If you are experiencing recurrent fever, loss of appetite, diarrhoea, coupled with a dull, throbbing sensation in the upper right abdomen (liver), you might be suffering from liver abscesses -- one of the most common gastro-intestinal conditions in India.The...

Bihar is returning to the clutches of Covid-19 as its Gopalganj district reported three deaths last 3 days, an official said.All three deceased were Covid positive and died due to low oxygen levels.Two of the deceased, who were residents of Gopalganj Sadar...

The  Government on Monday informed that 128 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 19 from Jammu division and 109 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 328069....

India's daily Covid cases continued to cross 30,000 mark for the last few days with 30,256 new cases reported in the last 24 hours, data released on Monday showed.With 295 deaths registered in the same time span, the total Covid fatality has risen to 4,45,133,...

People infected with Covid Alpha variant exhaled 100 times more virus into the air than people infected with the original strains of the virus, finds a study.The University of Maryland researchers suggested the need for better ventilation and tight-fitting...

The Supreme Court on Monday sought Centre's response on a PIL seeking door-to-door vaccination of persons with disability.A bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud issued notice to the Union of India while hearing a plea by Evara Foundation, a disability...

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 228.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.69 million and vaccinations soared to over 5.90 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's...

The  Government on Sunday informed that 168 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 15 from Jammu division and 153 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 327941.Moreover,...

Studying bats' responses to SARS-CoV-2 may provide key insights into how and when to best use existing therapies for Covid-19, and to develop new treatments, suggests a review.The review, published in the journal Science Immunology, explores how the virus that...

The 3rd Wave if at all hits, or if hits in the next few months it will not be as fatal as the 2nd Wave was. This is because of rapid vaccination in the country. Almost 40 per cent of the adult population are vaccinated by now. And almost 80 lakh doses a...

Scientists who declined the theory that Covid-19 leaked from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) had connections to the infamous lab, according to media reports.All but one of the scientists who signed a letter published in The Lancet on March 7 last year...

Hospitalised Covid-19 patients are substantially more likely to harbour autoantibodies -- antibodies directed at their own tissues or at substances their immune cells secrete into the blood -- than people without Covid-19, according to a new study emphasising the...

A remote village in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh has become the first one in the state to vaccinate all its adult population against the coronavirus disease.Narasimhunda village, which falls in Rama Block, is the first in the state to have inoculated...

Worried about how to work out with masks on? A new study shows that exercising with a face mask on does not significantly increase body temperature or heart rate during exercises, finds a study.Researchers from the University of Connecticut tested four kinds...

Covid survivors who continue to experience poor concentration, memory difficulties and other cognitive issues may be at high risk of developing dementia years later, according to a research.There is also growing concern that some of these "long-haulers" may...

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 224.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.62 million and vaccinations soared to over 5.67 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's...

Pregnant women who received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine were not at higher risk for miscarriage than their unvaccinated counterparts, according to a new study.In the study, published in JAMA, researchers from the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) -- collaboration...

A medication approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) primarily used to treat gout also has potent anti-viral properties against SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, according to a study.Gout is a type of arthritis characterised by severe...

As the Joe Biden administration stepped up efforts to get more people vaccinated, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in three new studies emphasised the importance of Covid shots in preventing death rates, even amid concerns on waning...

The  Government on Saturday informed that 146 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 25 from Jammu division and 121 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 326799.Moreover,...

The global coronavirus caseload has topped 223.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.61 million and vaccinations soared to over 5.64 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University.In its latest update on Saturday morning, the University's...

As the pandemic has gained immense momentum and is rising at a fast pace, countries have rolled out vaccination drives and campaigns to help citizens get jabbed against the deadly SARs-COV-2 virus. While being subjected to certain side effects post any...

The UK's health regulator has approved Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines for booster doses against Covid-19, even as the country's decision on the third dose remains pending."We know that a person's immunity may decline over time after their first vaccine...

The  Government on Thursday informed that 170 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 23 from Jammu division and 147 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 326480.Moreover,...

The novel coronavirus impacted everyone around the globe equally. However, the virus has been more severe and dangerous for people with pre-existing chronic illnesses. Moreover, the combination of Covid-19 and cardiovascular diseases have been proven dangerous...

US researchers have identified an enzyme that may explain the reason why people with diabetes are at especially high risk of developing severe illness or dying from coronavirus infection.The culprit appears to be an enzyme called SETDB2. This same enzyme...

Covid-19 patients have differing immune responses that lead to disease outcomes ranging from asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection to death.After examining the blood samples from nearly 200 Covid-19 patients, researchers have uncovered underlying metabolic changes...

The ability to evade neutralising antibodies while increasing infectivity is the reason why the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has turned dominant in several countries including the UK, the US and India, according to an international team of researchers.Researchers...

The most recent common ancestor of sarbecoviruses -- the family of coronaviruses to which SARS-CoV belongs -- existed more than 21,000 years ago, nearly 30 times older than previous estimates, finds a study.The study, published in the journal Current Biology,...

The Government on Friday informed that 96 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 26 from Jammu division and 70 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 325714.Moreover,...

Fresh research in the USA shows that there is a significant decline in kidney function among patients described as COVID-19 "long-haulers" because they suffer a range of adverse conditions months after their initial infections.The study published online Sept....

Researchers have pointed to a significant decline in kidney function in Covid-19 long-haulers and even among those who had mild infections of the virus.The study, by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, showed that people infected...

