Infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, can lead to severe bone loss during the acute and post-recovery phases of the disease, according to a study conducted in hamsters. The findings, recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications, provide insights into the possible long-term complications of COVID-19. In addition to lung infection, complications … Read more
The devastating second COVID-19 wave in Delhi saw unusually high air pollution despite a lockdown during the March-May period which could be attributed to exceptionally high biofuel burning at crematoria and higher-than-normal frequency of dust storms, according to a new study. The study conducted by researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Science, Bengaluru; Delhi … Read more
The Omicron coronavirus variant detected in southern Africa could be the most likely candidate to displace the highly contagious variant, the director of South Africa‘s communicable disease institute said on Tuesday. The discovery of Omicron has caused global alarm, with countries limiting travel from southern Africa for fear it could spread quickly even in vaccinated … Read more
REUTERS/ Ronen Zvulun By Dr. Sreenivasan Narayana The response to the pandemic has required real-time and continuous innovation that ensures quality care. In the last 15 months, while treating the rising tide of patients with COVID-19, many doctors found themselves working in an unfamiliar setting, treating an unknown disease. With little known about the coronavirus … Read more
An Indian researcher and her team in Canada have developed a new ‘smartphone test’ that can end the agonising wait for lab results by diagnosing bacterial infections, such as a urinary tract infection, in less than an hour. The team is also adapting the technology for the detection of viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, by testing it … Read more
In order to treat mucormycosis, there usually is a requirement of a multi-speciality team. Mucormycosis, a new fungal infection in Covid-19 patients have turned out to be quite dangerous and with an increase in cases, people are finding access to the treatment and drugs hard. An IE report has highlighted that due to the shortage … Read more
“Covid-19 is a global menace but why don’t we hear this from other countries and why is mucormycosis seeming like an India story?” The language of Covid-19 is getting as painful and unpredictable as the pandemic itself. With each passing day new hard-to-pronounce drugs and symptoms are getting added to the vocabulary of desperate family … Read more
Any family member can become or someone else can volunteer in cases, where a family member cannot be a caregiver. At a time when thousands of people are fighting Covid-19 infection within the walls of their homes, the task for caregivers expands. This is not just a disease where people need only nursing and monitoring. … Read more
Two COVID-19 patients died and 70 others were evacuated after a fire broke out at a hospital located in a Mumbai mall, a police official said on Friday. The fire broke out at the Dreams Mall Sunrise Hospital in Bhandup area shortly after midnight, the official said. The hospital is situated on the third floor … Read more
The study looked at 803 Covid-19 patients who were in ICU; it was seen that 72 per cent of 353 who were administered with tocilizumab were able to survive because of the drug. Tocilizumab, an anti-inflammatory drug used for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, is now being used for treatment of Covid-19 patients and phase 3 … Read more