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An arthritis drug that was being closely watched for its potential use against COVID-19 has delivered disappointing results in clinical trials, its makers said Monday. Kevzara, which is made by Regeneron and Sanofi, does not attack the novel coronavirus but instead inhibits an abnormal immune response called a “cytokine storm” that causes the lungs of the sickest patients to become …

SYDNEY: Australia has launched a smartphone app to trace people who come in contact with coronavirus patients despite privacy concerns that authorities insisted Sunday were unwarranted. The COVIDSafe app uses a phone’s Bluetooth wireless signal to store information about people’s interactions, and can be accessed by health officials if a person contracts coronavirus. Australia’s chief medical officer Brendan Murphy said …

Does sunlight rapidly destroy the coronavirus? A White House presentation on a mysterious government study says so — but some scientists have called for caution as we await more evidence. An official from the Department of Homeland Security made the eye-catching announcement during President Donald Trump’s daily pandemic briefing Thursday, showing a dramatic reduction in the virus’ viability under the …

GENEVA: The new coronavirus pandemic could severely disrupt access to anti-malaria nets and drugs in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, warning that malaria deaths risked doubling if efforts are not urgently scaled up. The UN health agency called on countries in sub-Saharan Africa, where nearly 95 per cent of all the world’s malaria cases and deaths …

The coronavirus pandemic is likely to have a “profound and pervasive impact” on global mental health as billions struggle to cope with isolated living and anxiety spikes, experts warned Thursday. In a paper published in Lancet Psychiatry, a panel of 24 specialists call for more funding for research into the impacts COVID-19 may have on society’s mental well-being. Two accompanying …

World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom on Wednesday said that the world health body “regretted” US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw funding from it. Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the WHO over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing condemnation from infectious diseases experts as the global death toll continued to mount. The decision came after allegations by Trump …

At the seaside Clifton area of Karachi, Ghulam Mustafa working at a busy pharmacy is dealing with a crowd of customers, with meagre protection, wearing ordinary masks and gloves provided by the owner. A few of his customers have prescriptions, while others are simply calling out the brand name of the medicines they require. The situation in other shops is …

The JagoTimes donated medical supplies to the city of Houston for the help of first responders in fight against Novel CoronaVirus   By: Raja Zahid A Khanazada Houston: South Asia Democracy Watch President and Vice President of Jago Times Group of Publications Amir Makahani along with CEO of community newspaper The Jago Times Group of Publicaton Raja  Zahid A Khanzada …

According to health experts, there’s a good chance that smoking weed or marijuana will complicate one’s coronavirus condition. According to a report published by CNN on Friday, smokers, people with chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), and other chronic lung diseases, as well as people with moderate to severe asthma are among those at high risks for severe illness from COVID-19, including the …

In the emergency rooms of virus hotspots around the world, medical staff are seeing a greater number of men than women suffering severe symptoms of COVID-19, with obesity emerging as another potentially aggravating factor. But experts are still unsure why. What first began to appear as a pattern in China, where the virus emerged at the end of last year, …