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No evidence to support Covid-19 spread from dogs to humans

A study published earlier this year claiming the coronavirus (Covid-19) may have jumped from dogs to humans is scientifically flawed, offering no direct evidence to support its conclusions, say researchers.

Jul 15, 2020

COVID-19 killer air filter developed by scientists amid airborne risk

Scientists have developed a "catch and kill" air filter that can trap the virus responsible for Covid-19, killing it instantly.

Jul 11, 2020

Bombay HC questions right to privacy: Should names of Covid-19 positive patients be revealed?

As per the ICMR guidelines, the names of Covid-19 positive persons cannot be declared so as to avoid their stigmatisation.

Jul 10, 2020

Secret to COVID-19 vaccine was in our bodies all along

Coronavirus that originated from Wuhan, China, has already claimed the lives of more than 5,29,000 people worldwide and struck fear in people. But here's new hope for a vaccine.

Jul 4, 2020

How Covid-19 virus damages the endocrine system

The virus that causes Covid-19 binds to the ACE2 receptor, a protein which is expressed in many tissues.

Jul 4, 2020

Covid vaccine soon: Bharat Biotech and ICMR to launch Covaxin by August 15

The ICMR and Bharat Biotech intend to launch an indigenous vaccine for Covid-19 by August 15 after the end of the clinical trials.

Jul 3, 2020

Coronavirus triggers four-hour long erection; Priapism causes nightmare for French patient

Medical experts who drained the blood from the coronavirus patient's penis were shocked to see several blood clots.

Jul 2, 2020

Did you know early coronavirus test produces 'false negative' results?

Since the tests return relatively rapid results, they have been widely used among high-risk populations such as nursing home residents, hospitalised patients and health care workers.

Jun 10, 2020

Coronavirus patients most infectious when they first feel unwell: WHO

Studies show people with the coronavirus are most infectious just at the point when they first begin to feel unwell, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said.

Jun 10, 2020

Coronavirus 'started as accident' in Chinese lab: Ex-British secret service chief

Sir Richard termed the new research as "a very important contribution to a debate, which is now starting about how the virus evolved and how it got out and broke out as a pandemic".

Jun 5, 2020

Coronavirus elimination, busting popular myths & more: Magneto CleanTech founder's exclusive interview

As India enters the fifth phase of lockdown with more relaxations, more precautions need to be made during COVID-19 pandemic. Magneto CleanTech founder Himanshu Agarwal shares his inputs and experience on the matter.

Jun 5, 2020

Plasma therapy safe, effective in severe coronavirus cases, study shows

Researchers from the Houston Methodist Hospital in the US did clinical trials to transfuse plasma from recovered Covid-19 patients into critically ill patients.

Jun 4, 2020

Private coronavirus test done in Bengaluru: Full list of COVID19 test labs and rates

The ICMR has approved 28 private laboratories in Bengaluru to conduct Real-Time RT-PCR and TrueNat/CBNAAT tests to find out Coronavirus/COVID1-affected people and fees/rate/price will be 650 per test.

Jun 2, 2020

Coronavirus infection reaches RS Secretariat as officer tests positive, entire floor sealed

The official attended the office till May 28. His office at the first floor in Parliament House Annexe Building has been sealed by the Parliament Security Service for sanitization.

May 29, 2020

Can mosquitoes spread coronavirus? Here is what experts say

Considering the coronavirus pandemic we are going through right now, it is obvious that people would be wondering if we would catch coronavirus if a mosquito bit us?

May 25, 2020

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