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The antibody cocktail can be administered for adult patients with mild to moderate symptoms if they are at high risk of developing severe Covid19 infection. (AFP Image)

Antibody cocktail jab as new hope for survival of Covid patients

The antibody cocktail drug being administered to the patients now is a combination of two injections known as...

15 Jun 2021 4:02 AM IST

Your donation has the power to improve, or even save, someones life. (NHS Blood and Transplant)

World Blood Donor Day 2021: Busting myths about blood donation

Myths and rumours about blood donation causes people to often get discouraged about donating blood

15 Jun 2021 12:05 AM IST

The study was designed to assess the immunological memory response in all those patients. (PTI Photo)

Single dose of COVID-19 vaccine sufficient for already infected...

The city-based AIG Hospitals recently published a study conducted on 260 healthcare workers, who got vaccinated between...

14 Jun 2021 8:14 PM IST

Experts have urged the government to start vaccinating pregnant women too as there is data supporting their safety. (Representational Photo:AFP)

Vaccination safe for pregnant women: Study

Though FOGSI recommended vaccination for pregnant women Central govt seems to be still on two minds over whether they...

13 Jun 2021 12:26 AM IST

The study concluded that airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is not only the dominant pathway for transmitting COVID-19, but unmasked speech in confined spaces represents the activity that poses the greatest risk to others. (Representational Image/AFP)

Coronavirus more likely to spread indoors through maskless...

Unmasked speech in confined spaces made bars and restaurants the epicentre of multiple recent superspreading events

9 Jun 2021 4:41 PM IST

The conclusion of the study said that both the vaccines have shown elicited good immune response. (Photo: PTI)

Covishield produced more antibodies than Covaxin, says preliminary...

The study is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed

7 Jun 2021 1:14 PM IST

A health worker collects swab samples of passengers for COVID-19 test at Dadar Railway platform, in Mumbai. (PTI)

Origins of SARS-CoV-2: Why the lab-leak idea is being considered again

Although there may be benefits to gain-of-function experiments, there are also risks

7 Jun 2021 12:57 PM IST

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

New DNA vaccine for COVID-19 effective in mice, hamsters: Study

Some currently available COVID-19 vaccines rely on messenger RNA or mRNA strands

28 May 2021 1:21 PM 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 patients do not require treatment for Covid-19

Those who are testing positive for Covid-19 with black fungus infection are sent to Gandhi Hospital

25 May 2021 9:26 AM IST

Workers look at a phone in front of closed shops during a lockdown imposed by the government amidst rising Covid-19 coronavirus cases. (AFP)

Watching adverse videos may kill Covid patients: Study

The study found that over 90 percent of Coronavirus patients continue using their mobile phones on their beds while...

25 May 2021 12:32 AM IST

Medical staff wearing PPE suits (Personal Protection Equipment) transfers a body of a patient who died of Covid-19 coronavirus into a ambulance at mortuary in New Delhi on May 18, 2021. (Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)

90 percent black fungus cases can be treated with medication,...

Several doctors and experts were present at the webinar organised by the Telangana State Federation of Chambers of...

24 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

This irrational use of steroids has led to a range of side-effects.

Steroids without supplements slow cure for ex-covid patients

Reports back to hospitals with complaints of black fungus, urinary tract infection, recurrent diarrhea and compromised...

22 May 2021 1:32 AM IST