Coronavirus

Washington: Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 30.48 crore, while the deaths have surged to more than 54.8 lakh and vaccinations to over 9.39 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Sunday morning, the...

New Delhi: As the Omicron-triggered third Covid wave enters a key phase, a new projection by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science and Indian Statistical Institute (IISc-ISI) claims that the country is likely to witness over 10 lakh Covid cases a day at January-end/beginning...

Bengaluru: As many as 2,628 cases of Covid among children were reported in Bengaluru in the past one week, as per the statistics released by the Karnataka health department. On an average 375 children contract the infection every day, it added. Between January 1 and...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 14 fresh Omicron cases were detected in Odisha Saturday taking the state's tally to 75, a health official said. Eight new Omicron patients have travel history, while four are local cases, and the travel history of two others are yet to...

Budapest: The fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic fuelled by the Omicron variant has hit Hungary, a top official announced. Bela Merkely, rector of Semmelweis Medical University in Budapest and leader of the Clinical Epidemiology Working Group, said said that since the Omicron variant is...

New Delhi: With 64 fresh Omicron infections being detected in last 24 hours, the national tally of this highly transmissible Covid-19 variant has mounted to 3,071, the Union Health Ministry said Saturday morning. Of the total, 1,203 people have recovered from the new strain nationwide...

New Delhi: Social distancing measures to combat Covid 19 have weakened the immune systems of young children who have not been able to build up resistance to common bugs, leaving them vulnerable to infections during the winter season, according to a doctor in the UAE,...

Washington: Women receiving one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine during a single menstrual cycle had an increase in cycle length of nearly one day, compared to unvaccinated women, according to a study funded by the US National Institutes of Health. The increase in cycle length...

Washington: The efficacy of boosters against Covid-19 will likely decline over time, and people may need a fourth shot to increase their protection, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel has said. According to Bancel, people who received their boosters last year will likely have enough protection to...

Children undergoing Covid vaccination must not take paracetamol, a common pain reliever, without first consulting, city doctors advised Friday. The advice was issued in response to growing concerns that some immunisation centres are advising children to take three paracetamol 500 mg tablets after receiving the...