Hantavirus: Britain secures experimental Japanese drug to strengthen responseBritain has received experimental favipiravir from Japan to treat a deadly hantavirus outbreak. The drug is not licensed in the UK and its ...
19 May, 2026, 11.17 AM IST
Drops Of Essential Oil On The Inside Of The ToiletA popular home hack of adding essential oils to toilet bowls for odor control is questioned by science. While these oils offer a pleasant s...
08 Apr, 2026, 02.45 PM IST
Columbia scientists develop world’s first prototype ‘Universal Antiviral’Scientists at Columbia University are developing a universal antiviral. This treatment aims to protect against many viruses, including infl...
20 Aug, 2025, 05.19 AM IST
New study finds link between Covid antiviral drug & virus mutationsA study published in the journal Nature has found a link between the COVID-19 antiviral drug molnupiravir and a pattern of mutations in the...
26 Sep, 2023, 07.45 PM IST
Early metformin use may cut Covid hospitalisation, death risk by half: StudyThe researchers from the University of Minnesota noted that metformin has been used in the 1950s as an anti-viral called "Fluamine."
20 Aug, 2022, 12.56 AM IST
Neem tree extract can help treat Covid & reduce its spread, says new studyThe study shows that the components of Neem bark may target a wide range of viral proteins.
02 Mar, 2022, 06.50 PM IST
New antiviral drug combo highly effective against COVID-19: Study"Identifying combinations of antivirals is really important, not only because doing so may increase the drugs' potency against the coronavi...
09 Feb, 2022, 12.13 PM IST
Covid pills cannot do the job alone; disease experts say there's no substitute for vaccinesThe antiviral medications stop the virus from replicating in the body.
09 Nov, 2021, 04.24 PM IST
A new oral antiviral drug for COVID-19 is being tested in humans - can it make a difference?One promising drug that could improve things is molnupiravir, an antiviral that's moving into the final stages of testing in humans. Resear...
24 Sep, 2021, 11.55 AM IST
Remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine show no antiviral effect against COVID-19: StudyThe study, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, evaluated the effects of the two drugs on all-cause, in-hospital mortality...
13 Jul, 2021, 09.55 PM IST
New post-infection treatment for COVID-19 identifiedThese protease inhibitors are a class of antiviral drugs that prevent viral reproduction by selectively binding to viral enzymes and blocki...
05 Jul, 2021, 12.49 PM IST
Potential antiviral drug against Covid-19 identified, scientists say it's 'highly effective'It triggers a response against three major types of human respiratory viruses, including Covid.
03 Feb, 2021, 07.19 PM IST
It may be an intriguing idea, but how useful are masks with anti-viral coating?There haven't been enough rigorous independent studies to establish the effectiveness.
11 Nov, 2020, 06.20 PM IST
This face mask with anti-viral layer can deactivate novel coronavirusThe idea is to modify mask fabrics with anti-viral chemicals that can sanitise exhaled, escaped respiratory droplets.
30 Oct, 2020, 05.47 PM IST
Chinese, US scientists identify 2 bacterial secreted proteins effective in inactivating coronavirusAs the development of virus-specific vaccines and antiviral drugs usually take a great deal of time, broad-spectrum antiviral drugs could b...
26 May, 2020, 06.35 PM IST
Previously known antiviral drug can speed up recovery of COVID-19 patients: StudyAccording to the study, published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology, treatment with the drug interferon(IFN)- α2b may significantly ac...
16 May, 2020, 03.24 PM IST
Indian-origin scientist identifies four possible drugs to treat COVID-19The study, published in the journal Pathogens, found that all four drugs were effective in inhibiting, or blocking, the coronavirus' RNA pr...
05 May, 2020, 04.16 PM IST