Washington:  COVID-19 is unlikely to be spread through sexual transmission, according to a study that found no evidence of the novel coronavirus in the semen or testes of men. The...

Islamabad: A major Chinese pharmaceutical company has invited a premier national health institute of Pakistan to collaborate in conducting clinical trials of its recently developed inactivated vaccine for COVID-19 in...

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic is a human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis. The U.N. chief said in a...

London: Most children with COVID-19 may exhibit only mild symptoms, if any, requiring only supportive care, with good prognosis and full recovery possible within one to two weeks, according to...

Srinagar: Restrictions to contain the spread of coronavirus continued in Kashmir for the 36th consecutive day on Thursday, even as authorities are contemplating to take critical decisions to strengthen the...

New Delhi: With mosques closed, no ‘iftar' gatherings and no getting together with friends and extended family for that pre-dawn ‘sehri' meal either, Muslims are set to observe a Ramzan...

New Delhi:  In the wake of a large number of media persons contracting COVID-19, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued an advisory to print and electronic media on Wednesday,...

New Delhi:  The Centre on Wednesday asked all states and union territories to provide adequate security to doctors and frontline health workers who are facing attacks from unruly people. In...

United Nations: The UN food relief agency has warned that the world is on the brink of a "hunger pandemic" and could face multiple famines of biblical proportions within few...

New Delhi:  The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday advised chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories to adopt adequate measures in ensuring the safety of health workers involved in...