A new study, led by Tsinghua University. found that recovered coronavirus patients had varying antibodies such as immune cells that stop the virus from attaching to our cells.

A new study from the Mount Sinai Health System found that patients on blood thinners died after about 21 days in the hospital compared to those not on the drugs who died after about 14 days.

A new study from San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, Italy, found that 72% of 29 coronavirus patients given anakinra, an arthritis drug, had improved respiratory health and markers of inflammation.

Researchers from Australia compared 13 studies of numbers of people killed by the coronavirus and suggested a 0.75 per cent death rate, and a range of 0.45-1.01 was reasonable.

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) claimed that 91.6% of coronavirus patients treated with hydroxychloroquine fared better - but they cite many anecdotal reports.

Doctors at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, where 13 Americans are quarantined for coronavirus, are providing patients with comforts such as chicken soup.

Patients were in Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and D.C. Lawyers claim numerous patients' relatives and neighbors learned of their status.

Betty Price, a Republican state representative in Atlanta and a trained anesthesiologist, made the staggering claims at a hearing on Tuesday to discuss healthcare and HIV treatment.

The CDC report, released today ahead of World AIDS Day, reveals a significant increase in early detection. The current three-year figure is a huge drop from 2011, and is dropping further.

The company agreed on Thursday to pay at least $500 to each person whose privacy was breached by the blunder in eight states and Washington, D.C.

Researchers at Northwestern University found that the proportion of time patients with HIV spend depressed is directly related to their likelihood of missing doctor appointments.

Results from a Phase III trial, ran by ViiV Healthcare - a drug firm based in Brentford - show the monthly injection is as effective as the daily cocktail of pills patients currently take.

People unable to receive hospital visitors have been given the devices after the 100-year-old war veteran raised £32million for NHS charities by walking 100 laps of his garden.

At least 17 families whose loved ones have died during the Covid-19 pandemic are considering legal action, according to support charity Action Against Medical Accidents. (Stock picture from library)

King's College London researchers found the psychological effects can last months and even years after the event. Pictured: Brits are whisked into quarantine after being flown home from Japan.

The 79-year-old famed Jeopardy host admitted that his journey hasn't been easy and he's battled with bouts of 'great depression' through the process.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is planning to reopen key areas of the NHS for routine care - including cancer treatment starting from today - and 13,000 people could move to the UK Nightintgales.

Less than five patients were transferred from the city's Javits Center to hospital ship Comfort on Friday in New York City.

The FDA made its warning against using hydroxychloroquine after several reports of abnormal heart rhythms and rapid heart rates in patients who took the medication.

President Donald Trump announced Friday that the FDA has approved the drug remdesivir for emergency use in hospitalized coronavirus patients. 

Jessica Mullan, 28, left the Women and Children's Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia, on Monday after finishing an overnight shift.

The nurse in her 20s was working at Royal Adelaide Hospital on Friday when she began to experience symptoms of COVID-19.

Researchers found fake vaccines were being sold with a median cost of $575, but some allegedly sourced from China were priced at $15,300 with the most expensive being sold for $24,598.

Doctors from the Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust have warned against the 250 ventilators purchased from the Chinese company Beijing Aeonmed Co. Ltd., in a five-page letter.

The U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy set sail to LA Monday where the projected number of coronavirus-related hospital beds was five times that of Washington.

A new international clinical trial will examine if colchicine, a drug most often used to treat gout, can can reduce rates of hospitalization and death caused by the novel coronavirus.

Dr Imran Sharief, a pulmonologist from Santa Ana California, gave tocilizumab, a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, to severely ill coronavirus patients who were on ventilators.

Luke Sumner, who works in a Blackpool hospital, explained the moment he was torn between two patients and didn't know which one to sit with as they passed away from coronavirus.

The 'Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally' (VITAL) device passed a critical test at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York on April 21.

Hotels in Tokyo have been converted into quarantine facilities to free up space at hospitals and are staffed with robots. Pepper, the world's first humanoid, is greeting people as they arrive.

Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology say the recovered patients would be more active and mobile than those who have remained uninfected.

A large number of patients are mid-treatment with some even left without teeth as they were waiting for implants to be fitted.

Healthcare company Portea has developed a chatbot called Cobot-19 which will disseminate information related to coronavirus

Their solution addresses the problem ventilator shortage in the country by splitting oxygen supply so that the machine can be used on two patients simultaneously

The Maldives, an Indian Ocean archipelago nation with one of the world's most congested capitals, has seen a rapid rise in coronavirus cases over the past few weeks. Health officials predict that more than 77,000 people or a fourth of those currently living in the country could become infected, with more than 5,000 possibly needing intensive care treatment. Official figures updated Saturday showed 766 cases, including 743 that are still active. A vast majority of the patients are residents of Male, the capital. Three people have died so far. The Maldives, known for its luxury tourist resorts, reported its first case of COVID-19 in March, and until mid-April appeared to have contained the virus within the isolated resort islands that had been converted into quarantine centers. Male is highly congested, housing more than 150,000 people in a 5.8-square-kilometer (2.3-square-mile) area. The government had taken precautions to stop the virus from entering the capital by suspending ...

