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Medicine For Covid-19
Fabiflu Coronavirus, also known as COVID 19, is a global pandemic that is currently afflicting the entire world. It currently lacks an authorized and successful treatment or vaccine. Fabiflu is the first DGCI...Read More
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Precautions for Covid-19
Precautations To Avoid Covid-19! Keep Your Distance Since it is difficult to determine who is infected and who isn't, avoid direct contact with those around you. If anyone nearby is coughing or sneezing,...Read More
U.S. to distribute 150 million rapid Coronavirus tests says Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced plans to distribute a whopping 150 million 15-minute rapid COVID-19 tests in the coming weeks, a decision he said is aimed at supporting efforts to reopen economies and...Read More
For Coronavirus, India's Feluda Better Than Rapid Antigen Test says scientists
New Delhi: More accurate than a rapid antigen test and almost as quick, India's CRISPR 'Feluda' COVID-19 test that changes colour on detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus could be a cheaper, faster and simpler...Read More
How to protect the heart during the COVID 19 pandemic
We all know at least one person who has succumbed to a heart issue. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) affect people across ages and it is not surprising that it is the leading cause of mortality in India. One in 4 deaths...Read More
Global Coronavirus Death Toll Could Hit 2 Million Before COVID 19 Vaccine in Wide Use, Says WHO
GENEVA/ZURICH: The global death toll from COVID-19 could double to 2 million before a successful vaccine is widely used and could be even higher without concerted action to curb the pandemic, an official at the...Read More
Startup develops indigenous ICMR-approved RT-PCR Coronavirus test kit
Equine Biotech, a startup incubated at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has developed an indigenous RT-PCR diagnostic kit called "GlobalTM diagnostic kit" for accurate and affordable diagnosis of Covid-19. The...Read More
Johnson & Johnson Coronavirus Vaccine Produces Strong Immune Response In starting Trial
A single dose of Johnson & Johnson's experimental COVID-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response against the novel coronavirus in an early-to-mid stage clinical trial, according to interim results published...Read More
Low levels of zinc in the blood may increase the risk of death in coronavirus patients, study reveals
So far, more than 31 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported throughout the world; around 9.7 lakh of the confirmed have died due to related complications. The deaths have been more prevalent in the...Read More
COVID 19 Mutating, Evolving, Study shows Amid US Surge
Scientists in Houston on Wednesday released a study of more than 5,000 genetic sequences of the coronavirus, which reveals the virus's continual accumulation of mutations, one of which may have made it more...Read More
Arvind Kejriwal: Delhi Has Already Peaked In coronavirus 2nd Wave, Experts Say
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today said the national capital witnessed the second wave of COVID-19 and has now turned the corner. The sudden daily spike in cases crossing 4,000, which took place...Read More
CDC removes the airborne transmission guidance
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention introduced — and then on Monday quietly withdrew — guidance on its website acknowledging that coronavirus is transmitted mainly through the air. The rapid reversal...Read More
New cases drop by 20% as coronavirus testing dips
NEW DELHI: India’s daily Covid-19 case tally dropped by nearly 20% on Monday as sharply reduced testing on Sunday resulted in lower detection of infections. Monday’s count of 73,279 cases across the country...Read More
A new probe that mimics COVID 19 may speed up the drug discovery, say, scientists
The novel tool, described in the journal ACS Nano, is a fluorescent nanoparticle probe with the spike protein that is present on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which it uses to bind to human cells and enter...Read More
Zydus Cadila chairman says India needs to invest Rs 3,000-5,000 crore to create additional manufacturing facilities for coronavirus vaccine
A vaccine is definitely needed to control the spread of this disease, but the vaccine alone is not enough, and other efforts such as social distancing, wearing mask, isolating and testing people will continue to...Read More
FELUDA, India’s first CRISPR coronavirus test gets regulator Nod
A joint effort of the Tata Group and CSIR-IGIB, FELUDA moved from R&D to a high-accuracy, scalable and reliable test in less than 100 days FELUDA, the Tata CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic...Read More
It's in our genes: What is aid in India's low mortality rate
A study conducted by top genetic experts has revealed that Indians should be thankful to their genes for tiding over the Covid pandemic with a relatively lesser mortality rate as compared to the US and European...Read More
The new COVID 19 can infect brain cells, study finds
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can sometimes hijack brain cells, using the cells' internal machinery to copy itself, according to a new study. The research, posted Sept. 8 to the preprint database bioRxiv,...Read More
COVID-19 study links strict social distancing to lower the chance of spreading infection.
Using public transportation, visiting a place of worship, or otherwise traveling from the home is associated with a significantly higher likelihood of testing positive with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, while practicing...Read More
When Will COVID 19 Vaccine Distribution starts?
The details of a plan to rapidly deliver a future coronavirus vaccine to Americans were unveiled by federal officials on Wednesday. Two of the key parts of the plan are to begin distributing a vaccine with 24 hours...Read More
Donor Plasma Therapy for Severe coronavirus cased
Using the donated blood plasma of COVID-19 survivors to treat patients in the throes of severe coronavirus illness has met with some controversy. But a small new study suggests it could have real merit. The study...Read More
Kochi-based drug company to start phase 2b trials of coronavirus drug next week
Chennai: PNB Vesper Life’s chief executive PN Balaram is upbeat the company’s experimental drug PNB-001 will be effective in treating symptoms of Covid-19. The Kochi-based pharma company is set to begin clinical...Read More
Antibodies fight off the new COVID 19, but what the T cells do?
Our immune systems are primed to fight off viruses. As evidence about how our bodies react to SARS-CoV-2 emerges, we look at how different immune cells work together to fend off the new coronavirus, and why T cells...Read More
BHU professor study shows why less Indians dying of coronavirus
PRAYAGRAJ: If you have been thinking why the mortality rate of Covid-19 has been much higher in European countries and in the United States as compared to India and Southeast Asian countries, a research team led...Read More
Serum Institute Gets Nod To Resume Oxford coronavirus Vaccine Trial In India
New Delhi: Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) Dr VG Somani on Tuesday gave permission to Serum Institute of India to resume clinical trial of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the country while revoking...Read More
COVID 19: How does the loss of smell from coronavirus feel like? We ask a COVID 19 infected survivor
How does the loss of smell from COVID-19 actually feel like? We ask a COVID-19 survivor As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc across the globe, it has been established by now that the SARS-CoV-2 virus manifests...Read More
Pandemic versus pandemic: COVID 19 hampers battle against HIV
As Covid-19 swept through the South, Mel Prince watched with alarm as some of the HIV positive patients she helps in the rural Black Belt stopped showing up for lab tests and doctor’s visits. Some fell back into...Read More
Harsh Vardhan says India Has Been Able To Limit coronavirus Deaths To 55 Per Million Population.
New Delhi: Owing to the nationwide efforts the COVID-19 related deaths have been limited to 55 per million population, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday (September 14). Speaking in the Lok Sabha,...Read More
Clarified: Why do Coronavirus patients on ventilator face nerve harm?
Severely ill Covid-19 patients on ventilators are made to lie face down because it’s easier for them to breathe. But that position can also cause permanent nerve damage, according to a new study. The study from...Read More
China COVID 19 Vaccine May Be Ready For Public In November: Official
Beijing: Coronavirus vaccines being developed in China may be ready for use by the general public as early as November, an official with the China Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. China has...Read More
