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In a conversation, Dr. Gautam Menon, Professor of Physics and Biology at Ashoka University and co-author of COVID-19 modelling studies, and Dr. Giridhara R. Babu, Professor of Epidemiology at the…
While the low sensitivity of rapid antigen tests arises from not isolating the viral RNA from the swab samples and amplification of the DNA before detection, the two indigenously developed tests follow these two vital steps, the reason why the sensitivity and specificity are far superior than that of the rapid antigen tests.
Even as WHO supported Solidarity Therapeutics Trial found remdesivir to be ineffective in reducing mortality and duration of hospital stay, the global body prequalified the drug the same day the…
While India accounts for 26% of TB cases in the world, the TB notifications during the period January-June 2020 in India reduced by 25% compared to the same period in…
WHO’s Solidarity Therapeutics Trial, the largest randomised control trial carried out in the world during the pandemic, has found that four repurposed drugs — remdesivir, interferon, hydroxychloroquine and lopinavir/ritonavir regimes…
Using a custom-built olfactory action meter, which determines how well one can smell, a team led by Dr. Nixon Abraham from the Department of Biology at IISER Pune was able…
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign began an ambitious initiative in mid-August to repeatedly test for free all students, faculty and staff for novel coronavirus using a rapid saliva-based test that…
With at least two months follow-up data likely to be available earliest only by November or December, the guidance essentially shuts the door on vaccine manufacturers making their vaccines available…
