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Genetic variation in immune system may affect covid-19 severity: Study

Poor recognition of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, could cause a person to be more vulnerable to the virus

19 April 2020 1:20 PM IST

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Ventilator from old car parts? Afghan girls pursue prototype

The Herat province in western Afghanistan is one of the nation's hot spots because of proximity to Iran

19 April 2020 12:22 PM IST

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Six Indian pharma companies researching to develop corona vaccine

Numerous other vaccine developers have indicated plans to initiate human testing in 2020

16 April 2020 1:41 PM IST

A doctor treats a patient infected with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 at the Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital de Clinicas, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. AFP photo

Visa restrictions stopping doctors from offering service to covid19...

Medical professionals holding H-1B and J-1 visas are not permitted to provide medical care outside of specifically...

16 April 2020 12:27 PM IST

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New test may quickly, accurately detect novel coronavirus: Study

A number of false-negative and -positive test results have been reported

16 April 2020 12:18 PM IST

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Covid dies only at 92ÂºC, summer heat not enough

The authors said that only when samples were heated for 15 minutes at 92 degrees Celsius did the virus die

16 April 2020 10:43 AM IST

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74 mn in Arab world lack hand-washing facility: UN

About 87 million people in the region also lack access to drinking water at home

15 April 2020 5:39 PM IST

A technician makes a medical test kits in a lab at Sophonix, a company which produces test kits for medical use, in Beijing. The company is awaiting regulatory approval for a COVID-19 coronavirus antibody test kit that came out in February. AFP

Corona patients can spread infection two to three days before symptoms...

They analysed throat swabs collected from these patients from when symptoms first appeared until 32 days later

15 April 2020 5:31 PM IST

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Virus challenges: How to protect elderly, educate young

Italy's National Institutes of Health has also launched a survey on nursing home deaths

15 April 2020 3:47 PM IST

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117 million children face measels risk from corona response: WHO

Over two dozen countries have officially suspended measles vaccine programmes

14 April 2020 5:51 PM IST

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Covid 19: Robots to serve food, medicine to patients in Jharkhand

A team of engineers, under the supervision of the DDC, designed and programmed COBOT-Robotics

14 April 2020 2:21 PM IST

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Frontline health workers attending to virus patients battle insomnia

The medical staff also had to wear a full array of personal protective equipment (PPE) for more than 12 hours at a time

14 April 2020 12:25 PM IST