“Potential Fecal Transmission of SARS-CoV-2: Current Evidence and Implications for Public Health” will appear in an upcoming edition of the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Rice University (Texas) said in a statement.

The fact that cats can get infected has been known for some time now; what do the latest findings add to existing knowledge?

Following infections inside Mumbai Central Jail, Maharashtra has started temporarily releasing half the prisoners in its jails. Which ones are being freed, what is the procedure, and what are other states doing?

According to IMF, the global economy is expected to shrink by over 3 per cent in 2020 – the steepest slowdown since the Great Depression of the 1930s. 

Coronavirus cases: As was being expected, Tamil Nadu over took Gujarat on Thursday, to become the state with the second-highest caseload.

Domestic and International Flights in India: Going by the initial feedback, a number of new rules and regulations are expected to be put into place that will change the flying experience.

Rattan Khatri, who would later come to be known as the “Matka King” of Mumbai, died in his South Mumbai home last Saturday (May 9), after having suffered a brain stroke recently.

Already under pressure due to surging Covid-19 cases and deaths in Maharashtra, the unopposed election would have come as welcome relief to Uddhav Thackeray.

Faced with a pandemic as well as a struggling economy, policymakers are grappling with difficult choices on relaxing lockdown restrictions. Jaipur city’s nodal Covid officer describes the factors to be considered.

A new study of 1,364 airports worldwide says India’s population density and frequent domestic travel put it at high risk for outbreaks from infected passengers arriving from within the country.

How has Covid-19 impacted the functioning of courts worldwide? The Indian Express takes stock.

The study found that this is higher than the lives lost from the pandemic — 4,633 as of May 4. The paper was published on Wednesday in Lancet Planetary Health.

Adopting names for cyclones makes it easier for people to remember, as opposed to numbers and technical terms. Apart from the general public, it also helps the scientific community, the media, disaster managers etc.

According to an article published in the journal Science, when epidemics become endemic, the responsibility of protecting against it shifts from the government to the individual.

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States like Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa had either stopped reporting new cases, or were reporting very few. In the last couple of days, however, there has been a noticeable rise in these states.

Meet Troglomyces twitteri, a fungus spotted on a Twitter image by a Denmark biologist. What is this species, and what is its relationship with millipedes?

International Light Day: May 16 was selected for the occasion as it marks the anniversary of the first successful operation of the laser in 1960 by physicist and engineer Theodore Maiman.

Delhi Metro Guidelines and Rules: Once the curbs are lifted, commuters on the Delhi Metro can expect a paradigm shift in the way in which they travel.

Only about 30% patients require hospitalised care in a Dedicated Covid Hospital. But glitches in following protocol, a lag in reacting to changing patient requirements, and inadequate resource-monitoring is leading to inefficient utilisation of critical care…