Delta Covid-19 variant

New Delhi : Screening for prostate cancer dropped by 30 per cent in India, in the last two years of the Covid pandemic, finds a report.The report by SRL laboratories, released on World Cancer Day, revealed a 34 per cent dip in screening for…

London : The less severe Omicron variant, coupled with high immunity levels and the arrival of warmer spring weather, is soon likely to push Europe into a "long period of tranquillity" and a "ceasefire" to the pandemic, the World Health…

New Delhi : A team of Indian scientists in collaboration with an industry partner has developed a self-disinfecting 'Copper-based Nanoparticle-coated Anti-viral Face Mask' to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.The biodegradable, highly…

Jerusalem : An Israeli company is conducting a study on a device that measures tear film a thin fluid layer covering the ocular surface, which may help detect Covid-19 disease through a simple eye test.The tear film is a thin fluid layer…

Kochi : A study involving doctors and scientists has found that inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNO) is virucidal and kills the SARS-CoV-2 virus, apart from preventing its effective attachment to human host cells.The study was done by doctors of the…

Copenhagen : The European region is approaching "a plausible endgame" in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic despite an ongoing surge in cases, a senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO) said."For now, the number of deaths…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 387.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.71 million and vaccinations to over 10 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Friday morning,…

New Delhi : The third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has sequentially dampened India's service sector growth in January 2022.Accordingly, the seasonally adjusted India Services Business Activity Index came in at 51.5 (index reading) for…

London: Symptoms of Covid-19 infection appear in 42 hours after being exposed to SARS-CoV-2 virus, much earlier than previously thought, finds a study.According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Covid symptoms take around five to six…

New Delhi : Covid-19 vaccines prevented more than 90,000 deaths during the third wave, December 28, 2021 to January 31, 2022, according to a research report by the SBI.About 14,756 Covid-19 deaths have occurred in India during the third…