It is important that oxygen saturation is maintained at the required levels since if the oxygen levels start falling below 90 percent, patients may experience lethargy, confusion or mental disruptions.

A widespread outbreak of COVID-19 will have a disastrous impact on these island nations. This was one reason why many governments closed their borders to international passengers starting in the last week of January itself, when news of the outbreak first…

Vitamin D is known to modulate the response of white blood cells, preventing them from releasing too many inflammatory cytokines (part of the body’s immune response to fight infections).

Last week, a number of state governments made key changes in the application of labour laws. What are the labour laws in the country, and how can such changes impact firms, their workers, and the economy?

From her stress on handwashing to the use of data to assess healthcare outcomes, the battle against the pandemic is a constant reminder of her work. Yet the same pandemic threatens to shut down a museum dedicated to her.

In the last two days, Maharashtra has also reported over 100 deaths. Its death count has now reached 832, which is more than 37 per cent of all deaths in the country.

The rule of strict liability, which has been applied around the world in both civil and criminal law, first evolved in the 1868 British case Rylands vs Fletcher.

While Missouri is the only state in the US that has brought forward a lawsuit, now there are individual citizens and businesses in the country as well that are trying to sue China for the spread of the virus.

Assigned the code name Operation Shakti, the mission was initiated on May 11, 1998. The tests consisted of 5 detonations.

The state governments that have changed labour laws argue that without being constrained by laws of any kind — minimum wages, dispute resolution, health compensations etc. — Indian firms will roar back to health.

Coronavirus (COVID-19): Almost 50 days of the nationwide lockdown has not only begun testing the patience of the population, especially the migrant daily wage workers, but also exacting an economic toll that has started to weigh on the mind of the government.

A series of new studies has reinforced the case for wearing masks as a preventive. A look at the findings on their utility in possibly eliminating Covid, reducing lockdown periods and blocking out droplets

The arrival of summer may have raised hopes that the novel coronavirus will not survive the temperature, but new studies have observed that there is still no statistically significant data to link epidemic growth with latitude and temperature.

The researchers measured ACE2 concentrations in blood samples from several thousand heart failure patients from 11 European countries.

A study suggests prolonged or intermittent social distancing may be necessary into 2022 to prevent the case load from exceeding critical care capacities.

Only Maharashtra and Gujarat now have more confirmed cases than Tamil Nadu, which has seen its numbers rise rapidly in the last few days, especially after the discovery of the Koyambedu market cluster in Chennai which has so far contributed more than 2,000…

Reliance Industries (RIL) Share Price: The sharp rise of 46 per cent in the share prices of RIL over the last one-month comes amidst a volatile market condition that led to a Sensex crash of 26.7 per cent since January this year.

Factors to be considered, along with the infection risk, are what harm might occur due to school closure, such as risk of non-return to school, widening disparity in educational attainment and limited access to meals.

Here’s a look at some European countries which have the highest cases of Covid-19 in the world and their exit strategies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the Atma-nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan (or Self-reliant India Mission) and said that in the days to come his government would unveil the details of an economic package — worth Rs 20 lakh crore or 10% of India’s GDP in 2019…

Of the more than 1,000 staff members reporting fit for duty during the study period, 3% nevertheless tested positive for the coronavirus.