Fight against Disease X: Scientists identify essential prevention tacticPrevention of Disease X: research paper argues for reducing zoonotic virus transmission to prevent pandemics by reducing contact with high-...
20 Feb, 2024, 09.44 AM IST
Another pandemic could take place due to US meat supply? Here is what report claimsAnother pandemic-like situation could be on cards and it may originate from the United States, as per a recent research from Harvard Law Sc...
24 Jul, 2023, 12.18 AM IST
Scientists identify new coronavirus commonly found in rodentsThe study of approximately 260 bank voles caught around Grimso, in Orebro County in Sweden shows that the virus is well established in the ...
04 Jun, 2022, 12.33 PM IST
Two years into pandemic, the origin of Covid tormenting the world still remains a mysteryMost scientists believe it emerged in the wild and jumped from bats to humans, either directly or through another animal. Others theorise i...
11 Dec, 2021, 04.55 PM IST
Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID's animal originsLast month, Worobey published a COVID-19 timeline linking the first known human case to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China...
11 Dec, 2021, 12.10 PM IST
Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID's animal originsNow, with the global COVID-19 death toll surpassing 5.2 million on the second anniversary of the earliest human cases, a growing chorus of ...
10 Dec, 2021, 12.45 PM IST
Why it will soon be too late to find out where the COVID-19 virus originatedAntibodies decrease over time - so samples collected now from people infected before or around December 2019 may be harder to examine accur...
27 Aug, 2021, 10.15 AM IST
COVID-19 most likely of natural origin, not leaked from lab: StudyAmid a global debate around the origins of the deadly virus, 21 eminent scientists from universities and research institutes around the wor...
09 Jul, 2021, 03.39 PM IST
All hands on deck: Armed forces use veterinary corps personnel at COVID facilitiesAround 18 officers, over 120 junior commissioned officers (JCOs) and other ranks have been deployed in specially created COVID-19 facilitie...
16 May, 2021, 04.09 PM IST
UK, US scientists call for fuller probe into COVID-19 Wuhan lab leak theoryA group of leading UK and US scientists, including Indian-origin Cambridge University immunology and infectious disease expert Ravindra Gup...
14 May, 2021, 08.28 PM IST
COVID-19 lab leak theory cannot be ruled out, leading scientists say"More investigation is still needed to determine the origin of the pandemic," said the 18 scientists, including Ravindra Gupta, a clinical ...
14 May, 2021, 01.27 PM IST
WHO seeks next steps in COVID-19 origins probeAfter an international mission to China turned up more questions than answers about the pandemic origins, the WHO is evaluating how to move...
22 Apr, 2021, 01.53 PM IST
Potential antiviral drug against Covid-19 identified, scientists say it's 'highly effective'It triggers a response against three major types of human respiratory viruses, including Covid.
03 Feb, 2021, 07.19 PM IST
NDDB promotes 'pashu ayurveda' to control animal diseasesCattle and buffaloes account for more than 50% of the livestock population in India, according to the latest census. The National Dairy Dev...
30 Jun, 2020, 04.08 PM IST
US lawmakers urge China to shut down 'wet markets' amid coronavirus crisisA wet market sells fresh meat, fish, produce, and other perishable goods as distinguished from "dry markets". It gets its name from the flo...
10 Apr, 2020, 01.12 PM IST
Wet markets important risk factor for disease spread: UN biodiversity chiefWild animals sold in the Huanan Seafood Market are believed to be the source of the novel coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 8...
08 Apr, 2020, 11.43 AM IST
Tourists in Jaipur face threat of zoonotic diseasesTourists are endangering their health and safety by interacting with elephants that are not screened for any zoonotic diseases, with no vac...
16 Dec, 2014, 02.45 AM IST