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A medical staff member speaks with a COVID-19 patient in the infectious disease ward of the Strasbourg University Hospital, eastern France. (Photo: AP)

Omicron a 'deviant' from Covid pandemic progression script: Virologist...

Omicron, the highly infectious variant of coronavirus, is driving the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India

16 Jan 2022 2:35 PM IST

Volunteers in personal protective equipment (PPE) suits and relative perform the last rites during the cremation of a person who died due to the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a cremation ground in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Omicron more infectious than Delta variant: Medanta Hospital senior...

Omicron shows higher vaccine unresponsiveness and vaccine failure, the surgeon said

13 Jan 2022 4:42 PM IST

A youth gets a shot of a COVID-19 vaccine at the vaccination center in La Paz, Bolivia. (Photo: AP)

AstraZeneca Covid vaccine's third dose ups antibody response to...

The results were observed among individuals previously vaccinated with either Vaxzevria or an mRNA vaccine

13 Jan 2022 4:11 PM IST

ISRO successfully conducts the qualification test of Cryogenic Engine for the Gaganyaan programme for a duration of 720 seconds at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu. (PTI)

Qualification testing of cryogenic engine for Gaganyaan programme...

One more engine will undergo two short-duration tests and one long-duration test to complete the cryogenic engine...

13 Jan 2022 10:36 AM IST

A nurse a dose of the booster against COVID-19 during a vaccination campaign for people 60 and over, in Mexico City. (Photo: AP)

Multivariant Covid vaccine booster shows promise, early data suggests

The initial phase one clinical data shows the vaccine has strong levels of neutralising antibodies

5 Jan 2022 2:04 PM IST

Women are prescribed hormones in combination because taking estrogen alone raises the risk of uterine cancer. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Carnivores are more prone to cancer: Study

The research was done using data on 191 species and 110,148 individual mammals

3 Jan 2022 12:21 PM IST

This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (AP)

Fully vaccinated COVID-19 patients with cancer had 13 per cent...

The study was conducted by the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19)

2 Jan 2022 3:23 PM IST

A crowded platform at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station amid concern over rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the country, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Omicron will soon replace Delta as dominant global variant: Experts

The new variant was first detected in South Africa on November 11, and spread across more than 110 countries

30 Dec 2021 9:13 AM IST

Passengers not adhering to social distance norms, board a train at a railway station amid concern over rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Clear data supporting very high immune escape potential of Omicron:...

India has recorded 781 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus across 21 states and UTs so far

29 Dec 2021 3:47 PM IST

A flight crew walk through the terminal at Sydney Airport. (Photo: AP)

Antibodies that can block Omicron variant identified

The research may help design vaccines and antibody treatments that will be effective against other variants that may...

29 Dec 2021 12:51 PM IST

The study has been published in the eLife Journal. (Photo: ANI)

Innovative X-ray imaging shows COVID-19 can cause vascular damage to...

The scientists imaged the tissue architecture to a high resolution using synchrotron radiation and displayed it...

28 Dec 2021 12:49 PM IST

A healthcare volunteer inoculates an elderly man with COVID-19 vaccine dose at her home in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Study finds why some COVID cases are more critical than others:

The study, led by Yale University's Richard Flavell, has been published in the 'Nature Biotechnology Journal'

26 Dec 2021 3:36 PM IST