US approves rapid test that can detect coronavirus within 15 minutes as death toll approaches 1,700

Abbott Laboratories said on Friday it won the federal government’s marketing approval for a diagnostic test for the coronavirus that can deliver results to patients within minutes. The medical device company based in Lake Bluff, Illinois, said that the test can be used in physicians’ offices and urgent care clinics as well as hospitals. The … Read more

FDA approves use of plasma from recovered coronavirus patients to treat the sickest patients

The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first treatment in the US for the coronavirus that has infected more than 50,000 Americans: blood plasma from people who have cleared the infection.  Blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients is rich in antibodies their immune system has developed to fight the infection.  China began … Read more

Lok Sabha approves amendment Bill making Aadhaar use voluntary

By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Published: July 5, 2019 1:08:45 am Once passed by the Rajya Sabha, the Bill will replace an ordinance issued in March. (Picture for Representational Purpose ) Amid opposition over concerns regarding privacy, the Lok Sabha on Thursday passed a Bill that will allow the voluntary use of … Read more

Parliament approves changes in insolvency and bankruptcy code

By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Published: August 2, 2019 1:36:25 am Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. (PTI) Parliament on Thursday approved changes in the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), providing greater clarity over the distribution of proceeds of the auction of loan defaulting companies, with the Lok … Read more

FDA approves osteoporosis shot that rebuilds bones at the same rate a teenager’s skeleton grows 

A new osteoporosis drug that can re-grow older women’s bones as fast as a teenager’s develop was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday.  An estimated half of women in the US will break a bone due to the devastating bone-loss disease that turns limbs brittle.  They are more at-risk than men … Read more