48 Delta Plus cases found so far, Maharashtra tops the listInfections with the Delta Plus variant have been reported from Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil ...
26 Jun, 2021, 07.58 AM IST
Pfizer jab less effective, still protects against Indian strain: Study"Despite slightly diminished efficacy, the Pfizer vaccine probably protects" against the Indian variant, according to laboratory test resul...
29 May, 2021, 06.16 PM IST
Gold edges higher on new Covid-19 strain, inflation woesStimulus measures increase the chances of higher inflation and gold is often considered as a hedge against it.
01 Apr, 2021, 08.15 AM IST
Covishield or Covaxin: Mutant strains in some West Bengal patients raise concerns over vaccine efficacyWhile some argued that the mutated strains may not be resisted by vaccines, others pointed out that both Covishield and Covaxin were design...
27 Mar, 2021, 03.42 PM IST
COVID-19 vaccine-induced antibodies less effective against some coronavirus variants: StudyAccording to the scientists neutralising antibodies work by binding tightly to the virus and blocking it from entering cells, thus preventi...
13 Mar, 2021, 01.09 PM IST
Clinical trials indicate India's vaccines will be effective against Covid-19 variants: ICMRDr Bhargava pointed out that India was the fifth country in the world to isolate the Covid-19 virus as part of the efforts to develop a vac...
19 Feb, 2021, 12.53 PM IST
Clinical trials indicate India's vaccines will be effective against COVID-19 variants, says ICMRAddressing an international webinar "Kerala Health: Making the SDG A Reality," organised by the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Go...
19 Feb, 2021, 09.23 AM IST
AstraZeneca working to adapt vaccine to new strainsAstraZeneca said it hopes to cut the time needed to produce large amounts of any new vaccine to between six and nine months.
11 Feb, 2021, 03.21 PM IST
No case of South African strain in India so far: VK PaulIndia has not recorded any infection by the South Africa variant of the coronavirus so far, Niti Aayog member Vinod Paul said on Tuesday. H...
10 Feb, 2021, 11.20 AM IST
No reason to think any new strain of virus is vaccine resistant: UK PM Boris JohnsonHe made the comment in parliament when asked for an update on government efforts to test vaccines against new strains.
06 Jan, 2021, 06.34 PM IST
EXPLAINER: Are new coronavirus strains cause for concern?Viruses naturally evolve as they move through the population, some more than others. It's one reason we need a fresh flu shot each year. Ne...
21 Dec, 2020, 12.19 PM IST
How the novel coronavirus has evolved and adapted to human hostsMapping and understanding those changes to the virus is crucial to developing strategies to combat the COVID-19 disease it causes.
10 Dec, 2020, 02.08 PM IST
Gates foundation interested in preventing infectious diseases: Keith Klugman, Bill and Melinda Gates FoundationKlugman speaks to ET Pharma about how the government can succeed in combating pneumonia and related threats of antibiotic resistance with t...
07 Feb, 2017, 02.56 PM IST
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research publishes paper on breakthrough in malaria vaccineThe need for a vaccine to control malaria has become important because of emerging resistance to existing anti-malarial pills.
22 Oct, 2015, 11.34 AM IST
Drug-resistant typhoid threatens global healthAn antibiotic-resistant strain of typhoid bacterium is spreading globally and posing a public health threat, especially in developing count...
12 May, 2015, 07.27 PM IST
New drug effective against antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs'On the tail end of HIV surface protein, there is a sequence of amino acids that the virus uses to "punch into" and infect cells.
10 Dec, 2014, 05.07 PM IST
- Drug-resistant H1N1 reported in 12 countries
The worrying development, according to WHO, has seen 12 countries, including China and Singapore, reporting a mutation in the virus. India ...
31 Aug, 2009, 07.00 AM IST