SARS-CoV-2

New Delhi : One of India's top virologists, Gagandeep Kang, said on Thursday that going by what we know about the 'XE' variant of Covid-19 till now, it doesn't seem there is too much cause to worry. The variant spreads a little faster, but…

New Delhi : The Central government has written letters to five states reporting marginal surge in Covid cases to continue monitoring the spread of fresh infections, officials said on Friday.The Union Health Ministry has asked five states…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 494.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.16 million and vaccinations to over 11 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday…

London : Austrian scientists have developed a novel Covid-19 vaccine that has shown to be effective against all SARS-CoV-2 variants known to date, including Omicron. The preclinical data for the antigen-based vaccine developed by a team at…

Jerusalem : A new comprehensive Israeli study has found that a fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose triples the protection against severe illness in people aged 60 or above, compared to a three-dose protection, the Israeli Health Ministry said. On…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 493.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6.15 million and vaccinations to over 11 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Wednesday…

London : People infected with Covid-19 are at an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis a blood clot in the leg up to three months, pulmonary embolism a blood clot in the lung up to six months, and a bleeding event up to two months, finds a…

New York : US researchers have identified the reason why Covid-19 causes severe inflammation in some people, leading to acute respiratory distress and multi-organ damage.The study, led by researchers at Boston Children's Hospital, also…

New Delhi : Going by the trends so far, there is nothing surprising about the discovery of the new XE variant. XE variant is a slightly tuned up version of Omicron, not an all-new variant, Rajeev Jayadevan, Co-Chairman National IMA COVID…

New Delhi : The prevalence and distribution of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, asthma, and obesity is significantly on the rise across the country after the two years of Covid-19 pandemic,…