The number of COVID-19 deaths in the US has topped 60,000, reaching 60,207 as of 4 p.m. (Wednesday), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University....
As many as 82 residents living at an aging veterans home in the US state Massachusetts have died, including 70 having tested positive for coronavirus, the state's Executive Office of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday....
US-based Gilead Sciences on Wednesday said a closely-watched study of the investigational antiviral remdesivir for the treatment of Covid-19 has "met its primary endpoint"....
A team of US doctors has claimed that hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug termed potential "game-changer" for COVID-19 by President Donald Trump, has improved the survival and recovery odds for about 90 per cent of patients infected with the virus....
Congress' former President Rahul Gandhi has asked the External Affairs Ministry to take note of unfollowing of Twitter account of the President and Prime Minister by the White House....
Maharashtra on Wednesday notched its highest number of single-day Covid-19 deaths at 32, one higher than the previous high of 31 recorded on Tuesday, health officials said....
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday asserted that the decision of the Union Jal Shakti Ministry to bring the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) under it does not impair its power or independence. ...
As many as 308 new coronavirus positive cases were found in Gujarat on Wednesday, including 234 in Ahmedabad alone. Gujarat's total positive cases till date has climbed to 4,082. ...
Allowing the universities to chart out their own plan of action, the University Grants Commission on Wednesday suggested grading intermediate semester students on internal assessment of the present and previous semesters. ...
Gilead Announces Results From Phase 3 Trial of Investigational Antiviral Remdesivir in Patients With Severe COVID-19...