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A health worker checks the temperature of a man who arrived to board special buses to their villages in Guwahati. (AP)

Six new symptoms added to detect coronavirus infection

Earlier, the CDC's three symptoms of the virus were fever, cough and shortness of breath

28 April 2020 8:32 AM IST

Punes Serum Institute of Indias covid vaccine to be out in the market by October, but only if human trials are successful . (Photo: Serum Institute of India)

Indian firm to test Covid vaccine in 3 weeks; if successful, drug...

If human clinical trials are successful, product will be out in the market by October

26 April 2020 1:53 PM IST

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Scientists discover six new coronaviruses in bats

Experts estimate that thousands of coronaviruses many of which have yet to be discovered are present in bats

15 April 2020 4:22 PM IST

Hydroxychloroquine has long been known to have potentially serious side effects, including altering the heartbeat in a way that could lead to sudden death (Photo | A

Heart problems prompt partial stop of Hydroxychloroquine study for...

One-fourth of those assigned to get 600 milligrams twice a day for 10 days developed heart rhythm problems, and trends...

14 April 2020 2:13 PM IST

n this March 2020 photo provided by Gilead Sciences, a vial of the drug remdesivir is visually inspected at a Gilead manufacturing site in the United States. Given through an IV, the medication is designed to interfere with an enzyme that reproduces viral genetic material. (Photo | AP)

Antiviral drug remdesivir could stop coronavirus from replicating,...

In an observational study, 68 per cent or two out of three patients after treatment with the drug did not require...

14 April 2020 1:51 PM IST

In this Wednesday, April 8, 2020 photo provided by the Center for Pharmaceutical Research, a participant in a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine trial receives an injection in Kansas City, Mo. This early safety study, called a Phase 1 trial, is using a vaccine candidate developed by Inovio Pharmaceuticals. (Photo | AP)

Studies on to test if vaccines for TB and Polio could protect against...

Theories say countries with large BCG-vaccinated populations may fare better against coronavirus but UK with a high...

14 April 2020 1:30 PM IST

MCD workers spray disinfectants at Malka Ganj area during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in New Delhi. PTI

India in the process of flattening the curve, says scientist

The scientist also said India is in a much better shape compared to other nations in the battle against COVID-19

13 April 2020 6:06 PM IST

A worker wearing full protecting gear sanitises a tiger enclosure at the Alipore zoo in Kolkata. (PTI)

Zoos on high alert: Animals under watch 24x7, keepers told to keep...

Central Zoo Authority sends urgent advisory after report of a tiger being corona positive at Bronx Zoo in New York

11 April 2020 1:04 PM IST

Sometimes ventilators are not giving the results doctors expect from them. (File photo:AP)

Doctors tweak ventilator treatment for Covid-19 patients

Ventilator management was crucial in 2009 swine flu cases too

11 April 2020 7:18 AM IST

Images combined from a 3D medical animation, depicting the shape of coronavirus as well as the cross-sectional view. Image shows the major elements including the Spike S protein, HE protein, viral envelope, and helical RNA (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Scientificanimations.com)

Scientists discover three lineages of the rapidly mutating coronavirus

The closest type of COVID-19 to the one in batstype 'A', was present in Wuhan, but was not the city's predominant virus...

10 April 2020 7:40 PM IST

Histowiz lab scientists preparing to test COVID-19 samples from recovered patients on April 8, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York City.AFP Photo

Scientists identify six potential drugs to treat Covid19

After assaying thousands of drugs, researchers found of the six that appear to be effective in inhibiting the enzyme

10 April 2020 3:16 PM IST

The ventilator is not therapeutic. Its a supportive measure while we wait for the patients body to recover. In this photo, a doctor explains about a mechanical ventilator after the drill to test their system capabilities for the COVID-19 coronavirus mass patients influx at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 9, 2020. (Photo | AFP)

Ventilators last resort, some doctors now try other methods for...

A high number of deaths among covid patients on the breathing-assist devices and longer ventilation periods has doctors...

10 April 2020 1:18 PM IST