SARS-CoV-2

Johannesburg : US drugmaker Pfizer is set to supply Africa's top health body with its Covid antiviral pill Paxlovid.Paperwork for the deal between the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) and Pfizer is now in the hands of the African…

New Delhi : Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Biological E has applied for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) for its Covid vaccine Corbevax for children in 5 to 12 age bracket, official sources said on Wednesday.In February, the…

Toronto : Multiple studies have shown that individuals with kidney failure and undergoing dialysis mount weaker antibody responses after Covid-19 vaccination, but new research indicates that these individuals' immune responses are still…

Washington : Cases of a highly transmissible Omicron subvariant were doubling in the US each week over the past month, according to the data updated on Tuesday by the country's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The variant,…

New Delhi : India reported 3,993 daily Covid cases, the lowest spike in the last 662 days and a total of 108 deaths in a span of 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Tuesday morning.With the addition of new deaths, the toll has…

Washington : The global coronavirus caseload has topped 447.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 6 million and vaccinations to over 10.60 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Tuesday…

Washington : Weekly child Covid-19 cases in the US have dropped below 100,000 for the first time since August 2021, according to the latest report of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association.For the week…

London : While brain-related abnormalities have been observed in cases of severe Covid-19, a new study suggests that even a mild infection can result in tissue damage and greater shrinkage in brain areas related to smell.Researchers from…

London : A team of researchers in the UK has identified some 16 new genetic variants that can increase the severity of Covid-19 infection.The genes include some related to blood clotting, immune response, and intensity of inflammation."Our…

New York : People with congenital heart defect hospitalised with Covid-19 infection could be at higher risk for severe illness or death than those without a heart defect, according to new research.Congenital heart defects are the most…