Mother to child transmission of COVID-19 infection, possible but rare Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli22 March 2022 9:15 AM ISTSARS-CoV-2, the virus causing the COVID-19 infection, can be transmitted from mother to baby before, during and after childbirth – but such...
With masks on, three feet is just as safe as six feet apart in school settings: Study Hina Zahid16 March 2021 11:24 PM ISTBOSTON - As COVID-19 infection rates continue to fall, Massachusetts officials are signaling it's almost time to end remote learning and send all...
Trained dogs may detect COVID-19 by sniffing sweat: Study MD Bureau11 Dec 2020 9:00 PM ISTA preliminary proof-of-concept study published in the PLOS ONE journal suggests Trained dogs might be able to detect people infected with COVID-19 by...
Portable, point-of-care COVID-19 test could bypass the lab: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli2 Sept 2020 11:16 AM ISTCHAMPAIGN - While RT-PCR remains the gold standard for performing clinical diagnostics to amplify the RNA sequences, there is an urgent need for...
Order Govt to increase COVID-19 testing: Ahmedabad Medical Association urges HC Medical Dialogues Bureau20 July 2020 9:30 AM ISTThe AMA application said the present rate of around 6,000 tests per day is not enough considering the population of Gujarat and the spread of the...
Mumbai: Criminal case against doctors if they prescribe Swab test without physical examination, says BMC Meghna A Singhania20 May 2020 3:18 PM ISTMumbai: Doctors who recommend COVID-19 testing to patients, without examining them are soon going to face the wrath of the municipal corporation, as...
No emergency procedure should be delayed for the lack of test: ICMR issues revised Covid-19 testing strategy MD Bureau19 May 2020 9:45 AM ISTBeside the earlier categories of individuals fitting the testing criteria, the ICMR said asymptomatic direct and high-risk contacts of confirmed cases...
From Rs 17 to Rs 2: How Team Smriti, RIL, J&J, NIV got a Covid-19 testing swab in 10 days at 10% cost of China MD Bureau17 May 2020 11:00 AM ISTThe ball was set rolling 10 days back for the indigenous project for nasal and throat swabs when Ravi Kapoor, Secretary, Textiles contacted J&J and...
Coronavirus Testing: Mylab ramps up production capacity to 2 lakh tests per day MD Bureau8 May 2020 9:45 AM ISTPune: Mylab Discovery Solutions has completed expansion of its production capacity to manufacture COVID-19 RT-PCR tests. As per the production...
Abbott gets CE Mark for COVID-19 laboratory-based antibody tests, to be available in India by May end Ruchika Sharma5 May 2020 3:38 PM ISTNew Delhi: Global healthcare major Abbott on Monday said it has received CE mark for its laboratory-based serology blood tests for COVID-19 and these...
Smelling power of Dogs may help detect cases of COVID-19 Hina Zahid21 April 2020 6:00 PM ISTSmelling prowess of dogs may come handy in detection of cases of Covid 19.The researchers have begun preparations to intensively train dogs so...
ICMR issues advisory on use of CBNAAT for Coronavirus testing, details MD Bureau20 April 2020 3:18 PM ISTAccording to the advisory, any laboratory, already functional for SARS-CoV-2 testing by real-time PCR with appropriate BSL-2 setup, may start testing...
