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COVID-19 in 2025  

The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic spanning over three years claimed millions of lives worldwide and caused immense misery to the humanity. Rapid developments of vaccines...

CoViNet: A New Network of Global Laboratories for Coronaviruses 

A new global network of laboratories for coronaviruses, CoViNet, has been launched by WHO. The aim behind this initiative is to bring together surveillance...

COVID-19: Severe lung infection affects heart through “cardiac macrophage shift” 

It is known that COVID-19 increases the risk of heart attack, stroke, and Long COVID but what was not known is whether the damage...

Russia Registers World’s First Vaccine against COVID-19: Can We Have the Safe Vaccine for Global Use Before the End of 2021? 

There are reports of Russia registering world’s first vaccine against novel corona virus while the phase 3 trial of this vaccine is still in progress. Developed jointly...

Bacterial Predator Could Help Reduce COVID-19 Deaths

A type of virus that preys on bacteria could be harnessed to combat bacterial infections in patients whose immune systems have been weakened by...

Dexamethasone: Have Scientists Found Cure for Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients?

Low-cost dexamethasone reduces death by up to one third in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19 The scientists have been sceptic over the...

Vitamin D Insufficiency (VDI) Leads to Severe COVID-19 Symptoms

Easily correctable condition of Vitamin D Insufficiency (VDI) has very severe implications for COVID-19. In countries worst affected by COVID-19 such as Italy, Spain...

mRNA-1273: Moderna Inc.’s mRNA Vaccine Against Novel Coronavirus Shows Positive Results

A biotech firm, Moderna, Inc. has announced that ‘mRNA-1273’, their mRNA vaccine against novel coronavirus has shown positive results in the phase 1 clinical...

Drug Trials for COVID-19 Begins in the UK and USA

Clinical Trials to evaluate effectiveness of anti-malarial drug, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) and antibiotic, Azithromycin in treating older people with COVID-19 begins in the UK and...

NLRP3 Inflammasome: A Novel Drug Target for Treating Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients

Several studies indicate that activation of NLRP3 inflammasome is responsible for acute respiratory distress syndrome and/or acute lung injury (ARDS/ALI) seen in severely ill...

Humans and Viruses: A Brief History of Their Complex Relationship And Implications for COVID-19

Humans would not have existed without viruses because viral protein plays a key role in the development of human embryo. However, at times, they...

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