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Children can also get critically ill from coronavirus: US doctors cite 3-week-old’s case

From a potential DNA-based vaccine to how income inequalities affect virus, ThePrint brings you the latest on Covid-19.

Scientists create device that removes CO2 directly from blood, could aid Covid-19 patients

From understanding why certain heart disease patients fare worse with the infection, to how loss of smell is linked to lower hospitalisation risk, ThePrint brings you the latest on Covid-19.

Gujarat is wrong. There’s just 1 strain of coronavirus and all mutations are as dangerous

Studies have shown there aren’t different strains of the novel coronavirus, just different mutations. None of them is more or less dangerous than others.

Coronavirus lingers in the air of crowded spaces, new study finds

Researchers found bits of the virus’s genetic material floating in the air of two Wuhan hospital toilets and an indoor space housing large crowds.

India could see last of new Covid cases by July-end, Singapore study predicts using AI, data

Model doesn't take into account possibility of second wave of infections. Researchers also say estimates may not be accurate for countries under-reporting cases.

World Malaria Day: Why a disease thousands of years old continues to kill

Malaria, which kills around 5 lakh people every year, is caused by a parasite transmitted through mosquito bites.

Don’t demonise bats, we need them: Researchers explain why ‘mass hysteria’ is uncalled for

Chiropterologists from 6 Asian nations have released a seven-point statement to combat ill-informed opinions on bats as the source of Covid-19.

Clinical trial to test if HCQ, HIV drug can prevent infection in Covid-19 ‘contact persons’

From electronic stockings for bed-ridden patients to artificial antibodies trial — ThePrint brings you the latest research on the Covid-19 pandemic.

Hubble telescope turns 30 — here’s a look at 5 iconic images it beamed back from space

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched on 24 April 1990. In the past 30 years, the telescope captured some iconic images from intergalactic spars to massive blackholes.

Tweaking patient’s immune cells to target the virus could be potential therapy: Scientists

A possible vaccine from plant viruses and a study that disproves presence of Covid-19 in semen — ThePrint brings you the latest research on the pandemic.

On Camera

I met Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in 2005. He told me he was an admirer of MK Gandhi

Shuttle diplomacy at a high level is indicated, along the lines of the famous Kissingerian shuttles following the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

#ByeByeAP to #LuluBackInAP: Naidu’s moves to make Andhra ‘business friendly’ & woo back investors

The Jagan Reddy govt has been accused of scuppering various investment deals. Under Naidu, the govt, is trying to make AP a top investment destination, officials and industrialists say.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?