Coronavirus

Karachi: Pakistani star Mahira Khan Sunday said she has tested positive for coronavirus and is currently in isolation. The 35-year-old actor, popular for shows like "Humsafar" and "Sadqay Tumhare", and films "Bol" and "Bin Roye", said getting diagnosed with COVID-19 has been "rough" but she...

Boston: Scientists have decoded the chain of molecular responses of human lung cells to infection with the novel coronavirus, an advance which may aid in the identification of clinically approved medications that can be re-purposed for COVID-19 treatment. The study, published in the journal Molecular...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 98.57 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 93.57 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 94.93 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to...

The representation of pediatric participants in the study population for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid 19 vaccine is too limited to adequately evaluate efficacy in pediatric age groups younger than 16 years. As per data presented before the US FDA which approved the vaccine, the proceedings also...

Johannesburg:  South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng has come under fire after he said coronavirus vaccines currently causing some euphoria across the world “emanate from the devil”. A video, which is being widely circulated on social media, shows Justice Mogoeng praying at a church gathering...

Washington:  Not since World War II has a single phenomenon dominated the news worldwide as the COVID-19 pandemic has in 2020. In the United States, a tumultuous presidential election and a wave of protests over racial injustice also drew relentless coverage. Overshadowed, to an extent,...

Washington: The US has given a final nod for the emergency use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for its use in the country worst-hit by the pandemic, with the first dose set to be administered in less than 24 hours. The US Food...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 98.26 lakh with 30,006 new cases in a day, while 93,24,328 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 94.88 per cent on Saturday, according to the Union health ministry data. The total...

New Delhi: After Sputnik V vaccines clinical trial's preliminary results showed its efficacy at above 90 pe rcent, the Russian Direct Investment Fund and Gamaleya Institute offered AstraZeneca the use of one of its two components in their own clinical trials. AstraZeneca accepted the proposal...

Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma Friday informed that he has tested positive for Covid-19 and asked all those who came in contact with him to get themselves tested. Taking to Twitter, Sangma, 42, said: "I have tested positive for Covid-19. I am under...