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Hantavirus outbreak: How an African lab identified the deadly Andes strainA hantavirus scare aboard a cruise ship off Cape Verde prompted a rapid scientific response, with researchers in Senegal quickly identifyin...
How many countries are affected by the Hantavirus outbreak, how concerning is it?Virus: A hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship has raised global concern, with at least eight countries involved in trac...
WHO warns about attacks on Iran health facilities, regional threatThe World Health Organization has issued a stark warning about escalating attacks on health facilities in Iran. A major research center in ...
"Is US sure it wants to turn back clock?" Iran FM's jibe at Trump's 'Stone Age' remarkIranian leaders have strongly criticized Donald Trump's threats to devastate Iran. Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi questioned the log...
Bird flu detected in raw milk in US. Here's what you need to know and what you should doCalifornia health officials reported bird flu in a sample of raw milk from a Fresno dairy, prompting a voluntary recall. This follows a rec...
Polio vaccine shortage looms over India with Sanofi plants' shutdownAn impending crisis looms over India's supply of injectable poliomyelitis vaccine (IPV) as French drugmaker Sanofi has shut down its manufa...
Research suggests Covid can persist in lungs for up to two yearsThis prolonged presence is linked to a failure in innate immunity, the body's initial defence against pathogens.
After three years, Covid 'here to stay'Three years after the first case was identified in China in December 2019, experts say the world must learn the lessons of this pandemic to...
Covid virus may remain active, transmissible for longer than recommended quarantine period: StudyThe researchers affiliated with the Pasteur-USP Scientific Platform, a partnership between France's Pasteur Institute, the University of Sa...
Study finds lower antibody activity against delta variant at single dose, but vaccines still workThis virus has spread to at least 90 countries and is 50% more transmissible than the alpha variant (the variant first identified in Kent),...
First human case of H10N3 bird flu: What we knowThe H5N8 virus, derived from H5N1, was detected in February among workers at a Russian poultry factory after circulating for a few months i...
How do Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines fare against the variant found in India?According to a study conducted by the Pasteur Institute in France, the vaccine developed by Pfizer is slightly less effective but still is ...
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer A. Doudna for developing genome-editing methodThey are only the sixth and seventh women in history to receive the Nobel in Chemistry.
Coronavirus vaccine within a year but it won't be 100% effectiveThe vaccine for coronavirus should not be seen as a cure, says Adar Poonawalla of SII.
Indian vaccine market to climb to $871 mn by 2016: ReportIndia's vaccine production sector is likely to expand dramatically to an estimated size of $871 million by 2016, says a report.
- Tamil Nadu may turn axis for national vaccine security plan
The state now looks poised to play a pivotal role in the national plan to ensure vaccine security by ramping up vaccine-making in the publi...
- India unveils first indigenous vaccine against swine flu
India on Thursday unveiled its first indigenous vaccine against the dreaded swine flu which claimed over 18,000 lives globally and more tha...
- Sanofi-Aventis buys Shantha for Rs 3,740 cr
The deal between Sanofi its French owners Meriuex Alliance values the unlisted Indian company at Rs 3,740 crore, or about eight times its p...
- Government leaves vaccine space for private companies
The government has decided not to revive the four state-owned vaccine units whose licences were recently suspended.
- Sanofi arm may make India global output hub for vaccines
India may be a possible location as a global manufacturing base for vaccines business of Sanofi-Aventis Group.