As the coronavirus cases are at its peak in China and spreading to more countries, the World Health Organisation has warned that it could still grow into a pandemic. Even as the Chinese epicentre appeared to be calming, the financial markets in Middle-East Europe and Asia have become increasingly plunge. With more than 2,000 cases […]
Winning the battle against the coronavirus, the patient zero of India has come back to life. Recovering completely from the coronavirus, she said her respect for the medical profession had grown ever since she saw how selflessly the health professionals worked to save her life. The 20-year-old was pursuing her third-year MBBS in China, where […]
Chinese researchers claim to have made a breakthrough in understanding how the coronavirus spreads and why it’s so infectious. According to the latest findings by the researchers, new research from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC) confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 have a live virus in stool specimens. The latest […]
Bringing another challenge to the country, which is already busy dealing with the coronavirus, two employees were tested positive for H1N1 swine flu in Bangalore. Following this, German software giant SAP, where the employees are working on Thursday shut down their offices in India for “extensive sanitation”. As a precautionary measure, the company temporarily closed […]
Could we defeat coronavirus? Yes, proves the latest information regarding the first patient who was tested positive for the virus in India. As per the media reports, the final test result of India’s first coronavirus patient has returned negative. But the authorities were waiting for the last the final test results to discharge the patient, […]
Donating plasma can save lives, indeed the power of the plasma is beyond our thinking, it can do wonders. Now, to win over the battle against the coronavirus, twenty recovered coronavirus patients donated their plasma to those in severe condition in Wuhan. A move which deserves applauds. According to the province’s COVID-19 scientific research team, […]
While the death toll from novel coronavirus disease(COVID-19) has escalated to 1770, the Free Medicine Scheme run by the Gehlot government in Rajasthan is about to disrupt. According to a joint letter written by ten major companies who supply essential medicines to the Rajasthan Medical Services Corporation under this much-lauded scheme, the raw materials for […]
When the deadly Nipah mercilessly claimed 17 lives in 2018, a lab in Manipal played a great role in detecting and controlling the spread of the virus. But now, it has found itself off the list of Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) Viral Research & Diagnostic Laboratories for no fault of theirs. The Manipal […]
As the deadly coronavirus claimed 1000 lives in China, the World Health Organisation in a conference about battling the virus as China, said that the coronavirus poses a “very grave” global threat. WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this in an appeal for sharing virus samples and speeding up research into drugs and vaccines. According […]
Do music and schizophrenia has any connection? Well, a new study proves there is some connection between the two. According to a NIMHANS study, listening to Indian classical music has beneficial effects in improving the cognitive functions of patients with schizophrenia. The study examined the effect of music listening on the amplitude and latency of […]