"Not only the reported peak in India was much lower, the consistent efforts also led to a decreasing trajectory soon. The country managed t...

In the past week, South Korea has begun asking patients who test positive to simply look after themselves at home, while the country redire...

With the reporting of Omicron, a highly mutated variant of SARSCoV-2 virus and its classification as a Variant of Concern (VoC) by the Worl...

A comparative study carried out by Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, an autonomous institute of the Department of Biot...

But the rapid spread of the omicron variant, and questions about the sensitivity of at-home tests, have rekindled a debate over whether the...

Some argue that Omicron is 'mild', but this wave is sweeping through a population.

Experts say that while work needs to be done on sequencing and accessibility of data, the focus must be on disease surveillance and ramping...

Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) on Friday said its COVID antiviral molnupiravir has cut the risk of hospitalization or death in Phase 3 clinical ...

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), one of the world's largest trade fairs, returns to Las Vegas in person this week under a newly resurge...

With studies indicating that the Omicron Covid-19 variant is highly transmissible, public health experts say there is a need to gear up to ...

In October 2021, the Subject Expert Committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), which evaluates vaccine applicati...

Centre proposed a fivefold strategy for tackling the threat of COVID-19 variant 'Omicron', in a review meeting on Thursday over public heal...

States and Union territories have been advised to be vigilant and monitor case positivity, doubling rate and cluster of new cases and consi...

Experts at the ICMR have been reviewing the clinical protocol, following the emergence of Omicron.

Physical activity is essential for maintaining good health and a strong immune system.

The states have also been asked to ensure that all hospital infrastructure is ready for any possible surge in Covid-19 cases. The states ha...

Besides reserving isolation wards and ICUs for Covid-19 patients, hospitals have decided to scale up screening of patients arriving with tr...