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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 10:33 AM IST

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

Remdesivir shows 'clear-cut' effect in treating coronavirus, says US

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

30 April 2020 9:36 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 8:36 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 1:55 PM IST

Scientists discover six new coronaviruses in bats

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 4:28 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 | AP)

Hydroxychloroquine study for coronavirus partly stopped as patients...

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

In this March 2020 photo provided by Gilead Sciences, rubber stoppers are placed onto filled vials of the investigational drug remdesivir 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)

WHO Solidarity trial testing antiviral drug remdesivir, as it could...

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 pharmacy technologist using a biosafety level 2 hood prepares a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine candidate for testing 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 being done to see whether vaccines for TB and Polio could be...

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

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 5:02 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 7:20 AM IST

A 3D medical illustration of 2019 Novel Coronavirus, derived from a CDC released image. The cross-section shows the inner components of the virus. (Photo | Creative Commons - Scientificanimations.com)

Scientists find that SARS-CoV-2 mutated rapidly, map out three...

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 7:47 PM IST

A boy reacts to a swab test during lockdown to control the spread of the new coronavirus in Ahmedabad. AP Photo

Scientists identify six potential drugs to tackle coronavirus outbreak

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

10 April 2020 3:33 PM IST