A study published in Nature Communications reveals that the risk of fatal heat waves has significantly increased in the last 20 years and w...

Additional director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Samiran Panda on Friday said the third wave of Covid was li...

South African scientists first announced that they had identified a new variant on November 25, 2021. Since then, cases of COVID have incre...

This is the first data-based study to suggest that Omicron may evade immunity from prior infection.

The authors said that they found no evidence that reinfection risk increased as a result of the emergence of Beta or Delta variants, sugges...

A whole-genome sequencing is required for the identification of genetic mutations and recombinations of the virus, while epidemiological st...

"Our epidemiological model indicates that P.1 is likely to be more transmissible than previous strains of coronavirus and likely to be able...

"Vaccination should be free because any public health emergency, particularly of an infectious disease, requires public financing to suppor...

Kluge cited epidemiological models that suggested if 95% of people wear masks and other social distancing measures are applied, Europe coul...

The ongoing research project - in collaboration with the Google Research team in the United States and the University of Virginia -- is stu...

In India with the country in lockdown, we only are made aware of few clusters, namely, in Nizamuddin, Chennai vegetable market, Nanded pilg...

One challenge epidemiologists are facing now in India is the lack of data to track Covid’s trajectory.

The cryptocurrency has fallen more than 65 per cent since peaking in December at $19,511.

London, Dec 20 (IANS) Change in weather patterns, brought on by the 'Godzilla' El Nino of 2015 -- one of the strongest on record, fuelled t...

Long-term exposure to air pollution may increase the risk of developing heart disease, a new study in the US has warned. The study found th...

"As a biostatistician and epidemiologist, I can bring a lot to this role," a university release quoted Mukherjee as saying.

"Social media can be tapped for insights into how people will react when faced with a new disease control measure or the threat of infectio...