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New ‘Cicada’ COVID variant hits US: What BA.3.2 means and why experts are watchingThe BA.3.2 COVID-19 variant, nicknamed “Cicada,” has emerged in the United States and multiple countries, prompting close monitoring by the...26 Mar, 2026, 06.45 PM IST- New study finds link between Covid antiviral drug & virus mutationsA study published in the journal Nature has found a link between the COVID-19 antiviral drug molnupiravir and a pattern of mutations in the...26 Sep, 2023, 07.45 PM IST
- US health agency recommends updated Covid boosters, President Biden calls it "important" milestoneThe CDC has authorized and recommended COVID-19 booster shots for everyone aged 6 months and older. President Joe Biden called it a signifi...13 Sep, 2023, 07.06 AM IST
- Covid virus' 'most muted variant' found in Indonesia, claim scientists. What we know so farCovid pandemic has subsided but the most mutated variant of coronavirus has been found in Indonesia. The new variant of the covid virus has...28 Jul, 2023, 10.46 PM IST
- How Covid virus mutates inside a human bodyResearchers from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology discovered various mutations not included in existing databases and even a n...08 Feb, 2022, 09.55 PM IST
- Is RT-PCR enough for testing Omicron variant? Need a modified test for travellers, says InsacogRT-PCR is the current gold-standard of Covid-19 testing. However, the experts at Insacog suggested that a modified test should be done for ...30 Nov, 2021, 10.26 AM IST
- No case of B.1.1.529 COVID-19 variant reported in India so far: Official sourcesNewly identified COVID-19 variant --- B.1.1.529 --- is causing an increase in new COVID-19 infections in South Africa.26 Nov, 2021, 01.49 PM IST
- New 'Botswana' variant is most mutated version of CovidThree infections have been detected in Botswana to date and six in South Africa -- where variant surveillance is more robust.25 Nov, 2021, 11.40 PM IST
- Apart from preventing illness & deaths, Covid vaccines may be curbing new virus mutations, says studySamples from vaccine breakthrough patients showed significantly fewer mutations.09 Jul, 2021, 03.26 PM IST
- ‘Existing vaccines effective against new coronavirus variant’The Gupta Lab under the Cambridge Institute has been studying the evolution of SARS CoV 2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in patients in r...03 May, 2021, 07.50 AM IST
- 'Covaxin, Covishield both work against Covid's UK strain'Both Covaxin and Covishield — the two vaccines against Covid in use in India — are effective against the UK variant, which is one of the tw...13 Apr, 2021, 11.46 AM IST
- Czech Lab discovers new COVID-19 mutation"Thanks to the sequencing of samples from patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, our laboratory discovered a hitherto undescribed mutation of ...29 Mar, 2021, 08.15 AM IST
- Over 7K virus mutations reported, Covid-appropriate behaviour key to stop spread, say scientistsScientists also emphasised that these mutations do not translate to variants.24 Feb, 2021, 06.02 PM IST
- Britain's coronavirus variant a concern, 'likely to sweep the world', says scientist"What's concerning about this is that the 1.1.7. variant that we have had circulating for some weeks and months is beginning to mutate agai...11 Feb, 2021, 03.16 PM IST
- New coronavirus strain spreading in UK has key mutations: ScientistsBritish scientists are trying to establish whether the rapid spread in southern England of a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 ...15 Dec, 2020, 04.30 PM IST
- Pan-India COVID-19 genome studies suggest virus genetically stable, no major mutation: PMOThere had been concerns in some quarters that any major mutation detected in the novel coronavirus could hinder the development of an effec...17 Oct, 2020, 07.12 PM IST
- Mutation in virus may hamper vaccine progressA study published in a medical journal has revealed that SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, has undergone multiple mutations in its "spike ...02 Sep, 2020, 11.05 AM IST
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