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The new 450-bed COVID-19 hospital at Burari that was inaugurated by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday.

Coronavirus | India hikes testing capacity to over 4 lakh a day

Special Correspondent Collective efforts of Centre, States has kept a check on mortality, says Health Ministry.

Amitabh Bachchan. File photo.

Coronavirus | Amitabh Bachchan on how COVID-19 takes toll on patient’s mental health

PTI Highlighting his own state, Mr. Amitabh wrote he sings to keep himself entertained in the loneliness.

Good measure: The stylists came in close contact with their clients, yet did not transmit the virus to them.

How wearing masks cut coronavirus transmission to 139 clients in a salon

R. Prasad Both stylists and most clients were wearing masks during the entire duration of each appointment.

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nutrition Why Vitamin C matters

K. Jeshi Limes and lemons aren’t your only source of this power nutrient. Choose from a variety of fruits and vegetables to get your daily dose of vitamin C. Plus, some interesting recipes to help you along!

Health care technology concept. Vital sign sensing.

Could It Be That... Will digital wellbeing have its own vertical in the near future?

Sunalini Mathew It is in human nature to problem solve, and a whole new industry is likely to spring up to get information and entertainment across to us in ways other than screens

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Watch | What are serological surveys?

Coronavirus | Amitabh Bachchan on how COVID-19 takes toll on patient’s mental health

The Hindu Explains | Is SARS-CoV-2 a latent virus which can recur?

The Hindu Explains | Why have COVID-19 cases surged in Kerala?

The Hindu Explains | What are the implications of the Delhi sero-survey findings?

Coronavirus | India hikes testing capacity to over 4 lakh a day

Why Vitamin C matters

Limes and lemons aren’t your only source of this power nutrient. Choose from a variety of fruits and vegetables to get your daily dose of vitamin C. Plus, some interesting recipes to help you along!

How wearing masks cut coronavirus transmission to 139 clients in a salon

Both stylists and most clients were wearing masks during the entire duration of each appointment.

Coronavirus | Uniform country-wide peak in COVID-19 cases will not happen: Expert

The peak could be witnessed in States like Delhi by this month end or early August while it may be around September in others such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Karnataka, Director of the Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH) Prof. G.V.S. Murthy said

Coronavirus | India has one of world’s lowest COVID-19 infection, death rate: Minister Vardhan at SCO Health Ministers’ meet

These remarks were made by the Union Health Minister at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Health Ministers’ Digital Meet held digitally, the Health Ministry said.

Coronavirus | India’s tests per million see steady rise since adoption of ‘test, track and treat’ strategy, says Health Ministry

The rise in tests per million has been achieved with a steady rise in the number of labs and efforts by the Centre and State governments and Union Territorty administrations to facilitate wide-spread testing through an array of options, the Ministry noted.

Attention parents: Your quick guide to vaccinations in a pandemic

Paediatricians talk about what to keep in mind when stepping out to the doctor’s clinic with the little ones

AIIMS begins phase-1 clinical trials for Covaxin

Few more participants would be given the vaccine on Saturday after their screening reports come.

Watch | Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine shows positive results

A video on the new COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Oxford University that shows a protective immune response

Video: In conversation with Andrew Pollard, Director of Oxford Vaccine Group

The Hindu's Narayan Lakshman in a video interview with Andrew Pollard, Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group speaking on the possibility of COVID-19 vaccines.

Coronavirus | India will have to deliver vaccine on a scale never seen before: Oxford scientist Andrew Pollard

Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group Andrew Pollard shares with Narayan Lakshman deep insights into the coronavirus endgame scenarios that might now be on the table

Coronavirus | Serum Institute has begun manufacturing Oxford COVID-19 vaccine

Institute will seek permission to carry out a phase-3 trial in India.

Biocon Biologics, Voluntis in pact for digital therapeutics for diabetics

Insulia provides automated insulin dose recommendations enabling people with diabetes to self-manage their condition and healthcare teams to remotely monitor progress.

Coronavirus | Government turns focus to virus after-effects

Health Ministry explained that these CGRs will include presentation of clinical cases by physicians directly involved in their management.

Phase II trial finds Chinese COVID-19 vaccine is safe, induces immune response

A phase II clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate, conducted in China, has found that it is safe and induces an immune response, a study

Over 1.60 lakh health-care facilities in India operating without permission: CPCB to NGT

Out of the 2,70,416 numbers of health-care facilities, only 1,10,356 health-care facilities are authorised till the year 2019, apex pollution monitoring said.

Watch | Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine prompts immune response

A video on the new COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Oxford University that shows a protective immune response

Watch | All you need to know about pulse oximeters

A video explainer on the non-invasive, low-cost and easy to use pulse oximeter

Coronavirus | ‘Several factors could be behind the low case fatality rate in India’

Virologist Dr. Shahid Jameel assesses reasons ranging from a young population to the better health-seeking behaviour seen in southern India.

Coronavirus | ‘COVID-19 claims the lives of 104 doctors across the country’

Ten nurses too lost their lives during this period, with their average age being 49.6 years.

UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test

In research published in Lancet, scientists said that they found their experimental vaccine produced a dual immune response in people aged 18 to 55.

Coronavirus | Over 7 lakh cured, recovery rate at 62.6%, says Health Ministry

India’s case fatality rate drops to 2.46%: Govt.

Will digital wellbeing have its own vertical in the near future?

It is in human nature to problem solve, and a whole new industry is likely to spring up to get information and entertainment across to us in ways other than screens

The power of positivism during pandemic

As the pandemic split the world into pre- and post-COVID-19 eras, people turned away from anxiety, anger, angst, and anguish, to embrace productive, positive changes

Britain signs deals with Pfizer, BioNTech, Valneva for COVID-19 vaccines

Britain has signed deals to secure 90 million doses of two possible COVID-19 vaccines from the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech alliance and French group

Coronavirus | India’s case fatality rate drops below 2.5%, says Health Ministry

According to the Ministry, there are 29 States and UTs with CFR lower than national average; five States and UTs with zero CFR and 14 States and UTs less than 1%.

What you need to know about pulse oximeters

Pulse oximeters have been flying off the shelves during the COVID-19 pandemic. We decode how they work

Watch | All about airborne transmission of COVID-19

A video on the airborne transmission of COVID-19 and its risk

The Hindu Explains | Why is a psoriasis drug being used to treat COVID-19 patients?

Why are monoclonal antibodies being used to treat patients with SARS-CoV-2?

Pandemic may call for sustained support for health-care workers

Managers of health-care workers must anticipate effects of stresses peculiar to the present crisis

Arming India’s poor against the pandemic

Vitamins and nutritious food subsidy are indispensable in this fight

How about a Kung Fu panda workout?

Hyderabad couple Avinash Rajapet and Prathima Koppolu’s app tries to make fitness a fun activity for children and teens

Psychologist Anna Chandy live on Instagram on The Hindu Weekend

This Sunday, psychologist Anna Chandy will talk about anxiety with The Hindu Weekend’s beauty and wellness columnist, Vasudha Rai.

Coronavirus | Less than 2% COVID-19 patients in ICU, says Health Ministry

Recovery rate rises to 63.3%, says the Ministry.

From the therapist’s couch to yours: how social distancing has made teletherapy popular

Social distancing has made teletherapy popular, and experts say its convenience and flexibility will ensure it will be a part of our post-pandemic reality

Five biomarkers of ovarian cancer discovered

Researchers at the Cancer Institute (WIA) say the finding will help in early detection and treatment

India registers a steep decline in maternal mortality ratio

Deaths drop from 130 to 113 in 2016-18.

ZyCoV-D to start adaptive phase I/II clinical trials

Total of 20,783 people cured in the last 24 hours: Health Ministry.

With steady decline, active COVID-19 cases now constitute a third of total tally: Health Ministry

As the country witnessed a record single-day increase of 32,695 cases on Thursday, the Ministry said the recovery rate rose to 50% mid-June and thereafter there has been a steady rise in recoveries and a decline in the number of active cases.

Positive news on Oxford COVID-19 vaccine could come today: report

AstraZeneca's experimental vaccine is probably the world's leading candidate and most advanced in terms of development

First indigenous vaccine for infant pneumonia approved

It has been developed by Serum Institute, Pune

Tamil Nadu to launch trial to study efficacy of BCG vaccine in the elderly

The study will focus on the vaccine’s potential in reducing morbidity due to COVID-19, preventing hospitalisation, and reducing mortality

Hetero Healthcare Ltd starts supply of generic Remdesivir

It needs to be administered intravenously in a hospital.

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Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Riva Ganguly Das. Photo: Twitter/@ihcdhaka

20K | Sheikh Hasina did not meet Indian envoy despite requests: Dhaka daily

Image for representation purpose only. (Illustration: Ritesh Kumar)

19K | 13-year-old allegedly gangraped by school manager, teachers in Rajasthan

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras)

18K | Coronavirus | IIT Madras startup generates ₹22 crore funding for launching wrist band for detecting COVID symptoms

A deserted road in Kargil during a shutdown called by a students body. File photo: Special Arrangement

17K | Ladakh left out in the cold 11 months after becoming a Union Territory

15K | Watch | What is EIA and why is India's new EIA draft problematic?

13K | The Hindu Explains | Why have COVID-19 cases surged in Kerala?

The flag of Islamic State. File

13K | U.N. report flags Islamic State threat in Karnataka, Kerala

People getting tested at the mobile COVID-19 testing bus at Government ENT hospital in Visakhapatnam on Saturday, July 25, 2020.

11K | Coronavirus India lockdown Day 124 updates | July 26, 2020

The glitter of it all (Top) The illuminated eastern gopuram of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple on Tuesday, the eve of Lakshadeepam, the spectacle of lights marking the culmination of the Murajapam ceremony; (above) a dance programme choreographed by Soorya Krishnamoorthy in progress in front of the temple. S. Mahinsha S MAHINSHA

10K | The past and present of Kerala’s Padmanabhaswamy temple — Part I