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New York : People hospitalised during the pandemic both for Covid and other conditions have a higher rate of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections compared to patients hospitalised before the pandemic, according to a study. An estimated…

London : Most women who get infected with Covid-19 when pregnant pass antibodies to their unborn babies, reveals a study.Antibodies to infections are known to be transferred from mother to baby during the last three months of pregnancy,…

Bengaluru : A drug used to treat asthma and allergies can bind to and block a crucial protein produced by the virus SARS-CoV-2, and reduce viral replication in human immune cells, according to a new study by researchers at the Indian…

New York : US researchers have found that an abnormally suppressed immune system may be to blame for long Covid-19 and not a persistently hyperactive one previously thought.In a subset of persons who recover from the initial Covid illness,…

London : One year after having Covid-19, only around one in four patients, who were hospitalised, felt fully well again, says a new study.The study, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, found that being female versus being male (32…

London : An immunocompromised UK patient suffered the longest known days, 505, with Covid infections, claim researchers. Previously the longest known PCR confirmed case is thought to be 335 days. Researchers at the King's College London and…

London : Australian scientists have developed a novel app that can detect Covid-19 infection by just the sound of a cough.The app, called ResApp, which uses machine learning to analyse the sounds of cough, could detect Covid with 92 per…

Madrid : A 31-year-old woman in Spain caught the Omicron infection just 20 days after the Delta variant, in what is claimed to be the shortest known gap between infections, according to researchers. However, in a similar case a rare…

New York : Scientists have found 21 viral offspring linked with BA.2 that may outpace the most successful subvariant of Omicron variant so far.BA.2 has been picking up mutations, sometimes shifting into sleeker and, incredibly, even faster…

New Delhi : Researchers have developed a plasma-based disinfectant generated with the help of cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAP) that can act as a green de-contaminant for Covid-19. The Covid pandemic had brought forth the urgent need…