covid-19

Scientists propose repurposing anti-malarial drug Mefloquine to fight COVID-19

Japanese scientists are scanning the possibility of using an anti-malarial drug called mefloquine. In a breakthrough study, a team of scientists from Tokyo University of Science…

3 years ago

Unscientific medicines and overdose are the cause of death due to corona: Study

By: Viveksheel Aggarwal, Niramaya Research Niramaya Research Foundation, a research organization of the country, recently took the initiative to investigate…

3 years ago

Zydus Cadila applies for emergency use nod for COVID-19 vaccine

Zydus Cadila has approached India’s top drug regulator for restricted emergency approval of ZyCov-D, its three-dose Covid-19 vaccine. If granted, this would…

3 years ago

Delta Variant To Become Dominant Strain Of COVID-19 soon, says WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Delta variant of coronavirus, which is now present in around 100…

3 years ago

Govt issues guidelines for administering jab to pregnant women

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has issued fresh guidelines for administering Covid-19 jabs. It said that pregnancy does not…

3 years ago

Cipla receives DCGI nod for import of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for restricted emergency use in India

India's drug regulator DCGI has granted permission to Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company Cipla to import Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for restricted emergency use in the country,…

3 years ago

Delhi: First report of five cases of CMV related rectal bleeding in Covid immunocompetent patients

Through a recent Press Release, Sir Gangaram Hospital informed about the first report of five cases of Cytomegalovirus (CMV) related…

3 years ago

On-duty doc assaulted by sons of Covid patient

Maharashtra: Two sons of a Covid patient who died at Civic-run Sion Hospital, assaulted the treating doctor. A team of…

3 years ago

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories announces commercial launch of anti-COVID 2-DG drug

Dr Reddy's Laboratories has announced the commercial launch of 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose (2-DG) used to treat Covid patients, adding that the drug…

3 years ago

Third wave to arrive late in the country: Dr NK Arora

Dr NK Arora, the chief of the Centre's Covid-19 working group, on Sunday said that the third wave of coronavirus could be…

3 years ago