Hantavirus: Britain secures experimental Japanese drug to strengthen responseBritain has received experimental favipiravir from Japan to treat a deadly hantavirus outbreak. The drug is not licensed in the UK and its ...
19 May, 2026, 11.17 AM IST
Who is Xu Zewei, alleged Chinese hacker extradited by the FBI from Italy?The FBI has brought alleged China-linked hacker Xu Zewei to the United States. FBI Director Kash Patel stated his recent Italy trip was vit...
29 Apr, 2026, 07.08 PM IST
Christmas: Britishers advised to adopt 'no hugging or kissing' rule. Everything about it.An eminent virologist has advised the Britishers to adopt the 'no hugging or kissing' rule and use their elbows to greet people during the ...
22 Dec, 2023, 08.43 PM IST
China's 'batwoman' warns of another coronavirus-like outbreakVirologist Shi Zhengli, known as China's "batwoman," and her team have warned that a new pandemic similar to Covid-19 is highly likely and ...
25 Sep, 2023, 10.48 PM IST
It’s not the time to be conservative with vaccinations: Virologist Shahid Jameel"With about 60% of the world’s population fully vaccinated and a large fraction also exposed to the virus, severe disease and hospitalizati...
20 Mar, 2022, 12.56 PM IST
No fourth wave of coronavirus will occur in India: Virologist T Jacob JohnThe third wave of COVID-19 had plateaued in India and the number of cases started declining after January 21 when 3,47,254 infections were ...
08 Mar, 2022, 01.33 PM IST
Covid can be said to have become endemic only after 4 weeks of consistently low cases: Virologist Dr T Jacob John"When case numbers in a community are plotted on graphs, the pattern of rise, peak and fall represent epidemic (or outbreak) and case numbe...
15 Feb, 2022, 11.02 AM IST
Omicron can make kids sick, and is lethal for unvaccinated, says Cambridge virologist Ravindra GuptaGupta says the third dose is essential, because of the immune escape of Omicron, which requires higher antibody levels of protection agains...
19 Jan, 2022, 09.32 AM IST
Covovax better booster for Covishield-vaccinated people: Dr Shahid Jameel, VirologistIndia is gearing up to tackle a possible third wave of the coronavirus pandemic as the Omicron variant of the virus, which is said to be mu...
29 Dec, 2021, 09.50 PM IST
South Africa detects new Covid-19 variant: Scientists"Unfortunately we have detected a new variant which is a reason for concern in South Africa," virologist Tulio de Oliveira told a hastily-c...
25 Nov, 2021, 05.52 PM IST
India doesn't yet have COVID-19 safety armour necessary to start reopening, says virologist"There are variants, already circulating, don't have names. Will they be more capable of transmission? We don't know. Delta variant seems t...
09 Oct, 2021, 10.43 PM IST
Congress targets govt over resignation of noted virologist Shahid Jameel"The resignation of Dr. Shahid Jameel, one of India's best virologists, is really sad. Modi Sarkar has no place for professionals who can s...
17 May, 2021, 05.52 PM IST
Second Covid wave seems to have flattened but won't end before July: virologist Shahid Jameel"The curve may have flattened but the other side of the peak is not going to be an easy climb down. It's possibly going to be a more prolon...
11 May, 2021, 09.39 PM IST
Third wave of Covid-19 will hit children in a big way: Virologist Dr V RaviRavi, who is also the member of Karnataka’s Covid technical advisory committee, stressed on the need to ramp up medical infrastructure to t...
05 May, 2021, 09.17 PM IST
No proof COVID second wave due to virus variants, but it is possible: Virologist Shahid JameelVirologist Shahid Jameel, who has won the coveted Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, said the rollout of vaccines has caused a false sense of s...
26 Mar, 2021, 12.37 PM IST
How does the Johnson & Johnson vaccine compare to other coronavirus vaccines? 4 questions answeredMaureen Ferran, a virologist at the Rochester Institute of Technology, explains how this third authorized vaccine works and explores the di...
28 Feb, 2021, 03.02 PM IST
Who was Flossie Wong-Staal and how can her work help with the Covid-19 pandemic?Wong-Staal passed way in the second week of July at 73.
19 Jul, 2020, 10.36 AM IST