How strong are new Covid strains? Should you be worried?India is experiencing a rise in COVID-19 cases, particularly in major cities, driven by the JN.1 sub-variants LF.7 and NB.1.5. While these ...
24 May, 2025, 03.29 PM IST
US to witness new COVID wave in summers? All about the new variant KP.2Disease experts are contemplating a COVID wave of a new variant KP.2 which has currently recorded the largest share of new infections acros...
11 May, 2024, 11.03 PM IST
Cancer treatment: Vitamin D diet holds key? Here's what latest research revealsIn a new groundbreaking study published in the journal Science last week suggested that vitamin D could be the key to fight Cancer. The stu...
01 May, 2024, 02.26 AM IST
Covid-19: India detects first Omicron subvariant BQ.1 in PuneMeanwhile, the Maharashtra government warned of a COVID-19 spike citing evasive XBB, winter, and festive season. The state reported 17.7 pe...
18 Oct, 2022, 06.32 PM IST
BA.4.6: What we know about the new Omicron subvariant that is spreadingBA.4.6 is a descendant of the BA.4 variant, which was first detected in January 2022 . It's possible it could be a recombinant variant.
15 Sep, 2022, 08.04 AM IST
Another new COVID variant is spreading - here's what we know about omicron BA.4.6The latest briefing document on COVID variants from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) noted that during the week beginning August 14, B...
14 Sep, 2022, 10.42 AM IST
Mumbai Covid surge due to large population: Experts"Big cities remain outbreak prone due to high density and movement," said Anurag Agrawal, former head of laboratory consortium Insacog and ...
03 Jun, 2022, 12.26 AM IST
Triple vaccinated can fight Omicron variant efficiently: StudyPeople who are triple-vaccinated against COVID-19 develop a high-quality antibody response which can neutralise the Omicron variant efficie...
04 Feb, 2022, 04.32 PM IST
Computer model predicts Omicron may evolve to increase transmission, immune escapeThe scientists from Boston College in the US developed a computer model that can predict mutations in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, and provide ins...
06 Jan, 2022, 12.31 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
New Covid variant in South Africa affecting those under 25The new Covid-19 variant, B.1.1.529, detected in South Africa is mainly affecting people in the under 25 age group, among whom the vaccinat...
26 Nov, 2021, 12.49 PM IST
View: Delta+ calls for caution, not panic. Viruses mutate, but its spike protein & antigens are being pounded by vaccinesDesignation of the newly emerged Delta-plus as a “variant of concern” has triggered a debate on implications for viral transmission and vac...
25 Jun, 2021, 12.38 PM 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 counted for 60% of Delhi's COVID-19 cases in April, says studyThe Delta variant, B.1.617.2, is 50 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha variant, B1.117, first discovered in the UK, say researchers...
04 Jun, 2021, 07.05 PM IST
Vaccines may need regular updates as coronavirus evolves, say scientistsIn the research, virologists from Charite -- Universitatsmedizin Berlin in Germany studied the genetic evolution of the four currently know...
27 Mar, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
Rogue Covid-19 strain N440K can cause reinfection, shows studyResearchers, including those from Kurnool medical college, have said that the novel coronavirus variant, N440K, can cause reinfection. Acco...
28 Feb, 2021, 03.48 PM IST
'How coronavirus enters cells decoded, may help develop new drugs'According to the researchers, including those from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the US, understanding how the novel coronavir...
27 May, 2020, 05.43 PM IST