Diabetes is a potential risk factor for long Covid.

The highly transmissible variant is known to cause lower severity disease than the Delta variant, the researchers noted.

Croup is a type of respiratory illness, known medically as laryngotracheitis, in babies and young children. It is characterised by barking ...

Nobody knows what may follow omicron, so why not protect against the relatively slim chance of tragic consequences?

The research, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, is the first large-scale study to compare the health outcomes of coronavirus infect...

Children are less likely to experience illness, so the balance of risk and benefit was never the same as for adults.

Faheem Younus says having a large pool of vaccinated and Covid-19-recovered people in India means the severity of illness in any future sur...

Speaking to ANI, Dr Gupta who has been treating COVID-19 infected children and adolescents said, "Children and adolescents between the age ...

New studies in South Africa, Scotland and England show that Omicron is causing milder infections than previous variants and is less likely ...

The news of the first death in the US due to Omicron came on a day when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that Omic...

Given what has been seen in South Africa is now being seen in other parts of the world, I expect the variant will spread very rapidly in In...

The Health Ministry told the Lok Sabha last week that the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) and the Nat...

The number of cases of this variant appears to be increasing in almost all provinces in South Africa. In 4-6 weeks’ time, it will be spread...

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), the leading Covid-19 advisory group in India, had met on Monday but did not ...

Coetzee said she hasn't seen children to have any higher risk compared with adults due to Omicron.

"..but for now, not more (serious) than Delta, clinical picture (was) that of mild disease in majority of cases," Dr Angelique Coetzee said...

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said that all adults between 18-39 years old could receive shots, extending a programme...