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Gennova Bio joins CEPI to develop vax against Nipah virusGennova Biopharmaceuticals, in partnership with CEPI, will advance the development of a self-amplifying mRNA vaccine against Nipah virus wi...01 Apr, 2025, 11.53 PM IST- Another bat virus discovered from China—Here’s what makes HKU5-CoV-2 different from COVID-19A team of Chinese researchers has discovered a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, which has the potential to infect human cells. The virus, l...23 Feb, 2025, 10.14 AM IST
- China lab claims to have made nasal Covid-19 vaccine for ‘future pandemicsThe Chinese city where the infamous Covid-19 virus originated has now developed an innovative vaccine that is projected to safeguard humani...12 Sep, 2024, 11.11 PM IST
- New all-in-one vaccine may prove effective against all coronavirusesScientists from Oxford and Cambridge universities have developed a new all-in-one vaccine that can protect humans against a broad range of ...06 May, 2024, 08.45 PM IST
- WHO chief pushes China for 'full access' to determine COVID's originsGhebreyesus has for long been pressing China to share its information about the origins of COVID-19, saying that until that happened all hy...17 Sep, 2023, 06.40 PM IST
- India's rising Covid cases: Experts say common cold-like spread suggests endemicity, urge precautionGiving the reassurance that a monster spike on the lines of the Delta wave in the spring of 2021 is unlikely due to the endemic nature of t...07 Apr, 2023, 05.15 PM IST
- Equatorial Guinea confirms outbreak of Marburg virus, nine persons dead: WHOIn a press statement, WHO said that Equatorial Guinea confirmed its first-ever outbreak on Monday (local time) after the nine people's samp...14 Feb, 2023, 08.59 AM IST
- Khosta-2: New Russian bat virus capable of infecting humansThe virus was initially discovered in bats in Russia two years ago and thought to be harmless to people, but a closer scrutiny recently in ...24 Sep, 2022, 10.40 AM IST
- Have not spotted reverse zoonosis cases in India yet: Dr Priya Abraham, Director National Institute of Virology"This virus is still an invisible enemy to the world. Under-vaccinated countries and regions are more susceptible. Also, it is still a prob...20 Mar, 2022, 12.55 PM IST
- UK scientists trial first needle-free air-powered COVID-19 vaccineIt offers a possible future alternative to people who fear needle-based jabs and, if successful, it could be scaled up and manufactured as ...14 Dec, 2021, 10.45 PM IST
- Global 'hot spots' where new coronaviruses may emerge identifiedThe researchers also identified locations that could easily become hot spots with changes in land use. They found that parts of Japan, the ...03 Jun, 2021, 01.18 PM IST
- View: The theory that Covid virus leaked from a Chinese lab goes viralCountless labs handle dangerous pathogens, not always vigilantly, multiplying the chances of leaks by accident or design24 May, 2021, 06.40 PM IST
- New vaccine blocks novel coronavirus, variants in animal studyThe pan-coronavirus vaccine triggers neutralising antibodies via a nanoparticle composed of the coronavirus part. This part allows the vacc...11 May, 2021, 04.11 PM IST
- 'How the deadly Nipah virus jumps from bats to humans found'According to the research, published recently in the journal PNAS, the Nipah virus (NiV) could circulate among fruit bats, not just in plac...07 Nov, 2020, 03.33 PM IST
- New kind of coronavirus that affects pigs has the potential of jumping from swines to humansThe virus causes severe diarrhea and vomiting, and has been especially deadly to young piglets.14 Oct, 2020, 04.30 PM IST
- Big tobacco companies join race for Covid vaccineBAT has already started pre-clinical testing on animals, of a plant-based vaccine via US biotech subsidiary Kentucky BioProcessing. Philip ...02 Apr, 2020, 10.32 AM IST
- New SARS-like virus could infect humansScientists, including one of Indian-origin, have found a SARS-like virus in Chinese horseshoe bats that may infect humans without need for ...15 Mar, 2016, 02.28 PM IST
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