Coronavirus

New Delhi: Neutralising antibody responses against the SARS-COV-2 virus and its variants of concern (VoC) are higher among Covishield recipients than those who took the indigenously made Covaxin, according to a multi-centre study. The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study, posted on the preprint server MedRxiv Friday, also...

Washington: COVID-19 can trigger stronger inflammatory responses in males, resulting in changes to their functional immunity long after recovery, a study has found. The findings may also help create better vaccines against diverse threats by, for instance, mimicking how mild COVID-19 changes the male immune...

Beijing: Patients, most of them elderly, are lying on stretchers in hallways and taking oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as COVID-19 surges in China's capital Beijing. The Chuiyangliu hospital in the city's east was packed with newly arrived patients Thursday. By mid-morning beds had run...

Washington: Scientists demonstrated that it is safe for children and adolescents to get a COVID-19 vaccine after having multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C). The researchers found that there were no reports of serious complications including myocarditis or MIS-C reoccurrence. About half of the participants experienced mild...

Brussels: The European Union said Tuesday it has offered China help to deal with its COVID-19 crisis, including the donation of vaccines, as the bloc seeks to coordinate how authorities should check incoming passengers from China for any new variants. Several member nations announced individual...

Beijing: Beijing is blasting testing requirements on passengers from China and threatening countermeasures against countries involved based on reciprocity. “We believe that the entry restrictions adopted by some countries targeting China lack scientific basis, and some excessive practices are even more unacceptable," Foreign Ministry spokesperson...

Bangalore: The Karnataka government’s Health department is concerned over the development of 12 passengers arriving from high-risk countries testing positive for Covid-19 at the KempeGowda International Airport here, sources said Monday. Among them is a 37-year-old man, who arrived from China. The other 11 passengers...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,34,876 Sunday as 89 more people, including six children, tested positive for the infection, a health department bulletin said. The COVID-19 death toll remained at 9,199 as no new fatality due to the disease was reported in the last...

New Delhi: Holding out the promise of preventing even mild infections and blocking transmission, mucosal vaccines may well be a game changer for the Covid pandemic according to scientists. Indians are now gearing up for the world’s first intranasal preventive. A nasal, non-invasive and cheaper...

New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved Tuesday Bharat Biotech’s intranasal Covid-19 vaccine for restricted emergency use in those aged above 18 years. “Big Boost to India’s Fight against Covid-19! Bharat Biotech’s ChAd36-SARS-CoV-S Covid-19 (Chimpanzee Adenovirus Vectored) recombinant nasal vaccine approved by ...