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A BMC health worker collects swab sample of a passenger for COVID-19 test, at the CSMT station in Mumbai, July 19, 2021. (PTI)

Two-thirds of Indians have coronavirus antibodies, survey shows

About 400 million of India's 1.4 billion people did not have antibodies, the survey showed

21 July 2021 11:16 AM IST

Many post-Covid patients with skin complications are rushing to OPDs. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Skin complications post vaccination reported in some people, say...

Skin reactions due to the mRNA vaccines for Covid manufactured by Pfizer and Moderna have also been reported in the US

22 Jun 2021 5:04 PM IST

It will also help in providing monitored medical support to those patients who cannot afford treatment or cannot isolate at home due to poor housing conditions. (Representational image: AFP file)

New software developed to help identify patients requiring ventilator...

It can also help in reducing hospital referral for those unlikely to require critical care support, thus freeing more...

19 Jun 2021 12:22 PM IST

People sit in the observation area after being inoculated with a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a vaccination centre in Manipal Hospital in Bangalore on June 18, 2021. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

India should brace for third COVID-19 wave by October, say health...

India has fully vaccinated about 5% of estimated 950 million eligible population, leaving many millions vulnerable to...

19 Jun 2021 11:56 AM IST

Andreas Raounas, 84, the first patient in Island receives from a nurse the vaccine of Pfizer BioNtech against the COVID-19, at a care home in Nicosia, Cyprus. (Photo: AP/File)

US CDC classifies Delta variant as 'variant of concern'

Previously, the CDC had considered the Delta variant to be a variant of interest

17 Jun 2021 10:44 AM IST

A medic holds a vial of Bharat Biotechs covid vaccine, Covaxin. (Photo: AFP)

Twisted facts on social media, no newborn calf serum in product:...

Newborn calf serum is used only for the preparation and growth of vero cells

16 Jun 2021 3:39 PM IST

The team infected lab-grown human airway tissue with the virus and found that for the first three days, viral load in the tissue doubled about every six hours. (Representational image: AFP)

Exposure to common cold virus may protect from COVID-19: Study

They found evidence of rapid growth of SARS-CoV-2 in the first few days of infection, followed by activation of the...

16 Jun 2021 1:37 PM IST

When the researchers tested the sera of 20 participants who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine they found that it could act against the engineered coronavirus variants. (Photo:AFP)

Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines protect against Delta variant: Lancet...

Pfizer vaccine offered 92 per cent protection against the Alpha variant and 79 per cent against the Delta strain 2 weeks...

15 Jun 2021 1:11 PM IST

View of a vial of Indias COVAXIN vaccine against COVID-19. (AFP)

Covid vaccine booster can increase immunity, help combat variants:...

IIMS Delhi started the clinical trials of the third dose of the COVAXIN, as a booster dose, six months after...

10 Jun 2021 4:15 PM IST

Importantly, these marks dont appear to be anything to worry about, as patients are otherwise asymptomatic Â– although it is unclear how long they stay for. (Representational image: Wikimedia Commons)

COVID nails: these changes to your fingernails may show you've had...

One symptom is a red half-moon pattern that forms a convex band over the white area at the base of fingernails

8 Jun 2021 11:21 AM IST

The 10-year average rate of increase also set a record, now up to 2.4 parts per million per year. (Representational Photo:AFP)

Carbon dioxide levels hit 50% higher than preindustrial time

It has taken only 42 years, from 1979 to 2021, to increase carbon dioxide by that same amount

8 Jun 2021 12:18 AM IST

Based on the antibody test results, out of the 634 people who had been previously infected, reinfections occurred in only four residents and 10 members of staff. (Representational image: PTI)

Prior infection cuts COVID-19 infection risk for up to 10 months:...

They found that residents with a previous infection were 85 per cent less likely to be infected during this four-month...

4 Jun 2021 1:38 PM IST