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AI, machine learning to play key role in fight against Covid, say experts

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are helping analyse massive amounts of data around the human genome and drug molecules.

Vaccine efficacy based on 2 doses: Bharat Biotech after Vij tests positive

Covaxin is an indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine undergoing a trial on over 26,000 people across 25 sites in India to evaluate the efficacy of the vaccine candidate

In pictures: Serum's Adar Poonawalla among 6 named 'Asians of the Year'

According to The Straits Times, these six people have spent 2020 tirelessly seeking a way out of the greatest crisis of this era

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Does the entire population need vaccination?

Those with disabilities had trouble accessing healthcare amid the pandemic, insight into whether we should inoculate the entire population, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Anil Vij took only first of double-dose Covid-19 vaccine: Health Ministry

In the case of this vaccine, trial volunteers receive two intramuscular injections approximately 28 days apart.

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Employers could be decisive in ending Covid

A monkey study suggests blood test could show efficacy of vaccine, China set to roll out its vaccination, and other pandemic related news around the globe

Covid19: India's vaccination programme, WHO on antibodies, and more

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij has tested positive for Covid-19, he announced on Saturday. This comes days after Vij volunteered to take a shot of Bharat Biotech's vaccine candidate Covaxin

Now that Covid-19 vaccines are coming, what about poor countries?

If all countries cooperate, the world can achieve an optimal outcome and defeat the pandemic soon and decisively or Covid-19 will drag on and claim more lives

Serum Institute's Adar Poonawalla among 6 named 'Asians of the Year'

Adar Poonawalla, the chief executive of the world's largest vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India, is among six people named "Asians of the Year" by Singapore's leading daily

Haryana minister tests positive weeks after taking Covid vaccine trial dose

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij tweeted on Saturday that he has tested positive for Covid-19 and has been admitted to a hospital

Germany confirms over 23,300 new Covid-19 cases, tally reaches 1,153,556

Germany has registered 23,318 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, with total count reaching 1,153,556, the Robert Koch Institute said

DATA STORY: 21% of India's active Covid cases are in Maharashtra, 15% in Kerala

India on Friday conducted 1,157,763 coronavirus tests, taking the total count of tests conducted so far in the country to 145,885,512. The test positivity rate recorded was 3.2%

UN health chief says world can start dreaming of Covid-19 pandemic's end

The UN health chief declared positive results from coronavirus vaccine trials mean the world can begin to dream about the end of the pandemic

Global coronavirus caseload nears 66 million mark: Johns Hopkins University

The global coronavirus caseload nears the 66 million cases mark, as per the latest update by Johns Hopkins University.

Covid-19 tally in Andaman and Nicobar rises to 4,742 with 13 new cases

Thirteen more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, raising the tally in the Union Territory to 4,742

How a Bengaluru NGO raised Rs 220 crore for fight against coronavirus

How GiveIndia's campaign to raise Rs 220 crore for Covid relief gathered a momentum of its own pulling in many much-maligned segments of society

Covid is devastating US, leaving uneven toll, more questions than answers

On Thursday, a national single-day record was set, with more than 217,000 new cases

Will take vaccine, ensure it's available and free for Americans: Joe Biden

Trump and former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton have all said previously that they'll also take the vaccine

Vaccine supply chains bend but don't break as firms rise to challenges

Supply chains have been tested in ways they never have been before and, yes, there have been pileups, shortages and other snafus

Actor Neetu Kapoor, Varun Dhawan test positive for Covid-19

Veteran star Neetu Kapoor and actor Varun Dhawan on Friday tested positive for coronavirus in Chandigarh