BA.3.2 Cicada COVID Variant symptoms: How is it different from previous COVID strains, should you be worried?New Covid variant 2026 Cicada symptoms: The highly mutated new BA.3.2 Cicada COVID Variant has now spread to at least 23 countries, sparkin...
31 Mar, 2026, 04.45 PM IST
New ‘Cicada’ COVID variant hits US: What BA.3.2 means and why experts are watchingThe BA.3.2 COVID-19 variant, nicknamed “Cicada,” has emerged in the United States and multiple countries, prompting close monitoring by the...
26 Mar, 2026, 06.45 PM IST
New study finds link between Covid antiviral drug & virus mutationsA study published in the journal Nature has found a link between the COVID-19 antiviral drug molnupiravir and a pattern of mutations in the...
26 Sep, 2023, 07.45 PM IST
Should we be worried about Covid variant ‘Pi’? Potential concerns and overviewA novel variant designated "Pi," officially recognized as BA.6, has emerged, igniting extensive discussions within scientific and medical c...
18 Aug, 2023, 04.59 PM IST
Covid virus' 'most muted variant' found in Indonesia, claim scientists. What we know so farCovid pandemic has subsided but the most mutated variant of coronavirus has been found in Indonesia. The new variant of the covid virus has...
28 Jul, 2023, 10.46 PM IST
How Covid virus mutates inside a human bodyResearchers from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology discovered various mutations not included in existing databases and even a n...
08 Feb, 2022, 09.55 PM IST
Apart from preventing illness & deaths, Covid vaccines may be curbing new virus mutations, says studySamples from vaccine breakthrough patients showed significantly fewer mutations.
09 Jul, 2021, 03.26 PM IST
Czech Lab discovers new COVID-19 mutation"Thanks to the sequencing of samples from patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, our laboratory discovered a hitherto undescribed mutation of ...
29 Mar, 2021, 08.15 AM IST
Over 7K virus mutations reported, Covid-appropriate behaviour key to stop spread, say scientistsScientists also emphasised that these mutations do not translate to variants.
24 Feb, 2021, 06.02 PM IST
COVID-19 shots might be tweaked if variants get worseThe makers of COVID-19 vaccines are figuring out how to tweak their recipes against worrisome virus mutations - and regulators are looking ...
15 Feb, 2021, 09.09 PM IST
A new COVID-19 challenge: Mutations rise along with casesThe coronavirus is becoming more genetically diverse, and health officials say the high rate of new cases is the main reason. Each new infe...
19 Jan, 2021, 12.02 PM IST
Covid strain that can ‘fool’ three antibodies found in Mumbai Metropolitan Region“This is one of three mutations (K417N, E484K and N501Y) seen in the South African lineage,” said Dr Nikhil Patkar, associate professor in ...
10 Jan, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
Pfizer vaccine appears effective against mutation in new coronavirus variants: StudyThe not-yet peer reviewed study by Pfizer and scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch indicated the vaccine was effective in...
08 Jan, 2021, 10.10 AM IST
New coronavirus strain spreading in UK has key mutations: ScientistsBritish scientists are trying to establish whether the rapid spread in southern England of a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 ...
15 Dec, 2020, 04.30 PM IST
Novel coronavirus can undergo mutations that may make it more deadly & contagious, says studyThe spike protein is also continuing to accumulate additional mutations.
02 Nov, 2020, 06.18 PM IST
Pan-India COVID-19 genome studies suggest virus genetically stable, no major mutation: PMOThere had been concerns in some quarters that any major mutation detected in the novel coronavirus could hinder the development of an effec...
17 Oct, 2020, 07.12 PM IST
Mutation in virus may hamper vaccine progressA study published in a medical journal has revealed that SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, has undergone multiple mutations in its "spike ...
02 Sep, 2020, 11.05 AM IST