Some of the AI-based approaches to deal with the current pandemic include the COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19), which is a free resource of the research that is being done on COVID-19.

At present, the United States is the World Health Organization's biggest contributor, making up 14.67 per cent of total funding.

Scientists using computer models to measure the spread of an infectious disease say they are yet to notice a “flattening of the growth curve”.

India is talking about the recent spurt in cases, but how sharp has it been? Data from day to day, plotted in these graphs, show how and when the growth changed from occasional to a trickle to exponential.

Coronavirus: The mathematical figure ‘R0’ indicates how fast an infection is spreading.

Children infected with the coronavirus show milder symptoms, a faster recovery, shorter “detoxification time” and a good prognosis as compared to adults, researchers in China have found.

More important than determining who has gotten the disease is determining who is giving it to others. Are people without symptoms transmitting the virus?

While there are 83.4 nurses per 10,000 population in the Americas, there are 8.7 nurses per 10,000 population in the African region.

How does one clean the face cover? The advisory recommends three possible ways.

The sealing of COVID-19 hotspots is part of the government’s larger plan to contain the spread. A look at the approach laid down, stage by stage, and what is recommended on hospitalisation and treatment.

The sealing of COVID-19 hotspots is part of the government’s larger plan to contain the spread. A look at the approach laid down, stage by stage, and what is recommended on hospitalisation and treatment.

The start of the coronavirus pandemic coincided with the peak vegetable harvesting season. As the markets were locked down, there was a threat to the crop in over 100 lakh hectares in the country.

Providing aid to civil authorities, as and when called upon to do so, is a secondary task for the armed forces. It cannot replace the primary role of ensuring external security and operational preparedness.

Coronavirus (COVID-19): According to the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), if the laboratory results for the virus for suspect cases are negative, the discharge of such patients is guided by the clinical condition of the case. Such patients are…

The Health Ministry has issued guidelines on blood donation to dispel apprehensions that donors and organisations might have about virus transmission due to transfusion or on contracting the virus at collection centres.

In the case of COVID-19, it cannot be said certainly if a high viral load translates to more severe symptoms for a person or if they are more contagious.

In its interim guidelines, the World Health Organisation (WHO) maintains that as per current evidence, COVID-19 is transmitted by symptomatic cases through droplets.

As govt prepares to frame a protocol for convalescent plasma therapy, a look at the science behind injecting a recovered patient’s plasma into a serious patient.

Based on household-level data on occupation and income, a calculation for helping citizens get to their feet