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A Science and Technology Blog

May 23, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Day: April 29, 2020

CoronavirusDrugsHealthPublic HealthSARS-CoV-2

Remdesivir drug has no significant clinical benefits for COVID-19 patients: Lancet

Treating severe COVID-19 patients with the antiviral drug remdesivir does not quicken recovery, the first randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial found.

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One mutated coronavirus type dominates globally

NIBMG scientists have analysed 3,669 whole genome sequence data of novel coronavirus from across the world and found 10 types

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Can we rely on natural herd immunity to end COVID-19 pandemic?

All previous influenza pandemics — 1918 Spanish flu, 1957 Asian flu, 1968 Hong Kong influenza, and 2009 H1N1 — came

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Coronavirus: Lessons India should have learnt from Singapore’s dormitory spread

It took just 12 days for novel coronavirus cases to double to two million and another 12 days to cross

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