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US president Donald Trump. (AP)

US officially notifies UN of withdrawal from World Health Organization

Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, says he would reverse the decision on his first day in...

8 July 2020 9:44 AM IST

Mylan gets DCGI nod for remdesivir in India, to launch at Rs 4,800 per vial. (AFP Photo)

Mylan Pharma to launch remdesivir in India at Rs 4,800 per 100 mg vial

The drug will be launched under the brand name Desrem in India and will be available to patients later this month

7 July 2020 1:48 PM IST

Researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) work to control bird flu in Indonesia. (Photo- UN news)

To prevent outbreaks like COVID-19, zoonotic diseases need to be...

COVID-19 is one of the worst zoonotic disease, but it is not the first. Ebola, SARS, MERS, HIV, Lyme disease preceded...

7 July 2020 12:41 PM IST

Chinas President Xi Jinping. (AFP)

China detains professor who criticised Xi over coronavirus

Xu Zhangrun, a rare outspoken critic of the government in China's heavily censored academia, was taken from his home in...

6 July 2020 2:16 PM IST

A staff scan the e-ticket of a visitor at the Singapore Zoo in Singapore on July 6, 2020, on its first day of reopening to the public after the attraction was temporarily closed due to concerns about the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. (AFP)

Can coronavirus spread through air? Hundreds of experts say yes

Scientists say there is evidence that coronavirus is airborne, ask WHO to revise its pandemic guideline

6 July 2020 12:36 PM IST

India withdraws plan to reopen Taj Mahal. (AFP Photo)

Taj Mahal won't open today, order cites risk of COVID-19 spread

The government order did not specify the duration of the lockdown for monuments that have been closed since March

6 July 2020 10:51 AM IST

Worshippers gathering before the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabias holy city of Mecca to attend prayers. (AFP)

Saudi Arabia announces haj health measures for domestic pilgrims

Muslims from other countries are barred from the rite for first year in modern times, while number of domestic pilgrims...

6 July 2020 10:29 AM IST

A police officer directs traffic at a roadblock in suburban Melbourne, Australia. (AP)

Australia closes state border for first time in 100 years

Victoria, Australia's most populous state, will be closed off from the rest of the country, and its 6.6 million...

6 July 2020 9:50 AM IST

Delhi L-G Anil Baijal at Covid Care Centre at Radha Soami Satsang Beas (Photo- Twitter)

Delhi LG Anil Baijal inaugurates world's largest COVID-19 care centre...

While Delhi government provided administrative support, ITBP is operating the centre under name "Operation Corona...

5 July 2020 1:59 PM IST

Vials of the drug remdesivir during a press conference concerning the start of a study with the Ebola drug to treat severely ill patients afflicted with coronavirus COVID-19, at The University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, northern Germany, amidst the global pandemic. (AFP)

Remdesivir gets conditional EU clearance to be used in severe COVID-19...

The move comes just days after Gilead allocated nearly all of its supply of remdesivir for the next three months to the...

5 July 2020 1:54 PM IST

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WHO halts hydroxychloroquine, HIV drugs in COVID trials

Another branch of the WHO-led trial is also looking at the potential effect of Gilead's antiviral drug remdesivir on...

5 July 2020 10:21 AM IST

Sex workers wait for clients in the red light district of Harare, Zimbabwe. (AP)

There is no food to take these HIV meds with, say sex workers

Studies have shown that food insecurity is a barrier to taking the drugs daily and can decrease their efficacy

4 July 2020 4:27 PM IST