Antiviral Oseltamivir Reduces Mortality Risk in Older Adults Hospitalized with Influenza: Study Dr. Shravani Dali11 Feb 2025 9:00 AM ISTAccording to a Canadian study published today in Open Forum Infectious Diseases, adults aged 65 and older experienced a significant reduction in...
Medical Bulletin 09/November/2023 Isra Zaman9 Nov 2023 3:15 PM ISTHere are the top medical news of the day:Does acute calcium pyrophosphate deposition arthritis doubles fracture risk?At the annual ACR Convergence...
Could willow bark provides antiviral medicine? Isra Zaman9 Nov 2023 9:30 AM ISTScientists in Finland have discovered that an extract of willow bark has broad-spectrum antiviral activity in cell sample experiments. The extract was...
Monkeypox: Things we know as of now Dr. Nandita Mohan30 July 2022 9:00 AM ISTOutbreaks in the West along with periodic re-emergence of the disease in parts of Africa have generated concern among global health bodies due to...
COVID-19 drug- Aprotinin may prevent replication of coronavirus Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli23 Nov 2020 10:05 PM ISTResearchers at Goethe University, University of Kent and the Hannover Medical School have found that the protease inhibitor aprotinin can inhibit...
Turmeric compound could have antiviral properties, finds study Hina Zahid19 July 2020 9:00 PM ISTResearchers at the Wuhan Institute of Bioengineering have found that Curcumin, a natural compound found in the spice turmeric may inhibit transmission...
Glenmark receives DGCI approval for launching Favipiravir in India Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 Jun 2020 6:14 PM ISTGlenmark Pharmaceuticals has received approvals from Drug Controller General of India to manufacture and market Favipiravir, an anti-viral drug, to...
Interferon may help speed up recovery of COVID-19 patients, says Study MD Bureau16 May 2020 11:55 AM ISTInterferon also reduced blood levels of interleukin(IL)-6 and C-reactive protein (CRP), two inflammatory proteins found in COVID-19 patients.
Drug against Ebola may be effective against new COVID-19 strain: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli28 Feb 2020 8:00 AM ISTAntiviral drugs for managing infections with human coronaviruses are not yet approved, posing a serious challenge to current global efforts....
IIT Roorkee scientists identify drug to fight Chikungunya savita thakur thakur10 Oct 2017 9:36 AM ISTDehradun: Scientists at IIT-Roorkee have found that a commonly used deworming drug has anti-viral properties and could lead to new therapies...
J&J signs deal with Chinese drugmaker for hepatitis B drug savita thakur thakur9 Jan 2016 12:42 PM ISTJohnson & Johnson said it licensed rights from a Chinese drugmaker to drugs that spur the immune system to help fight diseases, which it hopes...
