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Scientists Discover Autoantibody in Covid-19 Patients that Triggers Firestorm of Blood Clots

How Covid-19 manages to trigger the production of a variety of autoantibodies, including anti-NETs remains unknown.

Jul 21, 2021

Scientists Discover Novel Coronavirus in Horseshoe Bats in Britain

The researchers stated that the natural distribution of sarbecoviruses and opportunities for recombination through intermediate host co-infection have been underestimated.

Jul 20, 2021

Coronavirus

Antibody Levels Remain Robust Nine Months After Covid Infection, New Study Finds

The team found that 98.8 per cent of people infected in February/March showed detectable levels of antibodies in November.

Jul 19, 2021

Coronavirus

Lancet Study Reports Brain or Nerve Complications in Some Kids Infected With Covid-19

The risk of a child being admitted to hospital due to COVID-19 is small, but among those hospitalised, brain and nerve complications occur in almost 4 per cent.

Jul 18, 2021

Coronavirus

Covid Myth Busted: Commonly Used Antibiotic No More Effective Than Placebo

The study included 263 participants who all tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 within seven days before entering the study.

Jul 17, 2021

Coronavirus

Speech Neuroprosthesis: Brain Implant Turns Paralyzed Man's Thoughts Into Words

UCSF researchers surgically implanted a high-density electrode array over the patient's speech motor cortex.

Jul 16, 2021

Spanish Researchers Develop Blood Test That Can Effectively Track COVID-19 Infection

The test was developed by researchers at the UMH-CSIC Neurosciences Institute in Alicante, Spain.

Jul 15, 2021

Coronavirus

Cancer Diagnosis: India's Premier Institute Develops AI Algorithm to Spot Mutations

Using sophisticated AI techniques, the researchers developed a novel prediction algorithm and tested it on several open-source cancer mutation datasets.

Jul 13, 2021

Super Nova-K: Djokovic Wins Wimbledon, His 20th Grand Slam Crown

Novak Djokovic joined Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the other two members of the Big Three, as the players with the most number of Grand Slam singles titles in the Open Era.

Jul 12, 2021

Covid Infection Severity Risk In Children Extremely Low - Study

Under-18s are not routinely offered Covid vaccines, even if they have other underlying health conditions that put them at risk.

Jul 10, 2021

Coronavirus

EU Fines Volkswagen, BMW 875 Million Euros for Emissions Cartel

EU antitrust authority finds the two companies made illegal agreements to limit the introduction of AdBlue to diesel engine exhaust gases.

Jul 9, 2021

WHO Recommends Arthritis Drugs to Cut Death Risk in Covid Patients

Administering one of these drugs in addition to corticosteroids, in hospitalised patients, reduces the risk of death by 17 percent.

Jul 8, 2021

German Doctors Use Experimental Heart Drug to Cure Long-Covid Symptoms

Blood flow problems are thought to be at the root of the long-Covid conundrum.

Jul 7, 2021

Jeff Bezos is now the richest person in the world

Jeff Bezos Steps Down as Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy Takes Over

In May, Bezos had announced that Jassy will take over as the CEO of the e-commerce giant on July 5.

Jul 6, 2021

Cancer and Covid: 95% of Patients With the Disease Respond Well to Vaccines

The median age of patients in the study was 63. Most of the patients (106) had solid cancers.

Jul 4, 2021

Coronavirus

Vaccine Passport: Covishield Jab Receivers May Be Denied Entry to European Union

The Indian version Covishield has not even requested for the market authorization, according to reports.

Jul 3, 2021

Indian Scientists Say Anti-Diabetic Drug Can be a Ready to Use Covid-19 Medicine

Ertugliflozin, an FDA approved drug for type-2 diabetes, works as SGLT-2 inhibitor by removing excessive glucose through urine.

Jul 2, 2021

Coronavirus

Phase 3 Trial in US Shows India's Covaxin is 100% Effective Against Severe Covid-19

Results from a Phase 2 trial of Covaxin indicate that it is safe and well tolerated, while unpublished interim results from the Phase 3 trial indicate that the vaccine has 78 per cent efficacy against symptomatic disease.

Jul 1, 2021

Legislation Passed to Remove Confederate Statues From US Capitol Hill

A total of 67 Republicans joined the Democrats in support, while 120 voted against the legislation on Tuesday.

Jun 30, 2021

Moderna Says its Covid-19 Vaccine Shows Promise in Lab Setting Against Variants

The vaccine produced neutralising titers against all variants tested, including the Delta variant.

Jun 30, 2021

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