BLOG: Covid-19 results in much higher mortality than currently estimated- Dr Ishwar Gilada Dr. Ishwar Gilada8 April 2020 5:55 PM ISTEntire world has been held hostage and has come to a stand-still following lock-down of various degrees and intensities from place to place and...
MERS vaccine may hold promise for COVID-19 vaccine, shows efficacy in mice Hina Zahid8 April 2020 4:15 PM ISTMERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) and COVID-19 are both caused by coronaviruses
Clinical trial to assess tpA in COVID-19-related ARDS Hina Zahid7 April 2020 8:00 PM ISTBoston, Mass. - Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) -- part of Beth Israel Lahey Health are conducting a clinical trial for...
Scientists propose low-dose rapamycin for protecting elderly from COVID-19, Hina Zahid7 April 2020 6:45 PM ISTLondon, UK -Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, the chief scientist of the Biogerontology Research Foundation has proposed repurposing of known geroprotectors such...
Delay Transplant surgery in the times of Covid-19 pandemic: Experts Hina Zahid7 April 2020 5:52 PM ISTHyderabad: The World is struggling to come to terms in dealing with a pandemic of unprecedented proportion not seen in the last 100 years. All...
Surgical and cotton masks may not prevent spread of Covid 19 infection, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli7 April 2020 5:00 PM ISTResearchers at Seoul, South Korea have found that both surgical and cotton masks were found to be ineffective for preventing the dissemination of...
Neither surgical nor cotton masks effectively filter Covid 19 virus: study Hina Zahid7 April 2020 4:45 PM ISTUSA: The efficacy of surgical and cotton masks in the growing coronavirus battle is often debated in the medical fraternity. Masks are considered must...
FDA approves human testing of investigational drug against Covid 19 Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli7 April 2020 12:15 PM ISTATLANTA and MIAMI,-- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an Investigational New Drug application by Drug Innovation Ventures at...
Bedroom air filters may help prevent asthmatic flare-ups in children Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli6 April 2020 9:06 PM ISTConsistent use of bedroom filters may help prevent asthmatic exacerbations in children reveals JAMA Pediatrics study
EMA recommends compassionate use program of remdesivir for COVID-19 Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli5 April 2020 9:37 PM ISTThe European Medicines Agency (EMA) hss released a set of recommendations for providing investigational drug remdesivir under compassionate use...
Study Identifies characteristics of patients with fatal COVID-19 infection Hina Zahid4 April 2020 6:15 PM ISTResearchers have identified the most common characteristics of 85 COVID-19 patients who died in Wuhan, China in a new study in early stages of the...
Guest Blog: COVID-19 and Social Distancing - Learning Humane Lessons of Medicine Dr Jeegar Dattani4 April 2020 12:11 PM ISTOver the last month, our lives have witnessed possibly the largest global emergency since World War II. While we are all killing time, adapting to...
