ET Awards: Cyrus Poonawalla reflects on SII’s mission of affordable vaccines and saving lives worldwideCyrus Poonawalla began Serum Institute of India in 1966 with a goal to make India self-reliant in healthcare. His vision was to provide aff...
Is Your Kitchen Sponge Spreading More Than It Cleans?Kitchen sponges harbor dangerous germs. These common cleaning tools become breeding grounds for bacteria and other microbes. Studies reveal...
Is ‘Slapped Cheek’ syndrome on the rise? Know symptoms, prevention and moreThe "slapped cheek" syndrome-causing parvovirus B19 has been more prevalent lately, especially in children. In addition to spreading throug...
Trouble brews for Elon Musk as former woman employee sues Neuralink. Know in detail what she has said in lawsuitLindsay Short is a former employee of Elon Musk's company Neuralink. She has filed a lawsuit against the company accusing it of failing to ...
B virus lands man in ICU: What is it? How does it affect humans? Is there a treatment?The first human case of the B virus was reported in Hong Kong after a 37-year-old man was attacked by a monkey.
No need to panic about H3N2 virus infection: Karnataka Health Minister Dr K. Sudhakar"Influenza vaccination is given every year and all healthcare workers are instructed to get it. For specific doctors and staff, including t...
Spring Influenza Cases: Know symptoms, precautions, and treatmentAcross the country, there has been a significant increase in cases of influenza, also known as the flu. Experts share preventative measures...
What is Influenza B Virus that Debina Bonnerjee is diagnosed with? Know symptoms, and treatment hereDebina Bonnerjee has been diagnosed with Influenza B. Here are the signs, meanings, and remedies.
WHO says Covid-19 variant B.1.617 first found in India detected in 44 countries"As of May 11, over 4,500 sequences have been uploaded to GISAID and assigned to B.1.617 from 44 countries in all six WHO regions," the glo...
Are vaccines variant-proof? Here’s some good newsModerna Inc. has also noted, though not published data, that its new mRNA-1273.351 vaccine was able to boost the immune response of previou...
Immune system of recovered COVID-19 patients may evolve to fight coronavirus variants: StudyAccording to the scientists, including those from Rockefeller University in the US, the study provides the "strongest evidence yet" that th...
Covid-19 virus may hijack our cells' cholesterol system to spread through body, says studyThe study suggests that SARS-CoV-2 may use the cell's internal cholesterol mechanisms to enhance infection.
Coronavirus outbreak: With 5 doctors on board, Air India's B747 plane departs from Delhi to WuhanThere are five doctors from the Health Ministry and one paramedical staff onboard, they said, adding that around 400 Indians are expected t...
- German scientists decode Stone Age hepatitis B virus
L0ondon, May 12 (IANS) Scientists have recovered oldest viral genomes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and found that the deadly virus has been c...
- Ancient mummy's DNA reveals Hepatitis B existed since centuries
Toronto, Jan 5 (IANS) The DNA analysis of the remains of a 16th century mummy has confirmed that the complex Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has ex...
New antibody may fight HIV virus more effectivelyProteins called broadly neutralising antibodies (bNAbs) are a promising key to the prevention of infection by HIV, the virus that causes AI...
Rs 2,277 drug can treat hepatitis B patientsHepatitis B is transmitted through blood and infected bodily fluids. There is also a risk of infected mothers passing on the Hepatitis B vi...