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Continuity of medical care will now be a reality

B. Pradeep Nair Bengaluru startup develops platform on which complex healthcare applications can be easily built.

Israel’s Ambassador to India Ron Malka interacts with the media at the Indo-Israel COVID-19 test camp in New Delhi’s Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on July 31, 2020.

Coronavirus | ICMR fast-tracks approvals for Israeli research

Vijaita Singh DRDO coordinating effort including transfer of data, saliva samples from 5000 patients

The AIIMS professor said that since the country was not ready to fight the virus during the initial phase, it was easier to support the first lockdown.

Strict lockdowns after four to five months of the pandemic are not justified, says AIIMS professor

Zubeda Hamid There are health problems other than COVID-19 that need attention, and this lockdown has disrupted all these health-related activities. So people are really suffering, Dr. Sanjay Rai says.

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Continuity of medical care will now be a reality

Coronavirus | Strict lockdowns after four to five months of the pandemic are not justified, says AIIMS professor

Coronavirus | ICMR plans to set up registry of hospitalised patients

COVID-19 | WHO warns of drawn out pandemic, ‘response fatigue’

Coronavirus | Ministerial panel recommends lifting export ban on ventilators

Gene variants and susceptibility to schizophrenia

Coronavirus | ICMR fast-tracks approvals for Israeli research coordinated by DRDO

DRDO coordinating effort including transfer of data, saliva samples from 5000 patients

Coronavirus | India’s case fatality rate among world's lowest, says Health Minister

Only 0.28% of COVID-19 patients on ventilators, says Harsh Vardhan.

UK scientists to immunise hundreds with coronavirus vaccine

Shattock said he was optimistic the Imperial vaccine would work, but must await the scientific data from the trial.

Coronavirus | Herd immunity cannot be a strategic option for India: Health Ministry

Health Ministry flags high human cost of herd immunity.

Coronavirus | India has key vaccine role: Anthony Fauci

Trump’s adviser says its manufacturing capabilities going to be very important.

DCGI asks Serum Institute to revise protocol for phase 2, 3 trials of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine

The panel also recommended that the proposed clinical trial sites be distributed across India, the source said.

Coronavirus | Sero-surveys show COVID-19 peak far away, say experts

57% of people in Mumbai slums have antibodies

Tocilizumab fails to address COVID-19 pneumonia

Taking the drug also didn’t improve patients’ chances of staying off ventilator support or even reducing their dependence on it, say results.

Antibiotics extensively misused in dairy sector: survey

Residues remain largely untested in milk. We are concerned, says CSE director general

COVID-19 will lead to 6.7 million additional ‘wasted’ children, say global bodies

Scale-up detection, expand nutrition coverage: UNICEF, FAO, WFP, WHO

Coronavirus | India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 1.5 million mark

The recoveries surged to 9,52,743 on July 28 pushing the recovery rate to 64.24%, according to the Union Health Ministry data

#ForYourMind: music and art in aid of mental health

Raghav Meattle, Hanita Bhambri, Vibhav Singh, Swarathma... artists and musicians across the country are putting their work on sale for the cause of mental health

Majority of the ‘mysterious’ diseases are ‘missed’ diagnosis: experts

They highlight lack of proper training in outbreak investigations and poor investigational facilities at district level, they say

Coronavirus | COVAX Facility targeting 2 billion vaccine doses by 2021: WHO Regional Director

The mechanism is designed to guarantee rapid, fair and equitable access to vaccines worldwide. By connecting a pool of demand to a pool of supply, it will allow countries access to a broad portfolio of COVID-19 vaccines.

Your go-to list of podcasts on yoga

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Watch | What are serological surveys?

A video on serological surveys and how they work as a tool for estimating the extent of disease spread in a population

Coronavirus | Amitabh Bachchan on how COVID-19 takes toll on patient’s mental health

Highlighting his own state, Mr. Amitabh wrote he sings to keep himself entertained in the loneliness.

The Hindu Explains | What are the implications of the Delhi sero-survey findings?

How reliable are they?

The Hindu Explains | Is SARS-CoV-2 a latent virus which can recur?

Is there a possibility of a ‘second’ COVID-19 infection? Or are there flaws in the testing system?

The Hindu Explains | Why have COVID-19 cases surged in Kerala?

How has the State fared? Have norms been flouted by the people?

Coronavirus | India hikes testing capacity to over 4 lakh a day

Collective efforts of Centre, States has kept a check on mortality, says Health Ministry.

Why Vitamin C matters

Limes and lemons aren’t your only source of this power nutrient. Choose from a variety of fruits and vegetables to get your daily dose of vitamin C. Plus, some interesting recipes to help you along!

