Delhi reports 'isolated' case of Japanese EncephalitisA 72-year-old man in Delhi tested positive for Japanese Encephalitis. He received treatment at AIIMS and was discharged. National guideline...
28 Nov, 2024, 11.43 AM IST
Sudden COVID-19 outbreaks depict lack of efficacy of Chinese vaccines: ReportIn 2021, Indonesia and Brazil reduced the efficacy to 65 per cent and 50.4 per cent. Both nations raised concerns over the major side effec...
27 Dec, 2022, 02.44 PM IST
SARS-CoV-2 antibodies remain stable or increase seven months after infection: StudyThey noted that in order to predict the pandemic's evolution and develop effective strategies, it is critical to better understand the dyna...
06 Aug, 2021, 05.05 PM IST
IISc start-up PathShodh gets regulatory approvals for Covid-19 testPathShodh has received the license from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to manufacture the test for sale, IISc said...
19 May, 2021, 05.48 PM IST
China COVID-19 cases surge to over 10-month high; travel discouragedChina reported the highest number of daily COVID-19 cases in more than 10 months, official data showed on Friday, due to a severe outbreak ...
15 Jan, 2021, 11.17 AM IST
13 WHO scientists arrive in Wuhan to probe COVID-19 origins; 2 barred after testing positiveChinese officials blocked the duo from boarding their plane to the central Chinese city of Wuhan after they tested positive for the antibod...
14 Jan, 2021, 05.05 PM IST
Indian startup develops tech to complete COVID-19 sero-survey of 1 cr samples in a weekIndian IT startup Thalamus Irwine claims to have developed an Artificial Intelligence and IoT-based solution to complete a sero-survey with...
13 Dec, 2020, 11.51 AM IST
Novel coronavirus infections may have been present in US as early as December: StudyWhile the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the US was identified on January 19, 2020, the scientists, including Sridhar V Basavaraju fro...
02 Dec, 2020, 11.59 AM IST
90% of recovered COVID-19 patients in Wuhan suffering from lung damage: ReportA team at the Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University finds that the recovered patients' immune systems have showed a low level of B cells wh...
06 Aug, 2020, 09.45 AM IST
‘Recently recovered COVID-19 patients produce virus-specific antibodies'Findings show that COVID-19 patients can mount antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 proteins and suggest that these antibodies are maintained f...
05 May, 2020, 11.33 AM IST
View: Combining sampling and testing can be most effective to get the economy back on trackGovernments can combine strategies to conduct randomised testing to plan exit out of lockdown.
24 Apr, 2020, 06.17 AM IST
Antibody kits arrive from China, but only for surveillanceThese kits, also known as serological testing kits, are not meant for early diagnosis or detection of the disease, said Raman Gangakhedkar,...
17 Apr, 2020, 07.58 AM IST
Delhi govt caps chikungunya test costChikungunya cases in Delhi have shot up to 432 a massive rise in the figure released by civic authorities, who had reported just 20 cases t...
30 Aug, 2016, 10.18 PM IST
Dengue cases: Centre asks Delhi government to check overcharging by hospitalsEven as two more patients succumbed to the disease and over 600 fresh cases were reported in the capital in the last one week taking the to...
14 Sep, 2015, 09.36 PM IST
Centre mulls banning rapid dengue diagnostic kitsThe central government is considering a ban on the sale of rapid dengue diagnostic test kits for their "non-reliable" test results.
08 Sep, 2015, 08.06 PM IST
Arunachal on high alert after Japanese Encephalitis deathThe health authority in Arunachal Pradesh has issued a high alert following the death of a minor girl due to Japanese Encephalitis
17 Jul, 2015, 02.46 PM IST
Tamil Nadu to set up Virology labs in four medical college hospitalsTamil Nadu government would soon set up Molecular Virology Laboratories in Medical College Hospitals in Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore and Ti...
08 May, 2013, 03.19 PM IST