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Baltimore: A group of scientists in the US found out 15 years ago that chloroquine drugs, which were recently used to treat COVID-19, were in fact effective...

Geneva: Although a number of vaccines are now in phase three clinical trials, there's no silver bullet at the moment and there might never be for...

NEW DELHI: India's health ministry announced on Monday that the country's COVID-19 cases have surpassed 1.8 million, reaching 1,803,695. As many...

MANILA: Millions of residents of Metro Manila and four nearby provinces were ordered to stay at home starting Tuesday as a stricter lockdown rule was...

WASHINGTON: The SpaceX Crew Dragon "Endeavour" spacecraft carrying two NASA astronauts parachuted to a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico off the...

Mumbai: Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan who was recently tested positive for coronavirus has been discharged from hospital after recovering from the...

New Delhi: India’s home minister Amit Shah tweeted on Sunday afternoon that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Shah also said that he is getting...

BERLIN: Despite the rising number of confirmed infection cases, about 17,000 people turned up here on Saturday rallying against social distancing rules...

WASHINGTON: The US government has reached a deal for the purchase of 100 million doses of vaccine as the country's COVID-19 cases have kept soaring and...

The number of forest fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest increased 28% in July in comparison to last year, the country's National Institute for...