Treatment for 1918 Spanish flu, blood transfusions back on table for coronavirus

Patients are infused with blood plasma teeming with immune molecules that helped coronavirus survivors though there's no proof it will work.

Hydroxychloroquine in demand despite lack of clinical evidence to treat coronavirus

Hydroxychloroquine entered the layperson's lexicon with Donald Trump's tweet on March 21.

Devi Sridhar warned that the UK could be in for an endless cycle of lockdown and release, even as the virus has claimed 1,789 lives

Current guidelines “may limit the effectiveness of the proposed interventions” against the deadly pandemic, the researcher says

Trials in China have suggested Avigan could play a role in shortening the recovery time for patients infected with coronavirus.

A travel ban had been imposed on January 23, ahead of the lunar new year, China’s biggest festival

US pharmaceutical Moderna has already moved into human trials for its vaccine candidate, as has China's CanSinoBIO.

The potential drug is a short protein fragment, or peptide, that mimics a protein found on the surface of human cells, researchers said.

Using the technology, within five minutes one can understand why a drug does or does not attach to a COVID-19 protein, researchers said

It may predict the potential spread of the virus by picking up signatures of it in faeces from disease carriers that enter water systems