ET Awards: Cyrus Poonawalla reflects on SII’s mission of affordable vaccines and saving lives worldwideCyrus Poonawalla began Serum Institute of India in 1966 with a goal to make India self-reliant in healthcare. His vision was to provide aff...
Long COVID could be caused by the virus lingering in the body. Here's what the science saysLong COVID refers to symptoms that persist for more than 12 weeks after a COVID-19 infection, encompassing up to 200 different symptoms. Ev...
Could the common cold give children immunity against COVID? Our research offers cluesA recent study has found that memory T cells generated by common colds in children are thought to offer existing immunity to COVID-19, whic...
Covid-19 vaccine safe for blood cancer patients? Check what experts sayA study conducted by a group of physicians determines the response of blood cancer patients to the Covid-19 vaccine.
Blood cancer patients' response to Covid vaccine, here's what study showsA study conducted by a group of physicians determines the response of blood cancer patients to the Covid-19 vaccine.
1 in 8 SARS-CoV-2 patients develop long COVID symptoms: Lancet studyThe inclusion of uninfected populations enables a more accurate prediction of long-term COVID-19 symptom prevalence as well as improved ide...
Covid infection may induce severe bone loss, animal study suggestsThe study found that SARS-CoV-2 infection induced severe bone loss from 20 per cent to 50 per cent progressively in particular to the trabe...
How COVID-19 can cause long-term pain foundA significant number of people suffering from long COVID experience sensory abnormalities, including various forms of pain
RNA-based therapy can protect from many Covid variants: StudyResearchers at Yale School of Medicine in the US noted that the molecule could lead to new treatments for COVID-19 in immunocompromised pat...
Novel antibody reduces severity of COVID-19 infection: StudyThe researchers identified over 1,700 antibodies, which the immune system produces to bind at specific sites on specific viruses to block t...
COVID-19 vaccines may protect against other coronaviruses: StudyThe researchers found that mice immunised with a SARS-CoV-1 vaccine developed in 2004 generated immune responses that protected them from i...
How lung temperature influences coronavirus replication decodedNatural temperature differences which exist in the upper and lower respiratory tract influence the replication of the novel coronavirus and...
82 people have tested positive for new mutant variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India: GovtTheir close contacts have also been put under quarantine. A comprehensive contact-tracing exercise has been initiated for their co-travelle...
Most people infected with novel coronavirus develop symptoms: StudyThe latest study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, suggests that true asymptomatic cases of SARS-CoV-2 comprise a minority of infect...
Lab-made 'mild virus' that mimics coronavirus can help in developing antiviral drugsThis genetically modified virus generates antibodies in humans just like the Covid-19.
'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...
Private labs may soon be allowed to test for coronavirus infectionRoche has also received a licence from the Indian drug regulator for a specific SARS-Covid-19 diagnostic that can test thousands of samples...