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A health worker preserves a nasal swab sample of a person. (AP)

Self-swabbing for COVID-19 tests also gives accurate results: Study

Allowing people to collect their own sample has many advantages, like increasing testing capacity by distributing more...

15 Jun 2020 6:02 PM IST

A security officer stands guard outside the Xinfadi wholesale food market district in Beijing. (AP)

In asymptomatic patients, the virus could be silently damaging their...

Up to 45 per cent of coronavirus infections may be asymptomatic, a new study reveals

13 Jun 2020 2:55 PM IST

Medics collect a swab sample of a sweeper for COVID-19 testing at MCD office, during the ongoing nationwide lockdown, in Patiala. (PTI)

Study reveals COVID-19 threatens entire nervous system

According to the research, nearly half of hospitalised patients have neurological manifestations like dizziness,...

12 Jun 2020 3:54 PM IST

A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the new coronavirus dances with a parasol at a public park in Beijing. (AP)

Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves: Study

Even homemade masks can dramatically reduce transmission rates if enough people wear them in public

10 Jun 2020 12:01 PM IST

Controversial Lancet study linking HCQ treatment with death risk in COVID-19 patients retracted. (AFP Photo)

Controversial study on HCQ link to COVID-19 death risk retracted

Scientists concluded that treating COVID-19 with drugs was linked to decreased chances of in-hospital survival

5 Jun 2020 1:08 PM IST

A malaria drug President Donald Trump took to try to prevent COVID-19 proved ineffective. (Photo)

Hydroxychloroquine can't prevent COVID-19, says new study

Hydroxychloroquine and a similar drug, chloroquine, have been the subject of much debate since Trump started promoting...

4 Jun 2020 10:52 AM IST

Scientists at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology say the virulent strain could be the cause of higher mortality seen in some states of India.

CCMB claims discovery of more virulent strain of COVID-19 virus in...

Hyderabad research institute says the virus mutated in India in the face of local host genetics

4 Jun 2020 9:37 AM IST

Representational Image. (AFP)

Scientists hunt for pandemic hotspots to test vaccines

Transmission rates may be at such low levels at some places that there is not enough disease circulating to truly test...

1 Jun 2020 4:16 PM IST

A pharmacy tech holds a pill of Hydroxychloroquine at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah. (AFP)

US sends 2 million doses of malaria drug to Brazil for COVID-19...

No large, rigorous scientific studies have found the drug, hydroxychloroquine, safe or effective for preventing or...

1 Jun 2020 9:55 AM IST

Chandrabali Datta, who was born in Kolkata, works in the Clinical Biomanufacturing Facility at the universitys Jenner Institute. (DC Photo)

Covid19 vaccine project is a humanitarian cause: Indian-origin...

The 34-year-old's role as a Quality Assurance Manager means to ensure compliance are met before the vaccine could...

31 May 2020 10:13 AM IST

Hospital staff shifts a COVID-19 patient to a special ward for treatment. (PTI)

Patients who undergo surgery after COVID infection at increased death...

Mortality rates were higher in men versus women, and in patients aged 70 years or over versus those aged under 70 years

30 May 2020 1:09 PM IST

A worker caresses cats at the Public Animal Shelter of the Guaratiba neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AFP)

Coronavirus 'shapeshifts' to jump from animals to humans: Study

Researchers conduct genetic analysis of the novel coronavirus and confirmed that its closest relative is a coronavirus...

30 May 2020 12:28 PM IST