Washington: At a time when hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is being touted as a ‘wonder drug’ to treat critical Covid-19 patients, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday issued fresh guidelines, …
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New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said we have saved India from going into Stage 3 or community transmission stage, and have also fared better than many …
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New Delhi: Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas will be donating 10,000 pairs of footwear to healthcare workers in India who are fighting against the pandemic COVID-19. The actress, in collaboration …
Priyanka Chopra to donate 10,000 footwears to healthcare workers in India Read More New York: Hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug termed potential “game changer” for COVID-19 by US President Donald Trump, showed no benefit in treating patients with the disease in Veterans Health Administration medical …
Hydroxychloroquine shows no benefit in COVID-19 patients: Study Read More
London: In yet another study linking air pollution with high rate of coronavirus mortality, German researchers have found that elevated levels of nitrogen dioxide in the air may be associated with …
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Bhubaneswar: Seven more persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha, taking the total number of positive cases to 68, the Health Department said on Monday. Of the seven new …
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Deba R Mohanty & Nitya D Mishra Just within a few weeks since the Covid-19 virus started spreading from Wuhan, China, in December 2019, it was declared a global pandemic …
States’ Responses to Covid-19 Pandemic in India: The Odisha Model Read More
New Delhi: Self isolating is a great opportunity for you to instill some healthy, life-long habits in your children. Instead of allowing your kid’s energy to go to waste, try …
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New Delhi: Trying to lose weight can come with its own disappointment. Even when you believe that you are going the right way, there are times when your weighing scale …
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Washington: Genetic variability in the human immune system may affect susceptibility to, and severity of infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The findings published in the …
Immune system genes linked to severity of COVID-19 Read More