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Over 1,500 bat species carry thousands of deadly viruses but rarely get sick, and scientists are only just beginning to understand whyBats possess a unique, preactivated innate immune defense that stops viruses from fully replicating, even after cell entry. This remarkable...
Hantavirus scientists were close to vaccine but ran out of moneyScientists in Chile developed antibodies that successfully neutralised the deadly Andes hantavirus in lab and animal studies, raising hopes...
Russia submits application to WHO for accelerated registration, prequalification of Sputnik V vaccineThe Prequalification of Medicines Programme is a United Nations programme managed by WHO. It is the only global medicines quality assurance...
No carelessness till medicine is developed: PM on COVID-19"Jab tak dawai nahi, tab tak dhilai nahi. Do gaj ki doori, mask hai jaroori (Face mask and maintainting distance of two yards is necessary)...
Patanjali says didn’t claim 'cure’ for Covid; Ayush Ministry says Coronil is immunity booster & can't be sold as cureAddressing the media, Patanjali Ayurved promoter Baba Ramdev said: “All clinical trial documents have been shared with Ayush Ministry. Ther...
Patients import Remdesivir even as domestic companies await nodRemdesivir is the first drug to show an improvement in Covid patients during clinical trials.
Russian drug to treat Covid to be delivered to hospitals in JuneAvifavir is Russia’s first COVID-19 drug and has shown high efficacy in treating patients with coronavirus during clinical trials. Avifavir...
India's Covid count goes past 1,50,000The total number of coronavirus infections in India rose to 1,51,767 in the past 24 hours, according to Union Health ministry's latest upda...
India will have to play key role in mass production of coronavirus vaccine: FranceDozens of researchers across the globe are racing against time to come out with a vaccine for coronavirus that has infected nearly five mil...
The reason why Indian doctors haven't prescribed Remdesivir yetThe US has given emergency approval to use the antiviral drug for the treatment of critical Covid-19 patients.
Kerala may tweak healthcare administration to link modern and traditional medicine systemsThe Kerala task force report points out how China effectively used traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in tandem with modern medicine to pre...
Trump seeks Modi's help to release Hydroxychloroquine ordered by US to treat COVID-19 patientsIndia on April 4 banned the export of Hydroxychloroquine and its formulations with immediate effect.
Can 'Ars Alb-30' protect you from Covid-19? AYUSH Ministry thinks soPanic-stricken citizens are flocking to homoeopathy doctors for consultation, and also to get prescriptions for arcenium album. Manufacture...
How can you find out if you have Coronavirus? You will have to take one of these 5 testsHere we try to collate the relevant info on how it is being tested and found out if one has caught coronavirus that has already killed in t...
A Mumbai company is working on a potential coronavirus medicineFavipiravir, an off-patent drug originally owned by Japanese drug maker Fuji, holds potential against RNA viruses, one of which is Covid-19...
How long will India's coronavirus medicines hold out? Here's the latest dataA committee formed by the government has assured that India need not worry about drug shortages. The committee, in its report, has said tha...
China reports 648 new cases of Coronavirus on Feb 22, 97 more deathsThe central province of Hubei, the epicentre of the outbreak, reported 96 new deaths, of which 82 were in the provincial capital, Wuhan.
South Korea confirms 52 more coronavirus cases, total 156More than 80 members of Shincheonji have now been infected, starting with a 61-year-old woman who developed a fever on February 10 but atte...
Covid-19 impact: Govt won’t penalise companies hit by supply shortagesThe memo, issued by the department of expenditure under finance ministry, advised ministries that “disruption of supply chain due to spread...
More than half of coronavirus cases in Hubei treated with traditional Chinese medicine: OfficialThe Chinese government has also approved field trials for experimental US antiviral drug, Remdesivir to treat coronavirus patients. The dea...