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Guadalajara team cleaning staffers disinfect the areas for the football players, before the start of the Mexican football tournament match between Guadalajara and Atlas in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico. (AFP)Science
We can now trap coronavirus in this -'catch and kill-' air filter

According to a recent study, the device killed 99.8 per cent of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, in a single pass...

8 July 2020 2:42 PM IST

The Telangana government does not acknowledge that the coronavirus has entered the community transmission stage. (PTI)Science
Spanish study on herd immunity indicates Telangana is chasing a mirage

Only 5 per cent of the people in that study developed antibodies to the virus

8 July 2020 10:14 AM IST

Representative Image. (ANI)Science
WHO will review claims of airborne transmission of COVID-19 made by...

“We are aware of the article and are reviewing its contents with our technical experts,” WHO spokesman Tarik...

7 July 2020 1:15 PM IST

Researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) work to control bird flu in Indonesia. (Photo- UN news)Science
To prevent outbreaks like COVID-19, zoonotic diseases need to be...

COVID-19 is one of the worst zoonotic disease, but it is not the first. Ebola, SARS, MERS, HIV, Lyme disease preceded...

7 July 2020 12:37 PM IST

Graffiti painted on a road to raise awareness about the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AFP)Science
India stands nowhere on Covid-19 research, says virologist

Despite having the third largest number of coronavirus cases, India is an outsider when it comes to research on how the...

7 July 2020 11:59 AM IST

A staff scan the e-ticket of a visitor at the Singapore Zoo in Singapore on July 6, 2020, on its first day of reopening to the public after the attraction was temporarily closed due to concerns about the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. (AFP)Science
Can coronavirus spread through air? Hundreds of experts say yes

Scientists say there is evidence that coronavirus is airborne, ask WHO to revise its pandemic guideline

6 July 2020 12:24 PM IST

Governor Arif Mohammed Khan will inaugurate the conference on Thursday. Dr. C Ravindran, organising committee chairman, Dr. Sudhir Choudhri, president- ICS and Dr. Suryakant Tripathi, president-NCCP, among others, will address the inaugural meet.Science
Central government MoST likely very confused over COVID-19 vaccine

Ministry of Science & Technology says a vaccine is unlikely before 2021, and then redacts statement

6 July 2020 9:49 AM IST

Vials of the drug remdesivir during a press conference concerning the start of a study with the Ebola drug to treat severely ill patients afflicted with coronavirus COVID-19, at The University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, northern Germany, amidst the global pandemic. (AFP)Science
Remdesivir gets conditional EU clearance to be used in severe COVID-19...

The move comes just days after Gilead allocated nearly all of its supply of remdesivir for the next three months to the...

5 July 2020 1:48 PM IST

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WHO halts hydroxychloroquine, HIV drugs in COVID trials

Another branch of the WHO-led trial is also looking at the potential effect of Gilead’s antiviral drug remdesivir on...

5 July 2020 10:16 AM IST

Covaxin is candidate vaccine being tested by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech.Science
No freedom from Covid on August 15: Scientists

COVID-19 vaccine can’t be expected till next year; trials, tests needed

5 July 2020 8:34 AM IST

Caregivers attending to coronavirus patients are told to monitor oxygen levels regularly. (Representational image: AP)Science
Home quarantine sufficient for patients with mild symptoms, say...

But a separate room and toilet are absolute necessities

4 July 2020 6:15 PM IST

US Federal Bureau of Investigation and cybersecurity experts believe Chinese hackers are trying to steal research on developing a vaccine against coronavirus. (AFP Photo)Science
Scientists troubled by ICMR-'s deadline for Bharat Biotech-'s COVID-19...

Human trials of vaccines take years to conduct and the results have to be checked and rechecked

4 July 2020 2:14 PM IST

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