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The drug, molnupiravir, could provide a much-needed weapon against the virus. (Photo: AP)

New antiviral drug combo highly effective against COVID-19: Study

Combining remdesivir or molnupiravir with experimental drug brequinar blocks reproduction of SARS-CoV-2 virus, the study...

9 Feb 2022 12:25 PM IST

Glenmarks Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray (FabiSpray). (Photo: ANI)

First nasal spray for treating adult COVID-19 patients launched in...

Glenmark received manufacturing and marketing approval from DCGI for Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray

9 Feb 2022 11:46 AM IST

ISRO to kick off launch mission in 2022 with PSLV-C52 on Feb 14

ISRO to kick off launch mission in 2022 with PSLV-C52 on Feb 14

PSLV-C52 is designed to orbit the EOS-04, weighing 1710 kg, into a sun synchronous polar orbit of 529 km

9 Feb 2022 11:26 AM IST

A nurse prepares booster doses of the AstraZenecas COVID-19 vaccine for people over 50 years old at a vaccination center set up at the Benito Juarez Auditorium in Zapopan, state of Jalisco, Mexico. (Photo: AFP)

Vaccine protection better maintained against severe COVID-19: Lancet...

Researchers noted that the protection wanes at different speeds depending on the type of vaccine used

8 Feb 2022 2:26 PM IST

A soldier prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, at a vaccination center at the Central market in Guatemala City. (Photo: AFP)

Triple vaccinated can fight Omicron variant efficiently: Study

The study tracked the antibodies of vaccinated and recovered individuals for two years

4 Feb 2022 4:30 PM IST

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has RNA as its genetic material. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Rosemary compound may block COVID-19 infection, early study suggests

The research found that the compound can block the interaction between the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and the receptor...

2 Feb 2022 12:57 PM IST

- This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (AP)

Covid may remain active, transmissible for longer than recommended...

The researchers wanted to know if a period of 14 days was really long enough for the virus to stop being detectable

31 Jan 2022 12:43 PM IST

India seeks new preferential treatment from US on drugs, other goods. (AFP Photo)

Anti-Covid drugs potent against Omicron, antibody therapies less...

The study also showed that some antibodies have entirely lost their ability to neutralise Omicron at realistic dosages

27 Jan 2022 12:35 PM IST

A nurse prepares booster doses of the AstraZenecas COVID-19 vaccine for people over 50 years old at a vaccination center set up at the Benito Juarez Auditorium in Zapopan, state of Jalisco, Mexico. (Photo: AFP)

Current Covid vaccines may protect from severe disease caused by...

The research also shows fully vaccinated people have fewer memory B cells and neutralising antibodies against Omicron

25 Jan 2022 5:14 PM IST

A dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at Lurie Childrens hospital in Chicago. (Photo: AP)

Nano bubbles could treat, prevent current and future strains of...

The study is the first to show evACE2 proteins are capable of fighting the new SARS-CoV-2 variants

24 Jan 2022 12:24 PM IST

It wasnt clear how a Moon-sized body could have generated a magnetic field that strong. (Photo: Twitter/File)

Study reveals new explanation for Moon-'s half-century magnetic...

Planetary bodies are known to produce magnetic fields through what-'s known as a core dynamo

24 Jan 2022 11:33 AM IST

A medical staff member speaks with a COVID-19 patient in the infectious disease ward of the Strasbourg University Hospital, eastern France. (Photo: AP)

Omicron a -'deviant-' from Covid pandemic progression script:...

Omicron, the highly infectious variant of coronavirus, is driving the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India

16 Jan 2022 2:34 PM IST