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Mumbai docs want key drugs made available fast as hospital wards swell up

If patients recover faster, they needn't stay in hospital for 14 days and this could free up beds; Remdesivir and Favipiravir are in the process of being made available in India

Inovio says COVID-19 vaccine produces antibodies in mice, guinea pigs

The company's shares, which have more than quadrupled this year, surged 17.7% to $17.13 in trading before the bell

Herd immunity can work only when there is vaccination also: Medical experts

I do not know why many literate people are thinking we are immune to the virus. This approach is depressing, says Dr Chatterjee

Coronavirus LIVE: Govt says India has done well as cases cross 100,000-mark

Coronavirus LIVE updates: Maharashtra cases at 33,053, Gujarat 11,746, 11,224, Delhi 10,054. Stay tuned with Business Standard for LIVE updates on Covid-19 cases and death toll across the world

SARS antibodies can block coronavirus infection, claim researchers

They experimented with 25 different types of antibodies -- which target specific protein spikes on viruses -- to see if they could prevent cells becoming infected with COVID-19

Bihar could be underreporting coronavirus cases in the state; here's why

Bihar is seeing a sudden increase in the number of coronavirus cases

Many treatments for Covid-19 under clinical trial, none approved yet: WHO

Over 2,500 patients have enrolled for WHO's'Solidarity Trial', a clinical trial focusing on some drugs and therapeutics

How coronavirus crisis is holding India's kidney patients to ransom

Many are unable to get the dialysis they need to survive as troubles mount after lockdown being imposed across the country

Coronavirus LIVE: PM Modi bats for local products, confirms lockdown 4.0

Coronavirus India LIVE update: PM Modi addressed the nation tonight on lockdown extension. Stay tuned with Business Standard for Covid-19 LIVE updates on corona cases and death toll worldwide

Coronavirus: Govt starts district-level testing of medics, pregnant women

Results of this sample-pooling exercise are only for surveillance purposes. It should not be used for diagnosis of individual patients, the health ministry has said

Coronavirus in India: Revised guidelines for home isolation of mild cases

India's coronavirus case count has reached 67,152, and death toll 2,206, according to data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)

Coronavirus: 3,277 new cases, 127 deaths in India in last 24 hours

Coronavirus India update: Stay tuned with Business Standard for latest news on Covid-19, world death toll, and cases across the world and in India

Coronavirus LIVE: Boris Johnson says UK will remain in lockdown till June 1

Coronavirus India update: Stay tuned with Business Standard for latest news on Covid-19, world death toll, and cases across the world and in India

Centre keen on testing Gilead's remdesivir to combat coronavirus

The USFDA has recently given an emergency approval to the drug for use on coronavirus patients

Here are a few stories of how Ebola helped Africa prepare for coronavirus

Ebola prompted the World Health Organization to change its emergency response structure, rapid laboratory testing and changing the design of treatment centres

Oncofertility: Seeking to preserve fertility among cancer patients

The diagnosis of cancer is a shock in itself and then comes another - the risk of infertility

Pfizer to outsource some drug production, focus on coronavirus vaccine

Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE (22UAy.F) said on Tuesday they have begun delivering doses of their coronavirus vaccine candidates for initial human testing in the United States.

Two studies map the future trajectory of the pandemic

Covid-19 isn't going away soon. Two recent studies mapped out the possible shapes of its trajectory.

June Almeida, scientist who identified the first coronavirus

In 1966, she used a powerful electron microscope to capture an image of a mysterious pathogen - the first coronavirus known to cause human disease.

Govt issues fresh guidelines for discharge of coronavirus patients

The ministry circular states there will be no coronavirus testing at Covid-19 facilities prior to discharge, and the patients will be advised to follow home isolation for seven days