UP horror: Woman and lover murder husband, tie him up before slitting his throat; wife sleeps beside body with kidsIn a disturbing incident, a woman and her lover sedated her husband, tied his hands and legs to the cot, before slitting his throat. The wi...
31 Mar, 2026, 03.07 PM IST
New ‘Cicada’ COVID variant hits US: What BA.3.2 means and why experts are watchingThe BA.3.2 COVID-19 variant, nicknamed “Cicada,” has emerged in the United States and multiple countries, prompting close monitoring by the...
26 Mar, 2026, 06.45 PM IST
What is the JN.1 variant of the coronavirus spreading across several countries, including the U.S.? Is it a descendant of Omicron, and how deadly is it?The coronavirus subvariant JN.1, derived from Omicron BA.2.86, is spreading globally, raising concerns among health authorities. JN.1 exhib...
21 May, 2025, 05.54 PM IST
Covid JN.1 virus arrives in India: What are the symptoms, precautions and should you worry?A new sub-variant of the coronavirus, named JN.1, has been detected in a woman from Kerala, marking the first case in India. JN.1 is closel...
18 Dec, 2023, 12.38 PM IST
New COVID subvariant JN.1 sparks concerns. Should you be worried? Know symptoms and moreChina has found seven cases of the COVID subvariant JN.1, a new variant with an additional mutation on its spike protein. This variant, a d...
16 Dec, 2023, 10.50 AM IST
New Covid-19 Variant: Know how prevalent it is, where it is concentrated, its symptoms, how to protect from BA.2.86The CDC and World Health Organization (WHO) found that the public health risk posed by this variant is low because the variant doesn’t seem...
04 Dec, 2023, 09.09 PM IST
Covid variant Arcturus has new symptom not seen earlier: ExpertsRed sticky eyes (conjunctivitis) has been also been reported by some physicians but some doctors say that it too early to say that this red...
16 Apr, 2023, 10.07 AM IST
Omicron symptoms: All you need to know about condition brought on by novel subvariantsAfter a year of relief from Covid, Omicron seems to be knocking on the doors again. Its subvariants have similar symptoms like congestion, ...
22 Dec, 2022, 02.34 AM IST
Maharashtra government warns of COVID-19 spike citing new virus variants ike BA.2.3.20 and BQ.1A health bulletin on Monday said the COVID-19 cases rose by 17.7 per cent in the state between October 10 and 16 as compared to between Oct...
18 Oct, 2022, 12.02 PM IST
100 pc samples from Mumbai found infected with Omicron sub-variants in latest genome sequencingThe Public Health Department of the civic body appealed to the people to strictly follow the measures prescribed for controlling the spread...
11 Aug, 2022, 10.41 PM IST
Illnesses caused by BA.2.38 are mild, self-limiting, says COVID-19 studyThe study, led by Dr Rajesh Karyekarte of B J Medical College, was conducted on 116 patients who were infected with BA.2.38, an offspring o...
22 Jun, 2022, 06.04 PM IST
COVID-19: NRI on Gujarat visit tests positive for Omicron sub-variant BA.5The man, who lives in South Africa, had on May 1 tested positive for the coronavirus after he arrived here to meet his parents. He had left...
24 May, 2022, 04.21 PM IST
BA.4 variant patient fully recovered, no spread in TN, says Health SecretaryThe BA.2 is the predominant variant reported in 73 percent of the samples sequenced for Whole Genomic Sequencing (WGS) of covid-19 samples ...
23 May, 2022, 09.00 PM IST
COVID 4th wave incoming? All you need to know about Omicron BA.2 variantThe WHO has called the recent surge in cases 'tip of the iceberg'. The outbreak of the new variant, 'stealth' sub-variant of Omicron has ma...
23 Mar, 2022, 06.16 PM IST
All you need to know about the 'stealth' Omicron variantThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has called the recent surge in cases 'tip of the iceberg'. The outbreak of the new variant, 'stealth' s...
17 Mar, 2022, 01.49 PM IST
Reinfection with different subtypes of Omicron possible, study findsThe researchers from Statens Serum Institut (SSI) in Denmark selected a subset of samples from over 1.8 million cases of infections in the ...
23 Feb, 2022, 04.07 PM IST
Home testing kits may give false negative reports even after having COVID symptoms: ExpertDr Harsh Mahajan further said when a patient is symptomatic, then, by and large, the RTPCR test comes positive if the sample is obtained pr...
22 Jan, 2022, 08.20 PM IST