"New Omicron BA.4 & BA.5 detected in South Africa, Botswana, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, and U.K. Early indications that these new sublineag...

"This virus is still an invisible enemy to the world. Under-vaccinated countries and regions are more susceptible. Also, it is still a prob...

Ravindra Gupta, professor of clinical microbiology at the Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease, is renowned...

While the study showed that the new variant, dominant in the UK and now sweeping parts of India, is infecting the cells found in the lungs ...

The reduced severity of Omicron is good news for now, but it is the result of an "evolutionary mistake" and does not indicate that the viru...

Experts said the Omicron virus is highly infectious and it is going to increase the herd immunity.

Plausibly, in the future, there will be more Covid-19 variants. But as the research shows, the T-cell response due to vaccination and infec...

The chairperson of the South African Medical Association also said existing vaccines will definitely control the contagion but those unvacc...

Experts at the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), an autonomous institute under the Department of Biotechnology...

Gamaleya said it expects Sputnik V to provide a strong defence against severe disease and hospitalisation, as the drop in neutralising acti...

India cannot afford the luxury of knee-jerk lockdowns and other restrictions that turn out to be overkill in the face of Omicron.

The ministry of health and family welfare said since December 1, 93 passengers have tested positive for Covid-19. Of these, 83 are from cou...

These measures come at a time when the Indian economy is showing signs of recovery. Most companies do their financial and strategic plannin...

K Srinath Reddy called for laboratory and clinical tests to understand how the Omicron variant, which has the highest spike protein mutatio...

The WHO has warned of the potential for Covid surges with “severe consequences” fueled by omicron, whose constellation of genetic changes s...

Given the widespread exposure of Indians to Covid-19 virus and a reasonably-high vaccination rate, India will likely be less affected by th...

Industry watchers say Diwali had brought in some recovery, and while component shortages continue, more border closures will push back what...