ESI Hospital at Sanathnagar have received permission to carry out plasma therapy trials for Covid- 19 patients along with the state-run Gandhi Hospital. ICMR officially accorded permission to both hospitals for six months.

Taking a serious view of the government’s decision to conduct fewer Covid-19 tests, the Telangana high court on Friday wondered how it would get a true picture of the spread of the virus in the state. The court was also upset with the government for directing doctors not to collect blood samples from dead persons and not conduct Covid-19 tests on them.

Court says Hemant Bhatt needs to be treated at a govt. hospital

8,023 doctors, 8,296 staff nurses, 4,105 paramedics and lab technicians have been identified as dedicated COVID-19 service providers

Interview with Jason Ying Kuen Chan, MBBS, author of Practical Aspects of Otolaryngologic Clinical Services During the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Epidemic: An Experience in Hong Kong

Interview with Robert O. Bonow, MD, Patrick T. O'Gara, MD, Clyde W. Yancy, MD, and Gregg C. Fonarow, MD, authors of Association of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) With Myocardial Injury and Mortality and Ajay J. Kirtane, MD

Interview with Alfred Sommer, MD, author of Humans, Viruses, and the Eye—An Early Report From the COVID-19 Front Line

Interview with Joshua K Tay, author of Surgical Considerations for Tracheostomy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned From the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak, and Babak Givi, MD, author of Safety Recommendations for Evaluation and Surgery of the Head and Neck During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Interview with Hsien-Ho Lin, MD, ScD, author of Contact Tracing Assessment of COVID-19 Transmission Dynamics in Taiwan and Risk at Different Exposure Periods Before and After Symptom Onset

The Minister also asked the States to ensure adoption of infection, prevention and control (IPC) practices in all health-care settings to avoid and reduce chances of infections to health-care workers.

Expectations of a slow recovery, high fixed costs and debt worries are putting off investors

Goan diagnostic system manufacturer, Tulip Diagnostics (P) Ltd, has received the nod from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to manufacture ‘Coviscreen’, a rapid, double antigen test for total antibodies to Sars-Cov2 virus.

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14 in Davangere and 7 in Bengaluru Urban

ICMR urged to consider services of AYUSH doctors in the fight against pandemic

In the last one week, at least six districts in central and north Karnataka have seen a sudden spurt in COVID-19 cases, with an average rise of 10. T

Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress opposed the sale of liquor during the lockdown and said such a move would allow people to spend money on alcohol in

It is a chance for stakeholders in the banking sector to revisit contractual obligations, say experts

Experts point out in India it is left to individuals to quarantine themselves voluntarily

The novel virus is one of the easiest virus types to deactivate, though SARS-CoV-2–specific data are lacking

Chemical makers and oil producers are pulling back on production, reconsidering investments

New study explores whether dampening IL-6 could address serious coronavirus infections

Qiagen vows to ramp up production of kits as scientists turn to social media to plea for donations

WHO does not recommend against taking the drug for fever caused by novel coronavirus infection

Boston biotech firm is making its discovery and production service available to firms working on diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines

NO₂ levels have fallen sharply in northern Italy and China

The novel virus is one of the easiest virus types to deactivate, though SARS-CoV-2-specific data are lacking

Many are FDA-approved drugs that could be repurposed

Italian workers threaten to strike, but German, UK companies and workers pull together

Old anti-malarial drugs have shown mixed results in the small clinical trials conducted so far

The nucleoside inhibitor has advantages over Gilead's remdesivir but has yet to be tested in humans

Qiagen vows to ramp up production of kits as scientists turn to social media to plea for donations

Gilead Sciences' antiviral is in multiple late-stage trials to treat coronavirus infections. Don't expect a home run, say infectious disease experts

Lingering logistic problems and a sputtering economy mean hard times for companies

With a diagnostic backlog hampering disease control efforts, scientists are turning to CRISPR and other technologies to bridge the gap

Drugmakers want to keep trials going but acknowledge that medical resources are strained

Lingering logistic problems and a sputtering economy mean hard times for companies

Editors in Europe and the US plan to work with authors whose lives and labs have been disrupted by the novel coronavirus

Fingers are being pointed in the Netherlands and the UK over reagent capacity constraints

Open-access collection contains nearly 50,000 chemical compounds from the CAS Registry

The chemist wants the Gates Foundation–backed institute to share its expertise during the coronavirus pandemic and advocate for public health

Regulators are restricting reusable bags over worries they might harbor virus

Treatment for rare blood cancers could temper cytokine storm in people with severe forms of the disease

Structural data on the complex could guide drug and vaccine design