"When the research was published, the government made this warning mandatory. It upset a lot of baby food companies. And today, we are saving babies because of this knowledge," says Varanasi's 91-year-old Annapurna Shukla.

The guidelines issued by WHO aims to tackle a larger issue – childhood obesity. Sedentary lifestyles, unhealthy eating habits and the worrisome trend of children choosing to spend more time watching videos than playing outdoors, are all contributing factors.