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Enlarge / Emergency medicine specialist Dr. Davis Wein walks in a parking garage that was turned into a series of COVID-19 test tents at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, on August 19, 2020. As the hypertransmissible delta coronavirus variant continues its rampage through the unvaccinated, several states continue to …

Covid Update: India has registered less than 40,000 cases for the second straight day. The country reported 36,083 new Covid 19 cases, 37,927 recoveries, and 493 deaths in the last 24 hrs, as per Health Ministry. The weekly positivity rate remains below 5% and is currently at 2.00%. The daily …

Express News Service BENGALURU: While post-Covid problems like myalgia fever, fatigue, shortness of breath were seen amongst many patients, doctors are now seeing worried patients coming to them carrying their bunch of fallen hair strands in paper bags or zip pouches. Hair loss is another post-Covid effect noted by doctors, …

The coronavirus vaccine administration is rapidly increasing in the country every month, with a total of 13.45 crore doses administered in July which also saw a remarkable daily average of 43.41 lakh doses, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday. The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country …

New Delhi: After days of respite, once again India has started to report a surge in its daily count of Coronavirus cases. As per the Union Health Ministry bulletin, the country witnessed 44,643 new COVID-19 cases and 464 deaths in the last 24 hours while 41,096 Covid infected patients recovered.  …

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott here on Thursday during which the duo emphasized that enhanced economic cooperation will help both countries better address the economic challenges emerging out of the Covid-19 pandemic and also help them in realising their shared vision of …

AP/PTI VADODARA: The Medical College, Baroda, will begin preparing undergraduate students for the third wave of Covid-19 from Monday onwards. The college has already conducted a round of training programmes to prepare senior and intern doctors for the future wave. So far, residents and interns have been at the forefront …

NITI Aayog Member of Health Dr VK Paul on July 16 quoted a latest study that shows that two doses of vaccine were successful in preventing 95% of deaths due to COVID-19 during the second wave of pandemic. “One dose of vaccine was able to reduce the mortality rate by …

Brussels: A 90-year-old unvaccinated woman in Belgium has died after being simultaneously infected with Alpha and Beta — two different variants of concern (VOCs) of COVID-19, researchers have said. The case advocates the need to be alert to co-infections. A team of researchers from the OLV Hospital in Aalst, presented …

Drug firm Mankind Pharma on Thursday said it has received licence from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to manufacture and market oral 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), used for the treatment of COVID-19. 2-DG was developed by the Defence Research and Development Establishment (DRDE), Gwalior. The clinical trials were conducted by …