How wearing masks cut coronavirus transmission to 139 clients in a salon
Vigilant mask wearing by two hair stylists working at a salon in Springfield, Missouri in the U.S. and all
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Finally, Tamil Nadu to resume contact tracing with earnestness
Aggressive testing since mid-June in hotspot areas in Chennai and the 12-day lockdown that went into effect from June
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Results of coronavirus vaccine trials call for cautious optimism
Never before have candidate vaccines been developed from scratch, tested on animals and completed early stages of human clinical
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Study finds evidence of vertical transmission of coronavirus across the placenta
While about half-a-dozen studies published have already suggested vertical transmission of novel coronavirus from the mother to child, a study
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U.S. withdrawal from WHO is a lose-lose proposition for all
The capricious decision to withdraw from WHO will have dire consequences for global public health. The departure of the
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COVID-19: China’s dangerous obsession with secrecy a serious threat to global public health
Contrary to what was earlier reported, China confirmed to the WHO of the cluster of cases of ‘viral pneumonia
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COVID-19: States should bite the bullet and increase testing
It is important for every State to take a leaf out of Maharashtra’s book and test large numbers each day
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COVID-19: To wear or not to wear a mask — a disastrous public health messaging
If WHO, CDC and the U.S. Surgeon General were equally responsible for the public health message disaster of discouraging mask
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WHO halts hydroxychloroquine arm of Solidarity trial
About two weeks after the RECOVERY trial announced that hydroxychloroquine does not reduce deaths among hospitalised COVID-19 patients and was
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Faeces samples can harbour infectious coronavirus, study finds
Chinese researchers were able to isolate and culture novel coronavirus from faeces samples. Confirmation of infectious virus in faeces samples
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WHO backs COVID-19 vaccine trials that deliberately infect participants
In new guidelines issued on May 6, WHO has backed human challenge studies for COVID-19 vaccines on the ground that
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COVID-19: Aiming to achieve herd immunity naturally is ‘dangerous’, WHO warns
It was mistakenly assumed that as this disease spreads across the world, only the severe cases become apparent while most
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Israel: No association found between BCG vaccination and coronavirus infection
Studying adults aged 35 and 41 years who have received BCG vaccine and those who have not received it during
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