Being a current smoker or having the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are associated with an increased risk of severe complications and higher death risk from COVID-19 infection, according to a study. COPD is a common, persistent dysfunction of the lung associated with a limitation in airflow.
Skywatchers across the globe can keep an eye on the sky as Comet Swan is expected to pass by the Earth on Wednesday night. The comet is known as the ‘Swan’ comet and is bright enough to be visible to the naked eye.
Scientists have shown in mice that two proteins required for the entry of the novel coronavirus into the body are produced by cells involved in odour detection in the nasal cavity, a finding that may explain why some COVID-19 patients experience partial or total loss of the sense of smell.
Glenmark has successfully developed the active pharma ingredient (API) and the formulations for the product through its in-house R&D team. Favipiravir has demonstrated activity against influenza viruses and has been approved in Japan for the treatment of novel influenza virus infections.
Children suffering from non-respiratory disease symptoms like diarrhea and fever, or those with a history of exposure to the novel coronavirus, should be suspected of having COVID-19, a new study says.
Scientists have called for studying the spread of the novel coronavirus across animal species, and between animals and humans, stressing the need to assess the impact of such transmission on food security.
Global warming is causing atmospheric heat and humidity to combine in several parts of the world, including in India, into a deadly extreme weather event, according to a study which says such conditions may also ravage economies.
While the possibility for reduced spread of SARS-CoV-2 due to hot weather cannot be ruled out, it will be unwarranted to assume that COVID-19 will vanish down the summer, according to an Indian virologist.
The study, published in the European Heart Journal, also found that heart failure patients taking drugs such as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), did not have higher concentrations of the coronavirus gateway enzyme ACE2 in their blood.
Is the Wuhan 'wet market' the global fountainhead of the coronavirus pandemic? Was coronavirus manufactured at a Chinese lab? Can bat viruses infect humans so easily? Three bat researchers clear the air in this exclusive interview
The European Space Agency said Friday that human urine could one day become a useful ingredient in making concrete to build on the moon.
Loss of the sense of smell is most likely to occur by the third day of infection with the novel coronavirus, according to a study of over 100 Covid-19 patients which may help public health experts better identify those carrying the virus without adverse symptoms.
In a growing list of studies on vitamin D and its link with COVID-19 disease, British researchers have found an association between low average levels of vitamin D and high numbers of COVID-19 cases and mortality rates across 20 European countries.
Chinese researchers have found virus that causes novel coronavirus can be found in semen, however, it doesn't gives a definite answer whether it can spread or transmitted during sex.
An emerging technique that uses lab-grown tiny human organs to study viral diseases can accelerate research on the novel coronavirus, and pave the way for new COVID-19 therapies, leading scientists say. "Organoids, are lab-grown organs, which closely resemble human tissues that are relevant for disease,” Josef Penninger, Director, Life Science Institute at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada
When exposed to the MERS virus, the researchers said, bat cells adapt, not by producing inflammation-causing proteins that are hallmarks of getting sick, but instead by maintaining a natural antiviral response.
As the quest for the cure of the deadly coronavirus is on, there appears to be a breakthrough according to US and Belgian scientists who have identified a particle that can block the virus, according to a study published on Tuesday.
A study at USA's Arizona State University (ASU) has discovered new mutations of COVID-19 that suggest that the virus is likely weakening like the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). In the recent ASU study, a new technology known as next-generation sequencing was used to come to this conclusion.
Get ready to witness Super Flower Moon 2020 on May 7. The beautiful celestial event will grace the night skies on Thursday, a keepsake memory in the grim corona times. The supermoon is going to be the last supermoon of the year 2020. If you are not able to watch Super Flower Moon Live, then you may catch the view online.
Intensive farming techniques have led to a common antibiotic-resistant pathogen to become capable of infecting both cattle and humans, according to a study which suggests the need to check agriculture practices for such outbreaks.
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