Covid-19 subvariant JN.1 detected in KeralaA case of JN.1 subvariant of Covid-19 has been detected in Kerala, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. The case was detected in an ...
16 Dec, 2023, 08.51 PM IST
Flu from pigs: UK detects first human case of H1N2According to health experts, one person in the United Kingdom has been verified to have a form of flu similar to viruses prevalent in pigs....
27 Nov, 2023, 09.01 PM IST
UK reports first human infection of rare swine flu variant, issues advisoryThe UK on Monday reported its first human case of a swine flu strain swine flu strain - influenza A(H1N2)v. The infected individual experie...
27 Nov, 2023, 08.48 PM IST
'It's seasonal flu, not Covid this time'Doctors are seeing an increasing number of patients with flu-like symptoms, which they say is earlier than the usual peak flu season. The g...
20 Jul, 2023, 12.10 AM IST
Can Omicron and influenza co-infection turn deadly?Increasing genome surveillance and active follow-up may also help, they noted.
14 Apr, 2023, 08.16 PM IST
PM Modi holds high-level review meeting on Covid, influenza situation, stresses on Covid-appropriate behaviourThe Prime Minister assessed the preparedness of health infrastructure and logistics, status of the vaccination campaign, emergence of new C...
23 Mar, 2023, 11.41 AM IST
Delhi government issues advisory on H3N2, directs hospitals to monitor situationAlthough not many cases of this virus have been reported in the government hospitals of Delhi, strict instructions have been given to the D...
17 Mar, 2023, 09.14 PM IST
Vulnerable people must take seasonal flu shots: ExpertsInfluenza H3N2 has been spreading in the country. According to the health ministry data from January 2 to March 5, in all 451 cases of H3N2...
15 Mar, 2023, 12.15 AM IST
China releases new COVID-19 control protocol, calls for monitoring mutated variantsThe 10th edition of the virus prevention and control protocol has been released in accordance to the decision to downgrade the epidemic man...
08 Jan, 2023, 07.31 AM IST
IIT Delhi study reveals mechanisms driving SARS-CoV-2 evolution in humansSARS-CoV-2 has a uracil-rich (uracil is one of the four building blocks of RNA) genome. The researchers have identified how uracils adjacen...
29 May, 2022, 04.22 PM IST
Covid-19: INSACOG confirms presence of BA.4, BA.5 subvariants of Omicron in IndiaIndia had reported the first case of Omicron BA.4 sub-variant in Hyderabad. First detected in South Africa, it is highly transmissible.
22 May, 2022, 09.16 PM IST
Centre asks states to restart monitoring ILI, SARI cases amid Covid surge in southeast AsiaTesting for influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) cases has been the pillars of Covid management for ...
18 Mar, 2022, 11.09 AM IST
Regular booster vaccines are the future in battle with COVID-19 virus, top genome expert saysThe novel coronavirus, which has killed 2.65 million people globally since it emerged in China in late 2019, mutates around once every two ...
15 Mar, 2021, 09.00 PM IST
Regular booster vaccines are the future in battle with COVID-19 virus, says UK's top scientistThe novel coronavirus, which has killed 2.65 million people globally since it emerged in China in late 2019, mutates around once every two ...
15 Mar, 2021, 02.15 PM IST
China shares virus genome data, officials suggest European strainChina, which had been under pressure to make the data public sooner rather than later as Covid-19 cases mount in the country's capital, sai...
19 Jun, 2020, 11.36 PM IST
CSIR submits 53 genome sequences of coronavirus to global body; to share 450 more by May 15CSIR's Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad and Institu...
07 May, 2020, 01.17 PM IST
Deadly avian influenza virus reaches AntarcticaA deadly avian influenza virus has now reached Antarctica.
06 May, 2014, 03.13 PM IST