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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
TopicCoronavirus treatment

Topic: coronavirus treatment

Covid-vaccine distribution can take tips from how India conducts general elections

The strategy behind Covid-19 eradication efforts requires adopting tactics to deploy the vaccine like a cluster bomb.

Regeneron Covid antibody therapy reduces viral load, need for medical care, trial suggests

New York-based company Regeneron's therapy was given to President Donald Trump earlier this month after he tested positive for Covid.

Insufficient interferon – the reason why coronavirus could be deadly for some patients

Interferon helps orchestrate defence against viral pathogens & insufficient interferon may lurk at a dangerous turning point in Covid infections.

Cats can get infected by Covid, develop antibodies to block virus, finds study

From how conspiracy theories can hinder efforts to stop coronavirus' spread, to a nanoparticle tool that can help screen for drugs, ThePrint brings you the latest on Covid-19.

Convalescent plasma appears to be the silver lining in the gloomy cloud of Covid-19

Randomized controlled trials are the gold standard when it comes to evaluation of disease. But we can't always wait for gold.

MK-4482 could be new, big hope to treat Covid as Merck seen launching pill before 2020 ends

Merck's MK-4482 stops coronavirus from replicating. It was discovered by Emory University scientists & results of phase 2 trials are expected in weeks.

On Camera

Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala lead the way in ending the orderly system. Will North follow?

Madras High Court has ordered strict compliance with Tamil Nadu's abolition of the 'orderly system'. In ending this colonial-era practice, southern states are torchbearers of social reform.

Free gas to waivers, govt-owned gas firms roll out incentives to push households from LPG to PNG

IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.