New Zealand reported 75 new community cases of Delta variant of Covid-19, including 74 in the largest city, Auckland and one in the capital Wellington on Wednesday,  bringing the total number of cases in the country's community outbreak to 687.Auckland...

The US researchers have grown mini human lungs in lab dishes using adult stem cells, featuring all types of cells that make up the human organ, allowing for testing of new treatments for respiratory diseases, including Covid-19.Attempts to grow adult human...

The highly infectious Delta variant continued being the "dominant variant" in South Africa and the driver of the third wave, as the newly detected C.1.2 variant was present at very low levels, scientists said."The Delta variant was still the most dominant...

Prior exposure to SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, neither guarantees a high level of antibodies nor immunity to re-infection as thought earlier, finds a study emphasising the need to get vaccinated against the deadly infectious disease.The study, led...

SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, is not alone that is spread primarily by inhalation of virus-laden aerosols at both short and long ranges, but most respiratory viruses do so, finds a study.The study, published in the journal Science, showed that SARS-CoV,...

A key amino-acid mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein might explain why the Delta variant of Covid-19 has spread so swiftly across the world, say researchers.SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant has rapidly replaced the Alpha variant around the world. According...

A single-dose of Covaxin provides a similar immunity response in previously Covid-infected people as those without previous history of Covid infection with two doses of vaccine, says Indian Council of Medical Research's latest study.The ICMR in its recent...

The genetic material of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, can change shape and structure to boost its survival, say researchers noting that the finding can help produce more effective drugs to treat the infectious disease.The study led by researchers...

Globally nearly 20 per cent of children with cancer, who get infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, tend to develop more severe infections than those without cancer, according to an international study published in the journal The Lancet Oncology.However,...

The side effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech jab against Covid-19 are likely to be mild to moderate and clear up quickly in 12-15 year olds at high risk of complications from the infection because of certain coexisting conditions, reveals a study.While the study...

The  Government on Thursday informed that 101 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 17 from Jammu division and 84 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 324647.Moreover,...

Recent or current Covid-19 infection can increase the risk of dangerous blood clots during surgery, finds a study.Venous thromboembolism (VTE) -- a combination of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism -- is a condition in which blood clots form in the...

A team of researchers has identified what may be the key molecular mechanism responsible for Covid-19 mortality -- an enzyme related to neurotoxins found in rattlesnake venom.The enzyme, secreted phospholipase A2 group IIA, or sPLA2-IIA, has long been...

Zydus Cadila on Friday announced that it has received Emergency Use Authorisation from the Drug Controller General of India for ZyCoV-D - the world's first plasmid DNA vaccine for Covid-19.ZyCoV-D is a three-dose vaccine which will be administered first on...

The  Government on Friday informed that 159 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 36 from Jammu division and 123 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 323951....

Vaccine nationalism by developed countries would prolong the Covid-19 pandemic, when it could be ended in a matter of months by sharing doses and scaling up manufacturing equitably, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.According to the WHO, just 10 countries...

Scientists at the University Health Network (UHN) here have conducted a first-in-the-world randomised placebo-controlled trial of third dose Covid-19 booster vaccine for transplant patients that shows substantially improved protection.Persons who have received...

Risk of Covid-19 may shift from older adults to younger children as the SARS-CoV-2 virus becomes endemic, according to new research.Once endemic in the global population, Covid-19 may behave like other common cold coronaviruses, affecting mostly young children...

An Indian-origin researcher has developed copper-infused masks that may help employees manning the frontlines of customer service, particularly in the hospitality and tourism sectors.Ajay Aluri, founding director of the Hospitality Innovation and Technology...

In a case of rare recovery, a 36-year-old female patient with severe Covid pneumonia survived after 41 days of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) support at Medicover Hospital here.The woman with severe respiratory distress was brought to the hospital...

Individuals with a prior Covid-19 infection may be sufficiently protected from re-infection after a single dose of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, freeing up availability of millions of additional doses, suggests a study."We observed higher SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels in...

The antibodies produced as a result of infection by one variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, are able to bind to and stop other variants from entering the host cells in order to replicate, researchers have found.Understanding how some variants...

Administering people a dose of Covishield, followed by Covaxin in the second dose is safe and improves immunity, according to a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) released on Sunday.Covishield, developed by University of Oxford-Astrazeneca, is...

Scientists have discovered human antibodies that can neutralise several different coronaviruses and pave the way for a pan-coronavirus vaccine.These antibodies have been detected in some people who have recovered from Covid-19, said the team at University of Washington.The...

Treating moderately ill hospitalised Covid-19 patients with a full-dose blood thinner can reduce their need for organ support, such as mechanical ventilation, and improve their chances of leaving the hospital, showed a large clinical trial conducted worldwide.However,...

US scientists have found that SARS-CoV-2 nanobodies -- microscopic molecules that neutralise the virus in animals -- are remarkably active against mutations found in variants, including Delta.The study, led by Universities of Pittsburgh and Case Western...

Double vaccinated people were three times less likely than unvaccinated people to test positive for the Covid-19 infection, a new research has found.The study led by researchers at the Imperial College London is based on swab tests taken by nearly 98,233 people...

Researchers have developed a mathematical model that predicts how infectious disease outbreaks incorporate fear -- both of disease and of vaccines.The model, named as "Triple Contagion" of disease and fears, helps better understand how pandemics can occur in multiple...