Health
WHO stops hydroxychloroquine trial
Geneva: The World Health Organization has announced that testing of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine in its large multi-country trial of...
Government lifts export ban on anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine
New Delhi: The Indian government has lifted the ban on the export of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and its formulations,...
British researchers will begin human trials this week for a potential coronavirus vaccine
London: British researchers this week will start human trials for a potential coronavirus vaccine developed by infectious diseases experts at...
WHO warns research on dexamethasone in early stages
Geneva: Research on the use of dexamethasone for Covid-19 is still in the early stages, the World Health Organization said,...
WHO calls for more ‘systematic, exhaustive investigation’ on clusters in response to China’s recent outbreak
Geneva: The World Health Organization said Monday that more scientists globally should investigate disease clusters to analyze what is driving...
Currently, only TB vaccine is effective in Corona: study
New Delhi: US researchers are studying the possibility of using tuberculosis and polio vaccines to protect against the deadly corona...
WHO says ‘we can always do better’
Geneva: World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a press conference that the agency “could always do better”...
Fauci described, COVID-19 pandemic was his ‘worst nightmare’ and is not yet over
Washington: White House health adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday described the COVID-19 pandemic as his “worst nightmare,” adding that...
WHO clarifies comments on asymptomatic spread of Covid-19
Geneva:The World Health Organization clarified its comments that transmission of the coronavirus by people who never developed symptoms is “very...
Coronavirus spread with no symptoms is ‘very rare’: WHO
Geneva: The spread of COVID-19 from people who have no symptoms appears to be “very rare,” the World Health Organization...