Delta Covid-19 variant

Washington : The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has investigated a cluster of Omicron infections in Nebraska state and found that the variant causes faster onset of infection symptoms. But, people who get reinfected with the…

New York : US researchers have found that people hospitalised with Covid-19 infection have significantly raised levels of oxidative stress, oxidant damage and markedly reduced levels of glutathione - the most abundant physiological…

Geneva : The overall risk associated with the Omicron variant remains 'very high' which could cause widespread disruption to health systems and other critical services, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned.In its weekly…

New Delhi : The fast-spreading Omicron variant is likely to soon replace the Delta strain globally, experts in Singapore have warned, as countries after countries have reported a record surge in Covid cases.The warning comes as the World…

New Delhi : The Covid-19 pandemic that began in December 2019 continues to rage like wildfire, threatening human lives, mental peace as well as the economy.Official figures note that nearly 5.5 million people have died worldwide so far due…

New Delhi : A Covid-19 tracker, developed by UK's University of Cambridge, has predicted that India may soon see an intense but short-lived virus wave "within days", even as the highly transmissible Omicron variant of Covid is spreading…

New Delhi : The highly transmissible Omicron variant of Covid, which has so far been detected in more than 100 countries so far, may help the world get rid of the Delta strain that claimed so many lives across the globe, said health experts…

London: A team of international researchers have shown that SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, infects the kidneys and contributes to tissue scarring, possibly impacting kidney outcomes in the long term.Kidney fibrosis, or scarring, is…

New Delhi: Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Tuesday announced that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries has received emergency use authorisation (EUA) from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to manufacture and market a generic…

Johannesburg : Omicron cases are rapidly expanding worldwide, often coupled with infections caused by the Delta variant.A new study led by an international team of researchers from South Africa, the US and Germany has now shown that the…