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Hantavirus in India? Health Ministry activates precautionary surveillance measures; check what is Andes virus, signs, symptoms and prevention tips- Hantavirus requires prolonged close contact for transmission unlike Covid: Soumya Swaminathan
- Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak: What is Andes strain? Symptoms, mortality rate, treatment, vaccines and all details you need to know
- US providing Moderna $590 mn to speed mRNA pandemic for bird flu which experts fear may start a pandemicThe H5N1 virus is common in wild birds and other animals. While it has not conclusively been found to spread from person to person, the amo...18 Jan, 2025, 08.29 AM IST
- China urges its people to mask up amid surge in respiratory illness across the countryChina's health ministry has confirmed that the recent surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by the flu and other known pathogens, not a ...26 Nov, 2023, 09.05 PM IST
- India keenly watching China's children illness cases; govt issues statementAccording to Health ministry, India is at low risk from both the avian influenza case reported in China as well as the clusters of respirat...25 Nov, 2023, 04.52 PM IST
- Study finds 'robust' evidence that COVID-19 is seasonal infectionThis seasonality could contribute importantly to the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, since low humidity conditions have been shown to reduce th...26 Oct, 2021, 12.58 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
- Not just respiratory droplets, airborne dust & fibre particles can also spread coronavirusMicroscopic fibres from an inanimate object may carry infectious viruses.18 Aug, 2020, 05.51 PM IST
- Chinese researchers warn of new virus in pigs with human pandemic riskResearchers looked at influenza viruses found in pigs from 2011 to 2018 and found a "G4" strain of H1N1 that has "all the essential hallmar...01 Jul, 2020, 03.33 PM IST
- ICMR plans to study whether novel coronavirus strain in India changed formHowever, the study can begin once the lockdown is lifted since currently there are difficulties involved in transportation of samples from ...02 May, 2020, 04.52 PM IST
- Lasa Supergenerics jumps 5% on Maha FDA nodThe drug will be manufactured at its WHO GMP certified facility at Mahad Industrial Area.13 Apr, 2020, 04.17 PM IST
- Hope to get nasal vaccine against Covid-19 into market in 12-18 months: Hyderabad-based Bharat BiotechKrishna M Ella, a molecular biologist and chairman and managing director of the Bharat Biotech, spoke to TOI's Surendra Singh in an exclusi...08 Apr, 2020, 10.16 AM IST
- Salt can make surgical masks into a virus killerToronto, Jan 8 (IANS) Researchers have developed a special salt treatment that can make common surgical masks capable of trapping and killi...08 Jan, 2017, 01.54 PM IST
- Indian professor Suresh Mittal at Purdue gets $1.5 million grant for Bird Flu vaccine researchAccording to the World Health Organization, the new H7N9 flu virus was found in China in 2013 and is responsible for 229 deaths and 665 cas...27 Nov, 2015, 05.28 PM IST
- Scientist working on flu vaccine that lasts a lifetimeAs New Scientist explains, the flu virus carries big, globular "decoy" proteins on its surface to grab our immune system's attention.26 Aug, 2015, 01.07 PM IST
- Text reminders increase flu vaccination rates in kidsText message reminders may increase the number of children receiving the second dose of influenza vaccine, a new study suggests.03 Jan, 2015, 02.06 PM IST
- Government hospitals fully equipped to deal with swine flu: J P NaddaAccording to the Directorate of Health Services, six cases of swine flu have been reported in the national capital and its neighbouring reg...27 Dec, 2014, 02.14 PM IST
- India builds new labs to fight bird flu spreadIndia, fighting a bird flu outbreak in poultry that threatens to get out of control, will build several new laboratories in a bid to combat...23 Jan, 2008, 10.47 AM IST
- India awarded grant to prepare for influenza pandemicIndia is among six developing countries who have been awarded grants to establish capacity to manufacture influenza vaccine so that it is r...25 Apr, 2007, 09.50 AM IST
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