Virus: A hantavirus outbreak linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship has raised global concern, with at least eight countries involved in trac...

The study, which has not been peer-reviewed, found that people who were infected with Omicron, especially those who were vaccinated, develo...

An analysis by Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), which assessed more than 3,500 samples as on May 4, reveals that 1,877 samp...

The study, released on Saturday, compared almost 400 people who had tested positive for COVID-19, 14 days or more after they received one o...

The shot was also 100% effective in preventing illness among trial participants in South Africa, where a new variant called B1351 is domina...

ICMR Director-General Balram Bhargava said that mutations are sporadic and single mutations are not found to be dominant in any particular ...

Of the current known variants, three are particularly worrying: those initially detected in southeast England, South Africa and in travelle...

Providing details of the efficacy rate of Covaxin and Covishield vaccines against each of the mutations, he said there was no significant d...

Phil Dormitzer, one of Pfizer's top viral vaccine scientists, said in an interview that he believes the current vaccine - developed with Ge...

The ICMR had announced on Tuesday that Pune-based National Institute of Virology was in the process of isolating and culturing the South Af...

A phase I/II trial conducted by University of Witwatersrand and Oxford University on 2,000 volunteers with a median age of 31 years found t...

On Tuesday, the Health Ministry said four people were detected with the South Africa variant of SARS-CoV-2 and one tested positive for the ...

"I think the jury is out on that at the moment, but all developers are preparing new vaccines so if we do need them, we'll have them availa...

Developers of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine expect to have a modified jab to cope with the South Africa coronavirus variant by autumn, the...

Britain has detected 77 cases of the South African variant of Covid-19, the health minister said on Sunday, also urging people to strictly ...

According to the scientists, including those from Rockefeller University in the US, the study provides the "strongest evidence yet" that th...

Several countries, including Britain which has found the mutant variant in cases linked to South Africa, have banned flights from South Afr...