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Scientists find evidence that Covid-19 virus infects the mouth's cells too

Scientists find evidence that novel coronavirus infects the mouth's cells pointing to a role for saliva in SARS-CoV-2 transmission

Mar 25, 2021

Flu shot associated with fewer, less severe COVID cases, finds new study

Flu shot associated with fewer, less severe COVID cases, and the flu shot prevents heart attack and hospitalizations for heart failure, which is an additional reason to get your vaccine every flu season, say researchers

Mar 25, 2021

Pfizer begins testing oral pill to treat Covid-19 infection

US pharmaceutical company Pfizer has begun Phase 1 clinical trial of a novel oral antiviral drug for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.

Mar 24, 2021

Study links skin rashes to Covid among adults | Details inside

A team of researchers has found that skin rashes were more common in adults who tested positive for Covid-19 than in those who tested negative.

Mar 16, 2021

New COVID variant in Punjab amid spike in cases; should you be worried [explained]

The Institute for Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi, has found the N440K variant of novel coronavirus in the samples that arrived from Punjab.

Mar 14, 2021

Moderna, Pfizer less effective against S. Africa Covid variant, claims study

Covid-19 vaccines developed by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech significantly appear less effective against the Covid variant that first emerged in South Africa, finds a new study.

Mar 9, 2021

Sputnik V could be India's 3rd Covid vax: Experts

To cater to the vaccination process of the world's largest democracy, it would be pertinent to bring in safer and more effective vaccines from other countries.

Mar 4, 2021

'When will it end?': How a changing virus is reshaping scientists' views on COVID-19

Chris Murray, a University of Washington disease expert whose projections on COVID-19 infections and deaths are closely followed worldwide, is changing his assumptions about the course of the pandemic.

Mar 4, 2021

Covaxin has 81% efficacy; works against new COVID variants [details]

Bharat Biotech said whole virion inactivated Covid-19 vaccine candidate demonstrated an interim vaccine efficacy of 81 per cent in its Phase 3 clinical trial.

Mar 3, 2021

New Treatment: AustralaSian Covid-19 trial ASCOT starts in India

The AustralaSian Covid-19 trial (ASCOT) which aims to discover which existing treatments are most effective in hospitalised patients has been expanded into India.

Mar 1, 2021

Super spreader events may be behind COVID Surge: Experts

For the past one week, the increase in Covid-19 cases in India especially in states of Maharashtra, Punjab, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu, is raising concerns about whether the spurt in new cases is linked to new variants of SARS-CoV-2.

Feb 27, 2021

Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine found 94% effective in real world study

Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine showed 94 per cent efficacy in a real world study conducted in Israel involving 1.2 million people.

Feb 25, 2021

India detects over 24K mutations in 7K variants of Covid

The genetic diagnostic laboratories in India have detected over 24,000 mutations in the strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the last one year, top officials said

Feb 23, 2021

COVID-19 vaccines of India decoded

With a lot of doubts and misinformation surrounding COVID-19 vaccines, here's a detailed look at what vaccines are available and to be made available in India. Dr Jagadish Hiremath helps understand the different vaccines of India.

Feb 20, 2021

Visiting India from abroad; check out these new guidelines for international arrivals [details]

All international travelers except those coming through flights originating from United Kingdom, Europe and the Middle East will be required to submit a self-declaration form on the online 'Air Suvidha' portal before the scheduled travel.

Feb 17, 2021

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