Estrogen and progesterone are the two main sex hormones that characterise a woman. Estrogen helps her develop female physical features and also maintains her reproductive system.

While outdoors, maintain at least 1 metre distance from others — especially if someone is coughing or sneezing. It is widely accepted that the novel coronavirus spreads itself through droplets, which are released in abundance when someone coughs or sneezes.

COVID-19 cases in India are taking a longer time to double during the lockdown than they were earlier. A look at nationwide trends, and how widely the doubling rates have varied from one state to another.

A prolific artist, Varma is believed to have made around 7,000 paintings before his death at the age of 58. His most famous works include Damayanti Talking to a Swan, Shakuntala Looking for Dushyanta, Nair Lady Adorning Her Hair, and Shantanu and Matsyagandha.

Together Maharashtra and Gujarat now have seen the death of at least 583 people.

Coronavirus (COVID-19): UK's Paediatric Intensive Care Society said it had observed an "apparent rise" in the number of children, of all ages, with a "multi-system inflammatory state requiring intensive care".

Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said the country should enter into a “new normal” by the end of June.

On April 9, The Indian Express analysed the national and state-wise COVID-19 growth curves. How have these shaped since? In updated curves, trends during last 3 weeks of lockdown.

West Bengal has a current reproduction number of 1.52, much higher than the national average of 1.29. In West Bengal’s case, it means every 100 persons were infecting 152 others, as of now.

The Permanent Mission is the diplomatic mission that every member state deputes to the United Nations, and is headed by a Permanent Representative, who is also referred to as the “UN ambassador”.

Pieces of the virus’s genetic material, or RNA, may remain in cells and be detected by a nucleic acid test a month or two after infection, underscoring the limitation of testing, scientists said.

Coronavirus (COVID-19): India has seen a reduction in its energy demands by over 30 per cent as a result of the nation-wide lockdown.

With India's coronavirus lockdown ending on May 3, the government is set to issue new guidelines for the weeks that follow. With little known about the virus, here's where the country is in terms of numbers and research.

The review, scheduled for publication in Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, found that 68% of the phones sampled in these studies were contaminated. Golden staph and E. coli microbes were among the most common bugs on phones.

Now, researchers have reported that they have determined the 3D structure of this “copy machine”. This makes it possible to investigate how drugs such as remdesivir work, they note.

US disease control authority has newly listed loss of sense of smell among COVID-19 symptoms. A look at this less commonly described symptom, and what the evidence worldwide has shown so far.

With more than 100 candidate vaccines already in development, the response from the scientific community and industry has been unprecedented. But of course, vaccine development on its own isn’t enough.

In India, May Day was first celebrated on May 1, 1923, after the Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan initiated and Comrade Singaravelar helmed the celebrations.

Death of 105 persons among 816 confirmed positive cases would give West Bengal a case-fatality ratio (CFR) of 13 per cent, which is way above any other state.

While millions across the world are confined to their homes, offices and businesses are shut, and economies are on the verge of collapse, there are some countries that have not followed others in locking down their residents.