3 win Nobel Prize in medicine for Hepatitis C virus discovery
Stockholm: The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine 2020 was on Monday awarded jointly to Americans Harvey J Alter and Charles...
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Covid-19 vaccine rollout unlikely before fall 2021: Study
Toronto: Experts working in the field of vaccine development tend to believe that an effective vaccine is not likely to be...
US President Trump, wife Melania test Covid-19 positive
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Friday announced that he and his wife Melania have tested positive for the novel coronavirus....
WHO warns death toll may hit 2mn even with vaccine
Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the global coronavirus death toll could cross the two-million figure before an...
This cancer drug can help in Covid-19 treatment
New York: Researchers in the US have discovered that an experimental cancer drug called AR-12 inhibits the Covid-19 virus from infecting...
Drug with potential to fight Covid-19 identified
London: Scientists have identified a new drug that could prevent or mitigate the consequences derived from infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus...
UV light kills Covid-19 virus without harming people: Study
Tokyo: In a significant breakthrough, researchers have discovered that using Ultraviolet C (UVC) light with a wavelength of 222 nanometres (touted...
Majority of Covid-recovered complain of fatigue: Study
London: In a major study, the researchers have shown that persistent fatigue occurs in more than half of patients recovered from...
Yoshihide Suga elected as Japan’s new Prime Minister
Tokyo: Yoshihide Suga, the new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was elected as the new Prime Minister to succeed...
ISS-bound spacecraft named after late astronaut Kalpana Chawla
Washington: American aerospace and defence technology company Northrop Grumman has named a spacecraft after late astronaut Kalpana Chawla who became the...
