Coronavirus

Washington: Scientists have found a possible explanation for why men may have a greater risk than women for more severe symptoms and worse outcomes from COVID-19 regardless of age. The researchers from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in the US pointed to female sex...

New Delhi: Former President Pranab Mukherjee continues to be in deep coma but is haemodynamically stable. This information was given by the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital here Friday.  Pranab Mukherjee has been in coma for over two weeks now. A patient is haemodynamically stable...

Southampton: Cricket Australia (CA) has restricted its players from using sweat from the head, face and neck to shine the ball. The players have been asked to implement the new rule during the upcoming limited overs tour of England. Cricket Australia has made the new...

Los Angeles: N95 respirators, which are widely worn by health care workers treating COVID-19 patients, and are designed to be used only once, can be decontaminated effectively and worn up to three times, according to a new study that could help reuse these scarce resources...

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) launched Friday the second round of serological survey. The serological survey is being done to ascertain the immune strength of people against COVID-19. It is being done as the Odisha capital is witnessing a rise in coronavirus cases this...

Cuttack: At a time when the Odisha government is reiterating that COVID-19 can be controlled only by increasing number of tests, the real picture in this district has a different tale to tell. There has been an acute shortage of antigen kits to carry out...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported a record single-day spike of 3,682 coronavirus cases, Friday. This incidentally is the highest number of coronavirus infections in 24 hours in Odisha. Out of the new cases, 2,241 persons were in quarantine while the remaining were local contacts. Currently the total...

New Delhi: A record single-day spike of 77,266 COVID-19 cases pushed India's virus tally to 33,87,500, while the recoveries surged to 25,83,948 Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll climbed to 61,529 with 1,057 people succumbing to the diseases in a span of 24 hours, the data updated...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 24.3 million, while the deaths have increased to over 829,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Friday morning, the total number of cases stood at 24,356,619 and the fatalities rose to 829,861, the...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has officially accepted the re-nomination of the Republican Party as its presidential candidate. Donald Trump will once more try and be the US President when the country goes to polls in November. After re-nomination Donald Trump told his fellow Americans...