Why do some people never get Covid?Doctors look for the vulnerabilities that we can see to explain these outcomes, like age, vaccination status and underlying conditions, but...
09 Mar, 2022, 10.55 AM IST
8 vaccines, 4 treatments in India's COVID-19 arsenalMeanwhile, India logged 653 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus across 21 states and UTs so far out of which 186 have recovered or ...
28 Dec, 2021, 07.25 PM IST
US tracking of virus variants has improved after slow startRelying on USD 1.7 billion in President Joe Biden's coronavirus relief bill, the US has been setting up a national network to better track ...
30 Nov, 2021, 08.35 PM IST
COVID-19 lab leak theory highly unlikely, scientists sayThe authors noted that maps pinpointing geographic locations of the first wave of COVID-19 cases in December 2019, show they initially emer...
24 Aug, 2021, 05.07 PM IST
Can the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccines affect my genetic code?Both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are mRNA vaccines, which contain tiny fragments of the genetic material known as “messenger ribonuclei...
26 Jun, 2021, 01.29 PM IST
How virus detectives trace the origins of an outbreak - and why it's so trickyIn order to predict and prevent future pandemics like COVID-19, researchers need to find the origin of the viruses that cause them. This is...
11 Jun, 2021, 01.14 PM IST
COVID-19 vaccines in India in a nutshellThe Drugs Control General of India has permitted emergency use of Covid vaccine Sputnik V with certain conditions, clearing the way for a t...
13 Apr, 2021, 11.03 PM IST
United States scientists developing nasal spray to prevent COVID-19The idea is to use a weakened virus as a delivery truck to carry genetic instructions to cells within the nose and the throat, which will i...
02 Dec, 2020, 09.01 AM IST
UK tests if COVID-19 vaccines might work better if inhaledBritish scientists are beginning a small study comparing how two experimental coronavirus vaccines might work when they are inhaled by peop...
14 Sep, 2020, 06.41 PM IST
Coronavirus genomes in India have 5.39% mutation similarity with 72 nations: StudyCoronavirus genomes in India have 5.39 percent mutation similarity with 72 nations, found a study by a group of researchers trying to ident...
13 Sep, 2020, 09.28 PM IST
Scientists working on genomic sequences of SARS-CoV-2 to find answer to combat COVID-19As per the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the study is sponsored by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB).
13 Sep, 2020, 05.52 PM IST
Mums-to-be, stay safe: Embryos could be vulnerable to coronavirus in second week of pregnancyIf the mother gets sick, it could affect the chances of a successful pregnancy.
05 Aug, 2020, 03.03 PM IST
Are the kids safe? Children may not be as immune to Covid-19 as we thinkData on children as sources of coronavirus spread are sparse.
31 Jul, 2020, 06.31 PM IST
Genetic code that may help coronavirus survive identified: ResearchersIn the study, published in the journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, researchers used a new tool to determine what c...
03 Jun, 2020, 03.48 PM IST
US company trials coronavirus vaccine candidate in AustraliaNovavax will inject 131 volunteers in the first phase of the trial testing the safety of the vaccine and looking for signs of its effective...
26 May, 2020, 11.28 AM IST
Scientists track link between wildlife and COVID-19 outbreakBats are also believed to be the original source of Ebola virus outbreaks that infected people in Africa from 2014 to 2016, and in 1976. Sc...
23 Apr, 2020, 12.45 PM IST
'Novel method to understand how coronavirus evolves developed'In the study, published in the journal Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, the scientists developed a novel platform, originally used to a...
20 Apr, 2020, 11.20 AM IST