Covid's BF.7 variant may not impact India as severely as China, says CCMB chiefNandicoori said there is always a concern that all these variants have the ability to escape the immunity and can infect people who are vac...
25 Dec, 2022, 12.02 PM IST
Delta deadliest among COVID-19 variants, say CCMB scientistsFive different SARS-CoV-2 variants were chosen and scientists studied how the human immune system responded to them. The variants included ...
12 Sep, 2022, 09.04 PM IST
Hybrid immunity effective in preventing Omicron spread, finds new study led by Kerala doctorThe research data was published in Lancet Rheumatology in November.
10 Feb, 2022, 08.04 PM IST
Omicron coronavirus variant linked with high risk of reinfection: StudyThis is the first data-based study to suggest that Omicron may evade immunity from prior infection.
06 Dec, 2021, 12.42 PM IST
Risk of reinfection very high in Omicron: StudyThe authors said that they found no evidence that reinfection risk increased as a result of the emergence of Beta or Delta variants, sugges...
03 Dec, 2021, 07.42 PM IST
How to battle Omicron? Experts feel vaccine remains the best betApart from providing additional protection to the immune-compromised patients, a third dose could help prevent mutations, said experts.
28 Nov, 2021, 11.37 AM IST
Covid outbreak in Delhi shows herd immunity against Delta variant difficult: StudyThe study authors noted that Delhi's overall seropositivity was reported to be 56.1 per cent which was expected to confer some protection f...
16 Oct, 2021, 11.05 AM IST
Delta reinfected several hit in first Covid wave: StudyGiven Delta's immune system evasion ability, the study cautioned that strong ‘infection control measures’ and boosting vaccine response wou...
25 Jun, 2021, 12.13 AM IST
Delta variant's ability to evade antibodies could be the cause of some Covid reinfectionsA paper published by a group of researchers at Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre currently being peer-reviewed, claims that the changes...
19 Jun, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
Study finds new way of predicting COVID-19 vaccine efficacyThe early immune response in a person who has been vaccinated for coronavirus can predict the level of protection they will have to the vir...
01 Jun, 2021, 11.03 AM IST
B.1.617 can evade antibodies, vaccination reduces severity: StudiesThe study cites data from an unnamed Delhi hospital where 33 health workers were infected by B.1.617 despite receiving Covishield doses.
13 May, 2021, 07.17 AM IST
Scientists decode how immune system malfunctions in severe COVID-19 casesIn the study, published in the journal Cell, they analysed the gene activity and the amount of proteins on the level of individual immune c...
07 Aug, 2020, 06.19 PM IST
Immunity passports for Covid-19 may lead to discrimination, intentional infections: ScientistsLooking for ways out of the restrictive physical distancing measures imposed to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, several govern...
28 May, 2020, 11.49 AM IST
International Immunology Day: Keep digestive health in check, ditch sugary foods & stay hydrated for good immunityKeeping the immune system healthy is a priority during these uncertain times.
29 Apr, 2020, 11.47 AM IST
US FDA approves plasma therapy trial, Amazon grants $2.5 millionAccording to the FDA, plasma with antibodies from individuals who recovered from viral infections has been used to treat influenza, measles...
24 Apr, 2020, 11.48 PM IST
Adults only catch flu about twice a decade: StudyResearchers found that while children get flu on average every other year, flu infections become less frequent as people progress through c...
04 Mar, 2015, 04.55 PM IST
- Centre dashes states' hope for more aid
The Centre is open to assistance to states grappling with chikungunya although it denies that the viral infection has claimed 128 lives in ...
18 Oct, 2006, 02.05 AM IST