Coronavirus

New Delhi:  India's COVID-19 caseload went past 65 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 55 lakh pushing the recovery rate to 84.13 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 65,49,373 with 75,829...

Bethesda:  President Donald Trump went through a ‘very concerning’ period Friday and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care as he battles the coronavirus at a military hospital, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Saturday. The comments came...

Washington: Throughout American history, an uncomfortable truth has been evident: Presidents have lied about their health. In some cases, the issues were minor, in others quite grave. And sometimes it took decades for the public to learn the truth. Now President Donald Trump has been...

London:  There is growing hope that a vaccine against coronavirus may be given the green light by health regulators by the end of this year to be rolled out for a vaccination programme in six months' time or even less, according to a UK media...

New Delhi: The unavailability of processed, packaged foods and a shift in the everyday lifestyle of Indians during the nationwide lockdown, may have helped people - especially those over 50 years of age - to better their heart health, days from an at-home health test...

Washington: The goal of contact tracing is to alert people who may have been exposed to someone with the coronavirus, and prevent them from spreading it to others. Health experts say contact tracing is key to containing the virus and allowing places to reopen more...

New Delhi: Catalase, a commonly used low-cost enzyme, holds potential as a therapeutic drug to treat COVID-19 symptoms, and suppress the reproduction of the novel coronavirus inside the body, according to a study. Catalase is produced naturally and used by humans, animals, and plants. Inside...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Saturday said that 4,066 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 4,066 persons, 648 are from Khordha, 521 from Cuttack, 225 from Angul, 181 from Jajpur, 167 from Sundargarh, 152 from Jagatsinghpur,...

Cuttack: As many as 168 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Saturday. While 32 of them were home quarantine cases, 67 were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 69 were local contact ones....

New Delhi: Lack of adequate PPE kits, inadequate technique of PPE donning and doffing, non-disclosure by patients of their exposure to possible Covid-19 infection, excessive working hours, and poor doctor-patient ratio are the reasons for higher fatality among doctors, according to an analysis. India currently...