The Drug Controller of India has allowed clinical trial of Favipiravir medicine, developed indigenously a CSIR laboratory, on coronavirus patients, Director General Shekhar Mande said on Friday. He said the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad has developed the technology to make the drug Favipiravir. The technology has been transferred to a private company, IICT Director S Chandrashekar said. The company will now tie up with hospitals for clinical trials so that the drug could be tested on patients suffering from COVID-19. Approval from patients will be necessary as per the protocols, he said. Mande said Favipiravir is used in countries such as China and Japan to treat influenza. Whenever, a virus enters a cell, it tries to create multiple replicas. Favipiravir stops the replication process, he explained. The CSIR has already tied up with Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd to evaluate Mycobacterium W (Mw) for faster recovery of hospitalised COVID-19 patients and minimise

Coronavirus infected patients developing severe illness or having compromised immunity will have to test negative through RT-PCR test before being discharged by a hospital, the Union health ministry on Friday said in its revised discharge policy for COVID-19 cases. Moderate cases of COVID-19 and pre-symptomatic, mild and very mild cases need not undergo tests before being discharged after resolution of symptoms. According to the rules till now, a patient was considered fit to be discharged if he or she tested negative on day 14 and then again in a span of 24 hours. "The revised discharge policy is aligned with the guidelines on the 3 tier COVID facilities and the categorisation of patients based on clinical severity," the ministry said. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,981 and the number of cases climbed to 59,662 on Saturday, registering an increase of 95 deaths and 3,320 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry. The discharge criteria for severe ...

The number of coronavirus positive cases in Nashik district of Maharashtra jumped to 622 after 50 more persons were found infected, officials said on Saturday. As many as 49 of the 50 new patients were from Malegaon and one from Nashik city, the district administration said in statement. Of the total 622 COVID-19 patients in the district, 497 are from Malegaon, 45 from Nashik city and 61 from other parts, it said. The death toll due to the virus is 19 so far in the district, the statememt added. There are 19 patients from outside the district who are receiving treatment in hospitals here. A total of 46 patients- 41 patients from Malegaon, three from Nashik Municipal Corporation limit and two from other parts of the district- have recovereed from the infection so far, it said.

Amid a spurt in coronavirus cases in the national capital, the Delhi government has roped in three more private hospitals with a total of 150 beds to treat COVID-19 patients. In an order issued on Saturday,Delhi Health Secretary Padmini Singla declared Fortis in Shalimar Bagh, Saroj Medical Institute in Sector 19, Rohini and Khushi Hospital in Dwarka for admitting confirmed or suspected cases. The decision was taken due to the "shortage of isolation beds in private hospitals", te order read. The three hospitals will have 50 isolation beds each. Medical superintendents of these hospitals have been directed to make the isolation facility functional before Monday. On April 30, Singla had declared Maha Durga Charitable Trust Hospital and Sir Gangaram City Hospital as COVID-19 hospitals. LNJP Hospital, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality hospital, Sir Gangaram Kolmat Hospital and Max Hospital in Saket are some of the COVID-19 dedicated facilities in Delhi, where 6,318 people have tested positive

Nearly 3,000 patients were provided assistance for treatment and medicines by the Srinagar district administration in Jammu and Kashmir through its helpline amid teh coronavirus-driven lockdown, officials said. The IVRS-based call centre was inaugurated by Lt Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on April 17 and it replaced a series of helpline numbers launched in March aimed at attending to health emergencies on priority during the lockdown. A dedicated fleet of 10 vehicles and a team of 12 professionals have been deputed on the job round-the-clock for attending to issues related to health emergencies, demands related to dialysis, chemotherapy, diabetes and other such ailments, the officials said. Apart from the IVRS call centre, they said four mobile numbers have also been made available. Deputy Commissioner of Srinagar Shahid Iqbal Choudhary empanelled 13 dialysis centres across the city for providing dialysis services, the expenses of which are borne by the district administration. Most ..

Amidst a rising tide of reports of medical negligence in the media, the courts have stepped in to interpret laws in favour of patients, and to award large punitive damages. Shoma Chatterji reports.

An Indian-American physician in Kansas City has begun a study to find if something called “remote intercessory prayer” might initiate God to heal those infected with the coronavirus.

Earlier, in a similar gesture, a doctor who had returned home after 20 days of non-stop service to the COVID-19 patients received a warm welcome from her neighbours.

Remdesivir is authorised for the treatment of hospitalised patients with severe Covid-19 disease though the optimal duration of treatment is still being studied in ongoing clinical trials.

The last three Covid-19 patients were discharged from hospital in Bharuch on Thursday. These patients were got discharged from the Jayaben Modi Covid-19 hospital in Ankleshwar, after their two test reports came negative.

Several hotels in the capital city of Tokyo are featuring robots to help lighten the coronavirus burden on doctors and nurses.