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There has been an unprecedented spur in the demand for plasma. (Photo: PTI)

Top medical experts welcome move to remove plasma therapy from...

Earlier, as per the ICMR advisory on April 22, Convalescent plasma (Off label) was considered only when certain criteria...

18 May 2021 12:53 PM IST

COVAXIN is one of the three COVID-19 vaccines that are currently available in the country. (Photo: PTI)

COVAXIN effective against coronavirus strains found in India, UK

These findings are from a study conducted in collaboration with the National Institute of Virology - India Council of...

16 May 2021 1:54 PM IST

Treatment includes aggressive surgery and long term follow-up along with anti-fungal medications. Cost of such medicines runs into lakhs for prescribed quantity and duration. (Representational Photo: AP)

Steroids causing mucormycosis, with 4060% mortality rate

Mucormycosis starts spreading within days if not recognised and treated at early stages, ideally within the first 48...

11 May 2021 12:10 AM IST

Though there has been no official word from the state government yet on this emerging threat to lives of current and some recovered Coronavirus patients, mucormycosis or Black Fungus infection within this group of people is making some blind and taking lives of others. (Representational Photo: AFP)

Black Fungus time bomb ticking in Covid wake

Hyderabad alone is seeing anywhere up to 10 or more cases of mucormycosis a day

11 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Medical staff collect swab sample from a person for COVID testing at a Community Hall at Resapuvanipalem in Visakhapatnam Saturday. Pic: P. Narasimha Murthy

COVID-19: Gap of six weeks ideal for vaccination after recovery

At least 4 weeks wait recommended for even infected to get jab

7 May 2021 12:11 AM IST

A medic administers the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a woman, at Max Hospital in Saket, New Delhi, Thursday, April 1, 2021. The third phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive for 65 lakh people aged above 45 has begun in the national capital from today. (PTI /Kamal Singh)

Single vaccine dose can reduce household COVID-19 transmission by up...

Researchers found protection was present about 14 days after vaccination and remained steady despite the different ages...

29 April 2021 1:12 PM IST

View of a vial of Indias COVAXIN vaccine against COVID-19. (AFP)

COVAXIN effective against multiple variants of SARS-COV-2, double...

This development comes amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic being witnessed across the country

21 April 2021 1:44 PM IST

Their findings shows that anywhere from 33 to 59 per cent of all Covid-19 transmissions in the world were not related to people coughing or sneezing. (Photo: AFP)

Virus infections predominantly by air: Lancet

Aerosol particles do not need a carrier', such as a droplet, for the virus to ride on

17 April 2021 1:20 AM IST

The infection has been spreading from one child to another, as children rub their eyes due to irritation but do not follow any hand hygiene, leading to the spread of conjunctivitis.

Conjunctivitis could be a symptom for Covid

Conjunctivitis is being viewed as a symptom of Covid-19 that is spread by new mutated strains of the Coronavirus

17 April 2021 12:03 AM IST

With all three variants of concern in India having come from the UK, South Africa and Brazil, doctors are not sure which variant they are dealing with. (Representational Photo: AFP)

No change in disease pattern due to Covid double mutation, say doctors

If the new variant spreads and leads to changes in disease patterns or to a higher mortality rate, then it would be a...

9 April 2021 4:43 AM IST

While two women scientists of Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal, shared details of a cost effective sensor developed from waste material to trace these toxic contaminants.

IIT Hyderabad develops low-cost power battery

The novel dual carbon battery, comprising zero transition metals, is environmentally benign

6 April 2021 9:03 AM IST

Supermoons have become popular over the last few decades. Representational image/AP

Celestial spectacle enthuses many; moon shines brighter

While the people were in awe of the moon, amateur astronomers chanced upon the opportunity to have a look at the earth's...

1 April 2021 2:08 AM IST