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Illama-derived antibodies may block coronavirus entry into host cells:...

According to the study, published in journal Cell, this protein, called the spike protein, allows the coronavirus to...

30 April 2020 9:59 AM IST

US says remdesivir shows clear-cut effect in treating coronavirus. (Photo- Stig Alen¤s | Dreamstime.com)

Remdesivir works! It's the first drug to show promise against...

The finding represents the first time any medication has been shown to improve outcomes against the COVID-19 illness

30 April 2020 9:32 AM IST

Health workers wearing protective suits prepare to disinfect a locality, during the nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Hyderabad, Sunday, April 26, 2020. (PTI)

Docs ask Telangana: What do you think you're doing?

Senior specialists say Telangana may be bidding for herd immunity but that may not be easy to achieve

28 April 2020 9:18 AM IST

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