Early warning of COVID-19 spread from sewage testing?
Australian researchers claimed, they have achieved the first step in developing an early warning surveillance system to track COVID-19 prevalence in the community through tracing...
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‘No COVID-19 vaccines before 2021,’ Indian S&T Ministry then retracts timeline
With a cumulative caseload of around 700,000 COVID-19 cases, and over 424,000 recoveries, Indian scientists have joined the race to develop a vaccine for the...
Coronavirus to stay with us for long; Vaccine expected only by 2021-22: WHO Chief Scientist
India has gone through three long months of national lockdown to mitigate the impact of Coronavirus. Yet the burden of the global pandemic is spiralling...
India’s drug regulatory body approves clinical trial of plant-based anti-cancer drug
Indian drug regulatory body – Central Drugs Standards Control Organisation has given green signal to Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine to conduct clinical trials of...
Is Delhi sitting duck for earthquake in the near future? Scientifically explained
Is Delhi sitting duck for a major earthquake in the near future? Some media reports indicated to the possibility, creating a sense of panic among...
No evidence of benefit by Chloroquine or HCQ to COVID-19 patients: Lancet
Several countries have been administering anti-malarial drugs alone or in combination with other antibiotics as a treatment for high-risk COVID-19 patients. A large observational study,...
Indian lab develops COVID-19 test kit, cheaper and faster
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences & Technology has developed the world’s first COVID-19 test kit, using RT-LAMP technology. It takes just 10 minutes...
Closure of schools, workplaces in Wuhan limited COVID19 cases: Study
A study by international medical journal Lancet reveals, physical distancing in Wuhan by closing schools and workplaces helped reduce the number of COVID19 cases. New...
Parental diet affects sperm and health of future progenies
An international study shows, parental diets play a key role in the health of their progeny. It is therefore, important before planning to have children,...
Is an Ayurvedic response to the COVID-19 outbreak called for?
In times of a large-scale spread of infectious disease like COVID-19, Indian health authorities should broad-base its prevention and management of the disease strategies by...