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A Russian medical worker adminsters a shot of Russias experimental Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in Moscow, Russia. Russian health authorities have launched advanced trials of the vaccine among 40,000 volunteers, a randomized, placebo-controlled study. (AP)

Don-'t expect coronavirus vaccine in public before fall of 2021, say...

Researchers at McGill University in Canada carried out a survey of 28 experts working in vaccinology in late June 2020.

2 Oct 2020 9:38 PM IST

Covids not a laughing matter, experts say.

How not to spread Covid-19: Just don-'t shout or LOL

Aerosols are generated by frenetic facial activity

15 Sept 2020 12:44 PM IST

Hyderabad eye hospitals report 80% drop in consultations due to Covid-19

Hyderabad eye hospitals report 80% drop in consultations due to...

Ophthalmologists say people with eye ailments are staying home and trying out home remedies

15 Sept 2020 11:39 AM IST

Covaxin is candidate vaccine being tested by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech.

Covaxin test on animals show sign of hope

The animal trials were conducted on 20 monkeys in India and three different vaccine candidates were tried on them

13 Sept 2020 3:27 PM IST

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Rare positioning of six planets today

Sundayâ€™s planet position brings bad omen for mankind: Astrologer

13 Sept 2020 12:53 PM IST

Use of convalescent plasma therapy in coronavirus-infected patients does not help in reducing mortality or progression to severe COVID-19. (Representative Image)

Plasma therapy does not really help beat COVID-19, finds ICMR study

The National Task Force for COVID-19, a committee formed by ICMR to respond to the pandemic, has reviewed and approved...

9 Sept 2020 11:00 AM IST

The presence of antibodies indicates previous exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus but may not always translate into protection against the disease, say scientists. (PTI Photo)

Antibodies may not guarantee protection against COVID-19, say...

The scientist noted that surveys are reporting people as just -'positive-' or -'negative-' and not analysing antibody...

8 Sept 2020 1:42 PM IST

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Monsoon pattern changing in India: Himalayas, south to get more...

The researchers studied the Indian monsoon precipitation data of nearly five decades between 1971 and 2017

4 Sept 2020 2:21 PM IST

The international commission, made up of 18 experts from different disciplines, said that genome editing on embryos should not be used to create a pregnancy unless it has been clearly established that the changes can be reliably made without also making undesired changes . (Photo |

Gene editing to produce disease-free babies not yet entirely safe, say...

An international commission aimed to provide a framework for countries considering the use of the technology.

3 Sept 2020 10:20 PM IST

Dexamethasone has been in widespread use in intensive care wards treating COVID-19 patients in some countries. (PTI Photo)

Steroids hailed as -'strongly recommeded-' drug for seriously ill...

The analysis found that steroids improve survival rates of COVID-19 patients sick enough to be in intensive care in...

3 Sept 2020 9:26 AM IST

Monika More, the young woman from Mumbai who received the hand transplants. (Facebook)

Organ harvest makes brain-dead man a true Covid hero

Lungs transplanted to Covid patient, hands give hope to Mumbai accident victim

29 Aug 2020 8:09 PM IST

The Oxford vaccine candidate has been administered to two

Two volunteers who were given Oxford vaccine are fine

The vaccine trials are being conducted by the Serum Institute of India in Pune

27 Aug 2020 12:19 PM IST