Obstructive sleep apnea is a life-threatening disease and is the most common cause of heart diseases like heart attack and stroke if left untreated. ... Mar 12
The WHO said the $600 million scheme would enable low- and middle-income countries to close the dramatic gap in testing for the new coronavirus... Sep 29
That mutation is associated with a higher viral load among patients upon initial diagnosis, the researchers found.... Sep 24
It had already been disclosed in July that the British government had reserved 60 million doses of Valneva's inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine under ... Sep 14
A report by Nathaniel Parish Flannery , Latin America-focused political analyst... Sep 05
In an attempt to increase immunity of certain vulnerable groups China is offering experimental vaccines.... Sep 03
The voluntary tests are part of an attempt to stamp out a third wave of infections that began in late June ... Sep 01
China National Biotec Group also said it had obtained emergency use approval for a coronavirus vaccine... Aug 28
Using insect cells to grow proteins for the coronavirus vaccine - a first in China - could speed up large-scale production... Aug 24
According to the study, published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health, the likely order of symptoms in patients with COVID-19... Aug 17
Facebook also said that the company will continue reopening offices in a restricted capacity where government guidance permits and where virus mitigation has taken place ... Aug 08
The head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which finances the trials, said he expects official registration of the vaccine to be complete "within ten ... Aug 04
The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the news, said nearly all of the 200,000 Google employees and contractors worldwide... Jul 28
Donald Trump appears to have pinned his hopes on the swift emergence of a successful vaccine to both contain the country's still raging epidemic... Jul 28
Pfizer and BioNTech, which are developing the drug together, said in statements that the American people would receive the future vaccine "for free"... Jul 23
Until now, the only antibody tests approved for use in the UK have involved blood samples sent to laboratories for analysis, which can take days... Jul 20
Masdar City in Abu Dhabi stepped up to become a centre for high-volume testing, a first outside of China.... Jul 18
Cipla had earlier said pricing would not exceed 5,000 rupees. On Tuesday, Sovereign Pharma, which is manufacturing and packaging the drug for Cipla... Jul 09
Researchers said malnutrition reduces the resilience of populations to risks such as infectious disease outbreaks and extreme climate events... Jul 08
The mutation doesn't appear to make people sicker, but a growing number of scientists worry that it has made the virus more contagious... Jun 30
No vaccines have been solidly proven to be able to effectively protect people from the virus that has killed more than 400,000 people... Jun 17
A new warning issued by a team of scientists claims that COVID-19 may trigger diabetes in some individuals... Jun 17
New Zealand lifted all social and economic restrictions except border controls last week, after declaring it had no new or active cases of the coronavirus.... Jun 16