Paper based wastewater test could provide early warning of COVID-19 Hina Zahid31 March 2020 5:30 PM ISTRapid testing kits using paper-based devices are being developed that could be used on-site at wastewater treatment plants to trace sources and...
Researchers test BCG as a weapon against coronavirus Hina Zahid31 March 2020 5:30 PM ISTAustralia:A vaccine that's been used to prevent tuberculosis is being given to health-care workers in Melbourne to see if it will protect them against...
AI tool predicts Covid 19 patients likely to develop respiratory distress Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli31 March 2020 4:30 PM ISTResearchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University, in collaboration with...
CDC warns against use of non-pharmaceutical chloroquine in Covid 19 prophylaxis Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli31 March 2020 3:00 PM ISTThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a strict alert and warned attending clinicians about the potential for severe illness,...
ACE inhibitors angiotensin receptor blockers may improve prognosis in COVID-19 hypertensive patients, says Review Hina Zahid31 March 2020 12:30 PM ISTRochester, MN – Patients with underlying health conditions such as hypertension, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease are at increased risk of...
ACEIs and ARBs may improve prognosis of high BP patients with COVID-19, finds review Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli31 March 2020 8:24 AM ISTRochester, MN, - Researchers after reviewing studies have concluded that ACEIs and ARBs, may have a role to play in the treatment of COVID-19 and may...
Social distancing should not be stopped too soon, finds study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli30 March 2020 6:15 PM ISTStrict social distancing measures, such as closing schools and workplaces, had helped slow community transmission of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak...
What Coronavirus looks under Electron Microscope: ICMR scientists release images Hina Zahid30 March 2020 11:15 AM ISTCoronavirus have a crown-like appearance and these spikes on the surface give this virus family its name, as corona means crown in Latin
India to participate in WHO ''solidarity trial'' that will test 4 potential COVID-19 drugs, What it means.. Hina Zahid30 March 2020 11:03 AM ISTSolidarity Trial was announced by the WHO last week as an internationa trial , which will compare the safety and effectiveness of four different drugs...
Heart and kidney patients should not stop their medicines: COVID-19 alert Hina Zahid30 March 2020 9:00 AM ISTAs the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds,there is considerable doubt in minds of chronic patients whether they should keep taking their medicines or not. In...
Breaking news: USFDA approves Point-of-Care Test that can detect Novel Coronavirus in 5 mins Hina Zahid28 March 2020 11:21 AM ISTUSA: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Abbott's molecular point-of-care test can detect...
Convalescent plasma administration may improve outcomes in Covid 19 patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli28 March 2020 9:35 AM ISTIn a small study preliminary findings raise the possibility that convalescent plasma transfusion may be helpful in the treatment of critically ill...
