Delta Covid-19 variant

New York : US pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. has presented weaker-than-expected operating guidance for 2022 leading to material loss of its stock price.Pfizer expects to realise $98-102 billion of revenues in 2022 and the mid-point of…

New Delhi : A team of scientists has developed a new technology platform for fluorometric detection of pathogens such as viruses by measurement of fluorescent light emitted and the potential of the new technology has been demonstrated for…

New York : Covid vaccination during pregnancy resulted in more lasting antibody levels in infants, when compared to babies born to unvaccinated, and Covid-infected mothers, showed a study.The study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)…

New York : Among the many hard lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic is that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid infections, can affect every organ system in the body, including the brain.Approximately one third of all patients with Covid…

London : Up to 3.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses are set to be binned in the UK after reaching their expiry date, a media report says.A leaked memo last month revealed that tens of millions of jabs sent to hospitals, GP surgeries and…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 392.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.73 million and vaccinations to over 10.04 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Sunday…

Washington : High-quality N95 and KN95 masks providing the best chance of preventing Covid infection, although wearing any kind of mask indoors can significantly protect from the infectious disease, according to a study by the US Centers…

New York : Due to unequal distribution, people over the age 65 at the highest risk for severe Covid-19 have often been the least likely to receive monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), according to new research.Monoclonal antibodies are very…

Washington : The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a new dashboard to track Covid-19 in wastewater samples across the country.The CDC's Wastewater Surveillance tab will track SARS-CoV-2 levels in sewage at more…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 390.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.72 million and vaccinations to over 10.02 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Saturday…