 | Infrastructure, manpower shortage ails services at Health and Wellness Centres: ReportThe only state, which faced no healthcare workers shortage, was Mizoram. |
 | Nation's health centres functioning hampered by lack of infrastructureOverall, there has been an improvement in inequity in access, despite existing constraints such as infrastructure availability and status of peripheral health facilities. |
 | Don’t fall for fake news, NEET-PG on scheduleThe Union Health Ministry on Saturday clarified that the National Eligibility Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG) will be held on May 21 as per the schedule. |
 | WHO Covid death report 'baseless', attempt to 'tarnish' India's image, say health ministersIndia is likely to raise the issue at the World Health Assembly and other multilateral forums, sources in the ministry said. |
 | AP bags national award for malaria eliminationFor the last three years, the AP government has strived to make the State malaria-free and succeeded in bringing down malaria cases from 6,040 in 2018 to 1,139 in 2021. |
 | Delhi, Bihar government to reimburse Centre for using COVID jabs as free precaution doseThe Delhi government had written to the Union Health Ministry, saying that the uptake of precaution doses at private COVID vaccination centres was not very promising. |
 | Centre writes to five states, asks them to monitor spread of COVID infection amid surge in casesIn a letter to these states, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said a few states are reporting a higher contribution to India's cases and higher positivity. |
 | Daily COVID-19 cases nearly doubled in past 24 hours to more than 2,000: Union Health MinistryThe country logged 2,183 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,44,280, while the active cases declined to 11,542. |
 | India logs 795 new COVID-19 cases; active cases dip to 12,054: Union Health MinistryIndia's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20-lakh mark on August 7, 2020, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. |
 | 111 MBBS, BDS seats under All India Quota still vacant in Tamil NaduAccording to data from State Selection Committee, 85 MBBS seats and 26 BDS seats remain vacant after the mop-up round. |
 | Surprise inspection at 12 private medical colleges over complaints of lapses, one shut downShow-cause notices have been issued to the rest of the medical colleges and the NMC will decide the further course of action against them. |
 | India records 1,260 fresh cases of COVID-19, 83 deaths reportedThe active cases count comprised 0.03 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate remained at 98.76 per cent. |
 | India reported 1,335 fresh cases of COVID-19, 52 deaths recordedThe daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.22 per cent and the weekly positivity rate as 0.23 per cent. |
 | National Health Authority seeks feedback on ambitious drug registryThe registry is intended to be a single, up-to-date, centralised repository of all the drugs across all systems of medicine which are approved and are available in the Indian market. |
 | India logs 1,233 fresh cases of COVID-19, 31 deaths reportedThe daily positivity rate was recorded as 0.20 per cent and the weekly positivity rate was recorded as 0.25 per cent. |
