This primer is designed to help researchers, data scientists, and others who analyze health care claims or administrative data (herein referred to as “claims”) quickly join the effort to better understand, track, and contain COVID-19.

“COVID-19 is a respiratory disease but world over we see children coming with diarrhoea and abdominal pain,” says a doctor

A person from Kuchipalayam tested positive for COVID-19 even as Mahe became COVID-free with the sole patient testing negative for the infection and ge

US-based The Law School Admission Council (LSAC) has decided to administer the 2020 LSAT-India entrance examination online for the first time ever fr

UK's health organisation, NHSX, in a blog over the weekend said that it has prioritised security and privacy in all stages of the app's development, starting with the initial design, and user testing

Microsoft benefited from strong demand for its Teams collaboration software, which now has 75 million users

In India, the short video making app leads the chart with more than 600 million downloads or about 30.3 per cent of all unique installs

The results released Thursday give the first sign of how one of the world's best-known companies is faring as the US economy plunges into its first recession in more than a decade

The technology company raised $8.5 billion by selling four different bonds with maturities ranging from three years to 30 years

Realme has extended warranty on products, which expired during the lockdown period, till June 30

‘Our role is no less significant than that of doctors or policemen’

A.P. is ahead of other states with regard to testing capacity, Medical and Health Commissioner Katamaneni Bhaskar said the government was taking measures to contain the spread of the virus

It also seeks details of paid quarantine facilities and death rate

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.

My son Tom works in healthcare finance, and has lived in China since graduating from college. He was quarantined in Lanzhou during the 2009 swine flu epidemic, and now he's experiencing the semi-quarantine of 2020. In fact, I expected to be there right now and was looking forward to time with him and his wife

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We lived through the ‘80s. We lived through the ‘90s. We lived through the ‘00s. We lived through the ‘10s. And we’ve lived through March. Most of us, that is, have lived. I’m still coming to terms with what is happening. It’s like grief. I go about my day, getting absorbed in work, or a

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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