New Delhi, June 14 (PTI): COVID-19 may trigger the onset of diabetes in healthy people, and also cause severe complications in diabetic patients, according to an international group of 17 leading experts in the
Beijing, June 14 (IANS) Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac has said that its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, CoronaVac, has been found to induce immune response in initial human trials.
No severe adverse ev
New Delhi, June 14 (PTI): The peak stage of COVID-19 pandemic in India has been delayed by the eight-week lockdown along with strengthened public health measures and it may now arrive around mid-November during
ROME, June 14 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc said on Saturday it signed a contract with European governments to supply the region with its potential vaccine against the coronavirus, the British drugmaker’s l
London, June 13 (IANS) In a significant find, a new study has said that the novel coronavirus behind Covid-19 may actually trigger onset of diabetes in healthy people, apart from causing severe complications of
New Delhi, June 13 (ANI): India is soon going to have its domestic production of anti-viral Remdesivir drug, which would have safety, efficacy and stability for "restricted emergency use" on COVID-19
New Delhi, June 13 (PTI): While studies have shown that men are more prone to dying from COVID-19 than women globally, an analysis of case fatalities in India suggests that females may have a higher relative-ri
New York, June 13 (IANS) Test samples collected by people who swabbed their own nasal passages yielded results for the Covid-19 virus that were as accurate as samples collected by a health care worker, accordin
New Delhi, June 13 (ANI): As the world waits for the coronavirus vaccine, scientists are evaluating two tried-and-true vaccines for Tuberculosis and Polio to see if they can offer limited protection against the
June 13 (Reuters) - Requiring the wearing of masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus in areas at the epicenter of the global pandemic may have prevented tens of thousands of infections, a new study
Chandigarh, June 12 (IANS) Lighting up hopes for many fighting their Covid-19 battle, a 60-year-old man from Haryana who was PGIMER's first patient to be administered convalescent plasma therapy, was discha
New York, June 12 (IANS) US-based life sciences company Emergent BioSolutions Inc. has entered into an estimated $87 million deal to be the US manufacturing partner for AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine candid
New Delhi, June 11 (PTI): Using a computer model, scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay have shown that a hotter and drier weather is linked to lower survival chances of the novel coronavirus
New York, June 9 (IANS) Researchers in the US have identified regions of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) to target with a vaccine, by harnessing tools used for the development of cancer immunotherapies.
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New York, June 9 (IANS) Heart patients who feel gloomy must try popular mind-body exercise tai chi as performing this can improve both mood and quality of life.
Tai chi combines a series of set mov
New Delhi, June 9 (IANSlife) Recovery from any infectious disease relies a lot on an individuals immunity system and by far, COVID-19 has certainly put our abilities to test.
Lung health during the
London, June 8 (IANS) Are you a negative thinker? Read this carefully. Researchers have found that repetitive negative thinking in later life may raise the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
The find
London, June 8 (IANS) Fear of Covid-19 seems to be keeping heart attack patients away from hospitals as the number of such patients seeking urgent hospital care has dropped over 50 per cent.
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New York, June 8 (IANS) Sleeping poorly on a regular basis may lead to the fatty arterial plaque buildup known as atherosclerosis that can result in fatal heart disease.
"We've discovered
Hyderabad, June 7 (IANS) Those with comorbidities, like cardiac and liver ailments, and smokers are more prone to fall prey to Covid-19, say doctors. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed smoking as on