How wearing masks cut coronavirus transmission to 139 clients in a salon

Both stylists and most clients were wearing masks during the entire duration of each appointment.

Coronavirus | Uniform country-wide peak in COVID-19 cases will not happen: Expert

The peak could be witnessed in States like Delhi by this month end or early August while it may be around September in others such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Karnataka, Director of the Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH) Prof. G.V.S. Murthy said

Coronavirus | India has one of world’s lowest COVID-19 infection, death rate: Minister Vardhan at SCO Health Ministers’ meet

These remarks were made by the Union Health Minister at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Health Ministers’ Digital Meet held digitally, the Health Ministry said.

Coronavirus | India’s tests per million see steady rise since adoption of ‘test, track and treat’ strategy, says Health Ministry

The rise in tests per million has been achieved with a steady rise in the number of labs and efforts by the Centre and State governments and Union Territorty administrations to facilitate wide-spread testing through an array of options, the Ministry noted.

Attention parents: Your quick guide to vaccinations in a pandemic

Paediatricians talk about what to keep in mind when stepping out to the doctor’s clinic with the little ones

AIIMS begins phase-1 clinical trials for Covaxin

Few more participants would be given the vaccine on Saturday after their screening reports come.

Watch | Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine shows positive results

A video on the new COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Oxford University that shows a protective immune response

Video: In conversation with Andrew Pollard, Director of Oxford Vaccine Group

The Hindu's Narayan Lakshman in a video interview with Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group speaking on the possibility of COVID-19 vaccines.

Coronavirus | India will have to deliver vaccine on a scale never seen before: Oxford scientist Andrew Pollard

Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group Andrew Pollard shares with Narayan Lakshman deep insights into the coronavirus endgame scenarios that might now be on the table

Coronavirus | Serum Institute has begun manufacturing Oxford COVID-19 vaccine

Institute will seek permission to carry out a phase-3 trial in India.

Biocon Biologics, Voluntis in pact for digital therapeutics for diabetics

Insulia provides automated insulin dose recommendations enabling people with diabetes to self-manage their condition and healthcare teams to remotely monitor progress.

Coronavirus | Government turns focus to virus after-effects

Health Ministry explained that these CGRs will include presentation of clinical cases by physicians directly involved in their management.

Phase II trial finds Chinese COVID-19 vaccine is safe, induces immune response

A phase II clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, conducted in China, has found that it is safe and induces an immune response, a study

Over 1.60 lakh health-care facilities in India operating without permission: CPCB to NGT

Out of the 2,70,416 numbers of health-care facilities, only 1,10,356 health-care facilities are authorised till the year 2019, apex pollution monitoring said.

Watch | Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine prompts immune response

A video on the new COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Oxford University that shows a protective immune response

Watch | All you need to know about pulse oximeters

A video explainer on the non-invasive, low-cost and easy to use pulse oximeter

Coronavirus | ‘Several factors could be behind the low case fatality rate in India’

Virologist Dr. Shahid Jameel assesses reasons ranging from a young population to the better health-seeking behaviour seen in southern India.

Coronavirus | ‘COVID-19 claims the lives of 104 doctors across the country’

Ten nurses too lost their lives during this period, with their average age being 49.6 years.

UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test

In research published in Lancet, scientists said that they found their experimental vaccine produced a dual immune response in people aged 18 to 55.

Coronavirus | Over 7 lakh cured, recovery rate at 62.6%, says Health Ministry

India’s case fatality rate drops to 2.46%: Govt.

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77K | Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sachin Pilot were the ‘princelings’ of Congress, says Manish Tewari

The trio said the contempt law in question was unconstitutional, rooted in colonialism and produced a chilling effect on free speech and expression.

70K | N. Ram, Arun Shourie and Prashant Bhushan move Supreme Court against Contempt of Court Act

A pilot with IndiGo airlines was killed and the driver seriously injured when the car they were travelling in rammed a container truck on the Nehru Outer Ring Road at Himayat Sagar.

36K | IndiGo pilot killed in car crash near Hyderabad airport

Union Home Minister Amit Shah attends an event in New Delhi on August 1, 2020. Mr. Shah said on August 2, 2020 said he had tested positive for COVID-19.

27K | Coronavirus | Amit Shah tests positive, admitted to hospital

A passenger shows her ticket and identity card to a security person at the airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. File (representational image)

22K | Coronavirus | India eases quarantine rules for international travellers

21K | Pakistanis behind ‘Chinese’ info war on India-China border standoff

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Police personnel fine motorists who came out without reason on the complete lock down day, at Goripalayam in Madurai on August 2, 2020

15K | Coronavirus India lockdown Day 131 updates | August 2, 2020

Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. File

13K | Coronavirus| Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa tests positive for COVID-19