Two separate studies published in the journal Blood Advances on Wednesday, October 14 indicated that people with blood type O are also at lower risk of developing severe symptoms, including organ complications

Scientists from the University of Toronto and the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Sinai Health used both blood samples and saliva from coronavirus patients to assess and compare antibody levels for over three months post the onset of the first symptom

At least 38 COVID-19 applications filed by Indian innovators are pending before Indian Patent Office since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country

Eli Lilly, Gates Foundation sign deal to supply COVID-19 drugs to low, middle-income countriesEli Lilly and Co said on Thursday it had entered into an agreement with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for potential supply of its experimental antibody treatments for COVID-19 to low and middle-income countries. As part of the deal, Lilly said it will make antibody therapies available to lower-income countries prior to April 2021, but did not elaborate on the number of doses. Separately, F...

The Ayush ministry recommended having Ashwagandha or its powder; Chyawanaprasha and Guduchi Ghana vati or the powder of Tinospora cordifolia for preventive healthcare

Parallel to the WTO proposal, SJM wants India to initiate measures under Section 66 of the Patents Act for the cancelation of the patent on Remdesivir

The team of researchers at the hospital and Miami Miller School of Medicine in the US claimed that the face masks don't alter oxygen level, even in people with severe lung diseases

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the government is keeping a close eye on immunity data regarding COVID-19 while finalising these plans

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said a high-level expert group is going into all the aspects of vaccines and the health ministry is preparing a format in which states will submit lists of priority population groups

The two countries argue that in the absence of a waiver, existing protection for intellectual property rights such as patents, industrial designs, copyright and protection of undisclosed information, may create barriers to timely access to affordable medical products

Coronavirus cases in India: The active patients' tally in India stands at 9,42,217; around 53,52,078 patients have recovered and 99,773 have succumbed to the deadly virus so far

Venkaiah Naidu is asymptomatic and is not experiencing any health issues; he is currently under home quarantine

The death toll from coronavirus jumped to 95,542 with 1,039 fatalities registered in the last 24 hours. However, the case fatality rate has dipped to 1.57 per cent, according to (health) ministry's data

The number of active cases in Maharashtra, the worst-hit state by the pandemic stands at 2,75,404. The death toll due to the disease stands at 34,345 in the state

India now accounts for close to 18.83 per cent of total global recoveries, pushing national recovery rate to 79.28 per cent; 90 per cent of new recovered cases are being reported from 16 states/UTs, with Maharashtra, Andhra and Karnataka topping the chart

India coronavirus update: Around 96,000 people recovered in the country in a single day, which remains the highest in the world

At present, the sanctioned strength of conducting RT-PCR is 14,000 per day in Delhi

The passengers will be flown on a Qantas Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft for a seven-hour sightseeing journey covering panoramic Aussie attractions such as Gold Coast, Queensland, New South Wales, and the country's isolated outback heartlands

The ban begins from Friday, September 18, and will be enforceable till October 2. Besides, the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority has also penalised Air India Express to bear all medical and quarantine expenditures of the COVID-19 positive patients who have been ferried to Dubai

IIT Madras was working for the last nine years on a fiber optic biosensor platform for for tuberculosis diagnosis. This technology is now being modified to determine antigen in the saliva for COVID-19 infection