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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

A globe showing Europe, Africa and Asia is pictured on an illustration representation of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus in Paris. (AFP)

India stands nowhere on Covid-19 research, says virologist

Despite having the third largest number of coronavirus cases, India is an outsider when it comes to research on how the...

7 July 2020 12:04 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

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

Representtaional Image. (AFP)

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

Representational Image. (AP)

Zydus Cadila's potential covid drug may begin human clinical trials

India's 'first' indigenous COVID-19 vaccine candidate Covaxin had also got the nod for human clinical trials recently

3 July 2020 11:01 AM IST

A man wearing a protective face mask as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus walks along a street after a shower. (AP)

Scientists use weather forecasting technique to predict COVID-19...

This technique is usually used to pair computer simulations with real weather observations to forecast future weather,...

2 July 2020 2:30 PM IST

Members of the Brazilian Armed Forces medical team take a COVID-19 test from a member of the indigenous YeKuena ethnic group. (AFP)

Blood test can predict severity of COVID-19: Study

The research could lead to new treatments to prevent deadly 'cytokine storms' seen in severe cases of COVID-19,...

1 July 2020 2:37 PM IST

New swine flu found in China has pandemic potential. (AFP Photo)

New swine flu with 'pandemic potential' identified by China...

According to scientists these G4 viruses bind to receptor molecules in human cells and can replicate in outer layer of...

30 Jun 2020 2:01 PM IST

A doctor checks a blood sample taken from a suspected covid patient to test for the new coronavirus. AP photo

IJMR study says genetic structure of rudimentary virus more...

Lockdown violation by people led to spurt in Covid-19 cases, finds study

25 Jun 2020 10:22 AM IST

Trend is suggestive of pandemic expanding in India, experts point out

Trend is suggestive of pandemic expanding in India, experts point out

With more than 10,000 diagnosed cases every day in India and more than 500 daily in Telangana, the healthcare system...

24 Jun 2020 7:16 PM IST

A chemist displays hydroxychloroquine tablets in New Delhi, India.(AP)

Now US also stops hydroxychloroquine trial on COVID-19 patients

Researchers in US's NIH find the drug, which is widely used in India as well, did not provide any benefit to coronavirus...

21 Jun 2020 11:17 AM IST