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With all the calorie-intake, everyones now off on detox breaks. (AA Image)

Deepavali Detox

First came the Deepavali indulgence and then the comfort food binge with the onset of rainy weather, and now everyone's...

24 Nov 2021 11:14 AM GMT

Dr Reddys launches Remdesivir for COVID-19 treatment in India. (AP Photo)

Mutation linked to remdesivir resistance found in Covid patient

Genetic analysis of the virus showed that it acquired a mutation during treatment that appeared to reduce the...

11 Nov 2021 8:22 AM GMT

Data gathered from New South Wales also showed vaccination reduced the risk of infection more than 10-fold compared to those who were unvaccinated. (Bloomberg)

Vaccinated 16 times less likely to die from Covid, study shows

The results add to a growing body of evidence that the vaccines' protection against severe disease and death holds up...

9 Nov 2021 9:46 AM GMT

COVID-19 pills are no substitute for vaccines, disease experts say

Some disease experts fear the arrival of oral COVID-19 treatments may further impede vaccination campaigns

9 Nov 2021 5:08 AM GMT

The Pfizer and Merck pills still have to go through various regulatory processes in the U.S. and elsewhere. (AP)

Pfizer results open door to new chapter for COVID-19 treatments

If the drugs are authorized by regulators, they are likely to overtake currently-available antibody treatments

6 Nov 2021 6:37 AM GMT

Pfizer says Covid pill 'Paxlovid' 89% effective against severe disease

The results from the clinical trial are so good that Pfizer will stop recruiting new people for the trial, the company...

5 Nov 2021 12:14 PM GMT

A health worker prepares a dose of Covaxin vaccine against Covid-19 coronavirus at a vaccination centre in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Covid booster dose effective in reducing severe disease outcomes:...

Individuals were assigned to each group dynamically based on their changing vaccination status

1 Nov 2021 7:20 AM GMT

A total of 23,855 suicides were reported in the 53 mega cities of the country in 2020. (Photo: Representational Image)

Suicide rate up in 2020 in India, Maharashtra tops the list with near...

The overall male to female ratio of suicide victims was 70.9 to 29.1, the report stated

29 Oct 2021 8:14 AM GMT

This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (AP)

Cheap antidepressant shows promise treating early COVID-19

Some experts predict various treatments eventually will be used in combination to fight the coronavirus

28 Oct 2021 7:00 AM GMT

The symptoms are usually mild to moderate, such as fatigue, shortness of breath, difficulty in concentrating, joint pains, hair loss, and others. (Representational image: Twitter)

Long COVID may not be as fatal as acute COVID-19 but can worsen...

About half of people with long-COVID reported an improvement in their symptoms after getting the vaccine

17 Oct 2021 7:49 AM GMT

A study published in the journal People and Nature has found that children who increased their connection to nature during the first COVID-19 lockdown were likely to have lower levels of behavioural and emotional problems. (Representative Photo:ANI)

Children who spent more time in nature during lockdown fared best:...

Children from less affluent backgrounds are likely to have found COVID-19 lockdowns more challenging to their mental...

14 Oct 2021 7:01 PM GMT

The study covers vaccination with the Pfizer/BioNtech, Moderna and AstraZeneca jabs. (Representational image: AFP)

Vaccines prevent severe Covid, even from Delta: study

The researchers compared the outcomes of 11 million vaccinated people with 11 million unvaccinated subjects

11 Oct 2021 6:04 AM GMT