All about Bird Flu: First human death in Mexico from the virus never seen beforeWHO has confirmed the first death from a new kind of bird flu never before seen affecting the human body. This has yet again sent chills do...
06 Jun, 2024, 09.05 PM IST
Prostate cancer unveiled: AI uncovers new subtypes, paves way for tailored treatmentsA groundbreaking study utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) has uncovered two distinct subtypes of prostate cancer, challenging previous ...
02 Mar, 2024, 05.52 PM IST
Dengue: Symptoms, precautions and how to treat it at homeThe disease is transmitted by infected mosquitoes and has four virus subtypes. Initial symptoms include high fever, headache, eye pain, nau...
27 Sep, 2023, 01.29 PM IST
Viral cases are rising due to H3N2, Covid, and H1N1As per the govt, H3N2 accounts for nearly 79% of all the influenza viruses found in samples taken from persons suffering from severe acute ...
15 Mar, 2023, 07.16 PM IST
H3N2 flu: Puducherry govt declares holiday for schools from March 16 to 26he order will be in force for schools in all the four regions of Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam in the Union Territory in view of pre...
15 Mar, 2023, 12.53 PM IST
Be on alert, closely monitor H3N2 influenza situation, Union Health Minister tells statesIn a tweet, Mandaviya said, "Held a meeting to review rising cases of #H3N2 Influenza virus in the country. Advisory issued to states to be...
10 Mar, 2023, 07.24 PM IST
H3N2 influenza: Govt expects cases to decline by month-end as 2 deaths confirmed from the virusThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has said that the Influenza A subtype H3N2 is the major cause of current respiratory illness ...
10 Mar, 2023, 05.41 PM IST
Ex-AIIMS chief warns: Influenza virus H3N2 can spread like COVID, elderly be carefulFormer AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria said that we seeing more cases of Influenza virus H3N2 because as the virus mutates a little bit, the...
07 Mar, 2023, 04.49 PM IST
Successful tests in animal models pave way for strategy for universal flu vaccineAn experimental mRNA-based vaccine against all 20 known subtypes of influenza virus provided broad protection from otherwise lethal flu str...
26 Nov, 2022, 12.04 PM IST
China finds new virus subtype, daily cases top 13,000The new iteration of the virus, isolated from a mild Covid-19 patient in a city less than 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Shanghai, evolves f...
04 Apr, 2022, 01.12 AM IST
Reinfection with different subtypes of Omicron possible, study findsThe researchers from Statens Serum Institut (SSI) in Denmark selected a subset of samples from over 1.8 million cases of infections in the ...
23 Feb, 2022, 04.07 PM IST
How lung cancer arises in non-smokers revealedLung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Environmental risk factors, such as exposure to radon, air pollution, ...
08 Sep, 2021, 12.45 PM IST
Emerging variants: Subtype B.1.617.2 was found in 1% of tests in January, 77% in AprilData suggests that B.1.617.2 has a 15% growth rate faster than even B.1.1.117 (the UK Kent variant). The Kent variant was predominant in th...
14 May, 2021, 07.10 AM IST
India's corona strain same as globe, uniformity good for vaccine efficacy: ScientistThe strain of the novel coronavirus in a majority of cases in India is the predominant subtype found in other parts of the globe, a uniform...
24 Jul, 2020, 07.46 PM IST
Alzheimer's disease has 3 distinct subtypes: StudyAlzheimer's disease actually consists of three distinct subtypes that may need to be treated differently, a new study has found.
17 Sep, 2015, 12.48 PM IST
Scientists sequence Tulsi genome for medicinal propertiesThe medicinal properties of Tulsi are attributed to specialised compounds produced as a part of its defence mechanism.
13 Sep, 2015, 12.51 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