Mask up, say doctors as Covid-19 cases show a riseWhile public health experts expect Covid-19 cases to increase in the winter, they stressed that there is no need to get another vaccine sho...
23 Dec, 2023, 03.36 PM IST
'Repeated infections of Covid certainly not good for health'Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (Insacog), the network of laboratories set up to monitor genomic variations of the coronavirus, also ...
20 Dec, 2023, 12.21 AM IST
Former IPS officer, lawyer among 3 new CCI membersAmong the new members is Anil Agrawal, a 1988-batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. Agrawal earlier handled ecommerce and startup polic...
19 Sep, 2023, 11.32 PM IST
New Covid variant Pirola not yet detected in India, tight vigil on: Insacog memberInsacog held a review meeting on Friday amidst increasing concern over the BA.2.86 variant, which is informally being termed Pirola. Its me...
05 Sep, 2023, 12.39 AM IST
Covid-19 could be entering endemic stage: Experts"If not immediately, Covid cases will go down in a week or so. It is following a similar cycle time as before," said Anurag Agrawal, former...
20 Apr, 2023, 12.47 AM IST
Protein-based vaccines must be given a shot: ExpertsThe supply of protein subunit vaccines as the best booster choice should be increased, Anurag Agrawal, former head of the Indian SARS-CoV-2...
23 Dec, 2022, 09.54 AM IST
Govt steps up contact tracing in view of Omicron sub-variantsBoth sub-variants, first reported in South Africa earlier this year, are now reported from several countries. They are responsible for the ...
24 May, 2022, 12.58 AM IST
Experts say Delhi past its Covid peak, advise cautionDelhi witnessed a spurt in infections last month after a steady decline since February. The positivity rate saw a nearly three-fold rise be...
14 May, 2022, 12.38 AM IST
Omicron now accounts for over 90% of cases in Indian metrosData shows that Omicron has been spreading. According to the genomic surveillance data by Insacog network, in the fourth week of December, ...
21 Jan, 2022, 10.07 AM IST
Covid cases may rise in rural India, but will fall just as fast, say health expertsThe cases will see a fast jump and a fast drop, said Anurag Agrawal, chair of the World Health Organization's (WHO) technical advisory grou...
19 Jan, 2022, 06.32 AM IST
Omicron wave likely to subside by March: ExpertsIn the last few days there has been a steep increase in cases. In view of Omicron's explosive spread, experts say the threat level is curre...
14 Jan, 2022, 06.44 AM IST
Nestasia bags $4 million funding led by Stellaris Venture PartnersSeveral angel investors who are part of the Stellaris Founder Network, an exclusive group of more than 60 entrepreneurs and industry profes...
15 Dec, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Worst may be over, but not 'Goodbye Covid', yetAnurag Agrawal, director of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, said said that almost all the virus samples being sequenced ...
02 Oct, 2021, 07.27 AM IST
Insane AI raises seed funding round led by pi VenturesInsane AI said its mission is to use technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to optimise physical fitness.
28 Jul, 2021, 09.59 PM IST
Double mutant COVID variant leads to 'modest' loss of neutralisation of antibodies: IGIB chiefB.1.617 has three spike protein mutations. Two mutations E484Q and L452R are in the area important for antibody-based neutralisation. The t...
11 May, 2021, 10.41 PM IST
Covishield, Covaxin effective against 'Indian strain' of coronavirus, study suggests"Initial positive neutralisation studies of B.1.617, with both post-Covaxin or Covishield sera, are correlatable with milder disease during...
27 Apr, 2021, 09.53 PM IST
KV Thomas gets third term as PAC ChairmanThe senior leader, representing the Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency was first nominated in August 2014 as Chairman of the PAC, one of the ...
06 May, 2016, 07.11 PM IST