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Roche to launch 15-minute coronavirus test

Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche on Tuesday announced it would launch at the end of September a test that detects the novel coronavirus within 15...

India leads global rise in new weekly COVID-19 cases, while deaths down: WHO

India reported the most new COVID-19 cases of any country in the past week, its nearly half a million fresh infections pushing the global...

Sanofi halts trial of Covid-19 drug after tests

French pharma giant Sanofi said Tuesday that international Phase 3 clinical tests of its Kevzara drug for serious Covid-19 cases had proved inconclusive and...

Junk food linked to age-marker in chromosomes: study

People who eat a lot of industrially processed junk food are more likely to exhibit a change in their chromosomes linked to ageing, according...

Bangladesh’s Beximco in coronavirus vaccine pact with India’s Serum Institute

One of Bangladesh's largest drugmakers, Beximco Pharmaceuticals, announced on Friday that it will invest with the Serum Institute of India (SII) to ensure Bangladesh gets access...

On India’s COVID-19 frontline, female health workers push for fair pay

Rushing from one home to another in a village in western India, health worker Ashwini Mhaske cannot afford to take a breather. Working to keep...

Coronavirus hits isolated Indian island tribe

Ten members of India's dwindling Great Andamanese tribe have tested positive for coronavirus, officials said Thursday, fuelling concerns about the safety of the group...

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