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Coronavirus scare: India may soon run short of antibiotics, diabetes drugs

Pharmaceutical firms seek nod to produce raw material locally

Coronavirus outbreak: Chinese executives to skip Auto Expo 2020

Siam prez said though there was no virus threat at the Expo, organisers were taking measures to spread awareness

Patients to bear the brunt of additional 5% health cess on device imports

Till date, the customs duty was 7.5%, plus educational cess. With an additional 5% health cess

WHO forecasts 81% cancer jump in poorer countries over lacking investments

The Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report that these countries had focused their limited resources on combating infectious diseases and improving maternal and child health

Cocktail of flu, HIV drugs may help fight Coronavirus, say Thai doctors

The 71-year-old patient tested negative for the virus 48 hours after Thai doctors administered the combination, doctor Kriengsak Attipornwanich said during the ministry's daily press briefing

Coronavirus outbreak: Centre may isolate those back from China recently

China to inject $173.8 billion into stock market; First death outside china reported in the Philippines; Toll crosses 300; 2,590 new infections now confirmed

How new brands are reshaping the fitness industry - and our bodies

A Hrithik Roshan Xtreme group session, a 3 am gym routine or a DIY home workout, it's all possible

Coronavirus: Another Air India plane to leave for Wuhan at 12:50 pm today

The first plane -- Air India's jumbo B747 aircraft carrying 211 students, 110 working professionals and three minors-- reached Delhi around 7.30 am

Coronavirus: US declares health emergency, bans travelers from China

Sweeping new restrictions will also be imposed on American citizens, with those returning from the province at the disease's epicenter placed in facilities for mandatory 14-day quarantines

Preparing for the next pandemic - and dealing with the current one

A new strain of virus is airborne. Veer Arjun Singh reports on the debate that follows the inevitable outbreaks

India's first coronavirus case: Kerala student in Wuhan tested positive

Around 806 people are under observation now, of which almost 796 are in-home quarantine

India confirms first case of coronavirus; patient in Kerala 'stable'

The patient studied in a university in Wuhan, the Chinese city from where the virus infection spread

China coronavirus death toll rises to 170; confirmed cases soar to 7,711

Chinese President Xi Jinping called the coronavirus a "demon" which should be brought under control

In a breakthrough, Australia researchers grow coronavirus from cell culture

The deadly coronavirus has claimed 132 lives and nearly 6,000 infection cases have been reported in China.

India steps up preparations to fight potential coronavirus outbreak

So far 35,000 passengers have been screened in India

Coronavirus outbreak: 3 kept in observation at Delhi's RML Hospital

All the three patients have respiratory problems like cold and cough along with fever and they self-reported at the designated health facility to deal with such cases

First coronavirus case confirmed in Germany: Bavarian health ministry

The ministry gave no further details on how the patient came to be infected but said he was in a "medically good state".

Canada's first 'presumptive' coronavirus case detected in Toronto

The patient, a man in his 50s, had been staying in Wuhan, the epicenter of the outbreak of the virus, which first appeared in December

Coronavirus: Death toll rises to 56 in China, over 2000 confirmed cases

A total of 2,684 suspected cases have also been reported so far, it said

Demand for chronic illness medicines rising faster than acute drugs: Report

Long-term treatments like diabetes, high blood pressure and lipid-lowering drugs are classified into the chronic category