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World Alzheimer's Day: From causes to cures, five things to know about the illness
Alzheimer's disease affects more than 30 million people worldwide and remains an illness for which there is no cure. It has also afflicted personalities such as late US president Ronald Reagan and British fantasy author Terry Pratchett
British singer Morrissey accuses The Simpsons of 'hatred' after new episode parodies him as racist
'Writing for The Simpsons... evidently requires only complete ignorance,' Morrissey said about the show's portrayal of him
Anika Chebrolu, 14-year-old Indian-American girl, wins $25,000 for her COVID-19 cure research
The 14-year-old began working on ways to fight the seasonal flu. But her plans changed when the pandemic hit.
Steroids can be lifesaving for a few seriously ill COVID-19 patients, new studies suggests
WHO warned against indiscriminate use of steroids, emphasizing that patients who are not severely ill are unlikely to benefit and may suffer side effects.
GAVI vaccine alliance says 75 countries keen to join 'COVAX' — COVID-19 vaccine access facility
The 75 countries, which would finance the vaccines from public budgets, will partner with up to 90 poorer countries to provide them with access.
Know the enemy: Health experts think understanding the Coronavirus will help us defeat it
The coronavirus is invisible, but seemingly everywhere, requires close contact to spread, but reached around the globe faster than any pandemic in history.
CanSino Biologics in talks with Russia, Brazil, Chile, Saudi Arabia to launch Phase III trial of its COVID-19 vaccine
Qiu Dongxu co-founder of CanSino said its new factory under construction in China will allow it to produce 100-200 million vaccine doses per year by early 2021.
Forget antibodies, scientists look towards T-cells in the immune system to fight Coronavirus infection
There is evidence that T-cells developed after exposure to other coronaviruses that cause the common cold could help fight off SARS-CoV-2.
Mathematical models use to predict severity of the COVID-19 in India carried elements of bias, assumptions: IJMR
Estimates of modelling studies are "only as good as" the validity of the epidemiological or statistical model used and accuracy of assumptions made for modelling.
COVID-19 may infect the respiratory centre of the brains, nervous system says CSIR researchers
The new research paper implied that coronavirus could enter the human brain through the nose and reach the olfactory bulb of the brain.
Roche’s arthritis drug Actemra fails to help patients with early-stage COVID-19 pneumonia in Italian study
I the study, Actemra did not reduce severe respiratory symptoms, intensive care visits, or death any better than standard treatments.
Reusable face mask can kill Coronavirus using the heat from a mobile phone charger
The new mask has a USB port that connects to a cellphone charger and heats the inner layer of carbon fibres to 70 degrees Celsius.
Flushing the toilet can fling a cloud of Coronavirus aerosols up to 91 centimetres into the air, infecting another user
Growing evidence shows that coronavirus can be passed not only through respiratory droplets but also through virus-laden faeces.
Japanese researchers find presence of COVID-19 in sewage plants, proves to be an early warning signal for transmission
Public health experts say such sampling of sewage could be used to estimate the number of infected people in a region without testing every individual.
German biotech company CureVac to launch human trials for an experimental Coronavirus vaccine
The WHO lists 11 experimental coronavirus vaccines is currently being tested on humans, according to a table posted on its website.
FDA rescinds approval for use of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 patients, says risks outweighs the benefits
In a separate announcement, the FDA has warned doctors against prescribing the HCQ in combination with remdesivir, the other drug shown to help COVID-19 patients.
Coronavirus pandemic claims a new type of victims: Prestigious medical journals — The Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine
Journals used to take many months, or a year, to scrutinize and edit a complicated study, now peer review may be condensed to as little as 48 hours.
COVID-19 affects the nervous system of an infected individual, including the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles
Nearly half of hospitalised patients have neurological manifestations like headache, disorders of smell and taste, seizures, strokes, and muscle pain.
More than 60 percent people believe China responded better to the Coronavirus pandemic than the US did
Only a third of the people surveyed, around the world, thought that the US had responded effectively to the pandemic.
Health ministry recommends tocilizumab, HCQ, plasma therapy for patients in the moderate stage of COVID-19
HCQ has demonstrated in-vitro activity against SARS-CoV-2 and shown to be clinically beneficial in several small single-centre studies with significant limitations.