Shreya Sharma
Shreya Sharma is a student of Psychology. She is a social media enthusiast with special interest in public health. You can reach her at: shreya6sh@gmail.com
Ultraviolet light of particular wavelength can safely disinfect 99.9% airborne coronaviruses in indoor environments
More than 99.9% of seasonal coronaviruses present in airborne droplets were killed when exposed to a particular wavelength of ultraviolet light that is safe to use...
Vertical transmission of COVID-19 infection from mother to baby during pregnancy is as low as 2-5%
Transmission of COVID-19 from mother to baby during pregnancy is uncommon, and the rate of infection is no greater than 2-5%, finds a new...
Population-wide facemask use could reduce transmission of COVID-19 and prevent a second wave of the disease
Population-wide use of facemasks keeps the coronavirus 'reproduction number' under 1.0, and prevents further waves of the virus when combined with lockdowns, suggests a...
High doses of Vitamin D supplementation may do more harm than good in preventing or treating COVID-19
Scientists from the UK, Europe and the USA have published a vitamin D consensus paper warning against high doses of vitamin D supplementation...
Health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan tells Lok Sabha that 5799 private doctors registered to check pregnant women on the 9th of every month
Responding to prime minister Narendra Modi's call, close to six thousand private practitioners have been conducting antenatal...
Study shows despite high incidence of hypertension in India, only 45% of those with high blood pressure know it
It is a well acknowledged fact that the incidence of hypertension in Indians is very high. What is perhaps more scary...
Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar succumbed on Sunday to pancreatic cancer. Medibulletin takes you through the disease
As India bids adieu to Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, there are questions hanging in the air on pancreatic cancer. With images of...
Many PMJAY beneficiaries from Jharkhand met prime minister Modi during his trip to the state to thank him
As Ayushman Bharat -Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) completes 150 days, prime minister Narendra Modi returned to Jharkhand to interact with...
Delhi has reported 168 swine flu cases this year while Gujarat reported 210 cases; neither state saw any deaths
BJP president Amit Shah may have recovered from swine flu and resumed his normal punishing schedule - Shah attended a meeting...
Ayushman Bharat PMJAY is the first government scheme to start proactive fraud detection
If there's a welfare scheme, there's a fraud. And as the biggest government health insurance scheme in the world, Ayushman Bharat PMJAY is acutely aware of it.
That...
