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Sunday, August 10, 2025
TopicCovid-19 treatment

Topic: Covid-19 treatment

‘Long Covid’ causing organ impairments in 70% of low-risk patients, says UK study

The study found that heart and lung impairment were just as prevalent in low-risk individuals with long Covid as the older counterparts.

Inhaling immune protein interferon beta improves recovery of Covid patients — Lancet study

The peer-reviewed study provides first evidence that inhaled interferon beta-1a, a naturally-occurring protein, reduces clinical consequences in Covid-19 patients.

The importance of Zinc in fight against Covid and what studies on the nutrient say

Association of zinc deficiency with severe Covid outcomes has probably labelled zinc as the second most important nutrient after Vitamin D that can help fight the virus.

AIIMS Bhubaneswar finds deworming drug ivermectin, used in Delhi to treat Covid, is effective

The national treatment guidelines for Covid do not include the drug due to lack of enough evidence, say officials.

Modi govt panel rejects emergency-use approval for Dr Reddy’s potential Covid drug

Originally intended for cancer, Dr Reddy’s 2-DG works by preventing the supply of glucose molecules to cancerous cells, which need glucose for survival. 

‘Autoantibodies’ are causing blood clots in severe Covid patients, new study finds

Study of 172 patients hospitalised with Covid has revealed an autoimmune antibody circulating in blood attacks the cells and triggers clots in arteries, veins, microscopic vessels.

‘Just another battle’ — How 3 100-year-old great grandmothers fought off Covid in Karnataka

The three women, all of them aged above 100, have not only returned home but are also leading normal lives.

ICMR says no, but here’s why doctors are still keen on plasma treatment for Covid patients

The ICMR chief has said plasma therapy could be removed from the Clinical Management Protocols for Covid. But doctors continue to prescribe it saying it produces genuine results.

ICMR data shows BCG vaccine raises immune response in elderly, could protect against Covid

NIRT study did not specifically look at whether BCG vaccine offers protection against Covid, but it found enhanced adaptive & innate immune response in elderly.

Modi govt panel seeks ‘justification’ from US firm to test blood thinner in mild Covid cases

Blood thinners are used to prevent and treat blood clots and have shown efficacy in the treatment of moderate to severely ill Covid patients.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.