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.

The lockdown hasn’t prevented civilians from protesting against government policies on a wide range of issues, ranging from inequality to hunger and unemployment, all of which have intensified following the global outbreak of the coronavirus infection.

The govt wants everyone to download the Aarogya Setu app to help fight the pandemic. How do contact tracing apps work? Which other countries are using them? What are the concerns around data & privacy?

There are several sectors of the economy such as the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that are facing acute shortage of funds especially in the wake of the COVID-19-induced economic disruption.

The researchers identified three main types of PPE-related skin injuries: device-related pressure injuries; moist associated skin damage; skin tear.

Apart from Kerala, there were at least ten states and union territories that did not have a single new case on Friday. Some of these have not added to their tally for several days now. Then there are other states, like Chhattisgarh, which have been adding…

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The leader of the Labour Party, Keir Starmer, has said Kashmir is "a bilateral issue for India and Pakistan to resolve peacefully". Why is this statement significant?  

The pulse oximeter is used to check the health of patients who have known conditions that affect blood oxygen levels and for those who show symptoms such as shortness of breath.

This is not the first time that Musk has given statements about his company through social media. In 2018, Musk tweeted he was thinking about taking the company private, which cost him his role as chairman.

The numbers simply reinforced the trend that we have been witnessing for a few days now. The bulk of new cases, as well as deaths, are being reported from the top five or seven states, while the others contributing very modest numbers.

As per the fresh notification from the agency, the grace period will become applicable to the documents if the issuance date listed on the request, notice or decision is between March 1 and July 1, 2020.

Researchers have described five clinical patterns, including the so-called 'covid toe', that they observed in 19 per cent of the Covid-19 cases examined.

Aged 39, Hussain hailed from Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, and was the editor and publisher of the Balochistan Times, an online magazine he started in 2015.

Conducted by physician-researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the study was published in the online edition of Cancer Discovery.