Hantavirus: Britain secures experimental Japanese drug to strengthen responseBritain has received experimental favipiravir from Japan to treat a deadly hantavirus outbreak. The drug is not licensed in the UK and its ...
19 May, 2026, 11.17 AM IST
In the shadow of COVID, health officials fight panic over Hantavirus outbreakA hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has sparked public concern. Health officials are working to communicate clearly, drawing lessons fro...
15 May, 2026, 12.01 PM IST
WHO says seven cases of hantavirus confirmed from cruise shipSeven cases of Andes hantavirus are confirmed among passengers on the cruise ship MV Hondius. The World Health Organization updated its tal...
11 May, 2026, 06.23 PM IST
Connecticut woman dies of Powassan Virus - What is the Powassan virus, its symptoms and cure?After Covid Virus, now it is time for the Powassan Virus scare. Connecticut sees a second case of the virus with the death of one woman
08 Jun, 2022, 08.21 PM IST
London declares emergency over 'out of control' coronavirus strainBritain has the world's fifth worst official death toll from COVID-19 at over 78,000, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson has shuttered the ec...
08 Jan, 2021, 09.06 PM IST
Dutch ban UK flights, fearing the new coronavirus variantThe Netherlands said it will assess “with other European Union nations the possibilities to contain the import of the virus from the United...
20 Dec, 2020, 06.09 PM IST
London faces tightest restrictions; sees new virus variantThe surge of COVID-19 cases in southern England may be associated with a new variant of coronavirus, Hancock told lawmakers. He said offici...
15 Dec, 2020, 08.07 AM IST
Persistence of 'abnormal fused cells' may cause lung damage in Covid patientsThe formation of fused cells is due to the viral spike protein, which corona uses to enter the cell.
05 Nov, 2020, 02.39 PM IST
Britain to infect healthy volunteers to speed up COVID-19 vaccine effortsBritain signed a contract with Open Orphan and its London-based unit, hVivo, that paves the way for human challenge trials, the company sai...
20 Oct, 2020, 11.42 PM IST
Can you catch Covid-19 twice? Study suggests antibodies give immunity to patients only for a few monthsThe immune system has multiple ways to fight the coronavirus.
15 Jul, 2020, 06.39 PM IST
Antibody immunity to novel coronavirus may be short-lived: UK studyPatients who recover from the novel coronavirus may have an antibody response that makes them immune to the deadly virus only for a few mon...
13 Jul, 2020, 09.15 PM IST
Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 400,000The milestone was reached Sunday, a day after the Brazilian government stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infecti...
07 Jun, 2020, 04.13 PM IST
Novel coronavirus mutations may not make it more infectious: StudyCoronaviruses, like other RNA viruses, can develop mutations in three different ways: by mistake from copying errors during viral replicati...
26 May, 2020, 05.18 PM IST
HSBC sends home 100 London staff, confirms China coronavirus caseHSBC Holdings PLC has sent home more than 100 staff in London after a worker tested positive for the coronavirus, the first known case at a...
06 Mar, 2020, 10.56 AM IST
Adults only catch flu about twice a decade: StudyResearchers found that while children get flu on average every other year, flu infections become less frequent as people progress through c...
04 Mar, 2015, 04.55 PM IST
Research suggests HIV 'invisibility cloak' may lead to new AIDS treatmentThe innate immune system is the body's first line of defence against infection and incorporates an alarm system present in all cells of the...
07 Nov, 2013, 02.18 PM IST
- New way to stop computer viruses in their tracks
When a new virus hits the Internet, there is little that an anti-virus software can do to stop the malware on the very day. But now British...
26 Nov, 2009, 01.49 PM IST