Search Results for: SARS-CoV-2

What is Covid variant XBB that accounts for more than 18% of US cases?

The XBB subvariant of Covid-19's Omicron variant is fast emerging as the dominant type in India, and now it accounts for more than 18 per cent of cases in the US as well.

Dec 26, 2022

After Covid Surge in China: Gear up genome sequencing of positive cases, Centre alerts States

Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, in the letter, has said that such an exercise will enable timely detection of newer variants, if any, circulating in the country

Dec 20, 2022

Batteryless device detects Covid droplets in the air around you [details]

Researchers have developed a unique batteryless and wireless device that can detect within no time coronavirus in the air, if your surroundings contain Covid-19 particles or droplets the moment they enter the vicinity.

Dec 4, 2022

Gene that naturally protects people against COVID discovered; benefits people aged above 90, too [details]

A team of Brazilian researchers has discovered that a gene can protect people, even those aged 90 and above, from the deadly Covid disease.

Nov 22, 2022

How Does COVID-19 Harm Brain? Scientists Find Mechanisms Associated With Neurological Damage [Study]

According to researchers, COVID-19 patients struggling with severe neurological symptoms exhibit signs of impairment in the blood-brain barrier, and changes in brain structure depending on the severity of their symptoms.

Nov 15, 2022

All you need to know about Covid vaccination for pregnant women

Health Byte: Covid vaccination leads to higher antibody levels in pregnant women, babies

Pregnant women, who received one of the mRNA Covid-19 vaccines, had 10-fold higher antibody concentrations than those who were naturally infected with Covid virus, a finding that was also observed in their babies, according to a new study.

Nov 10, 2022

Promising cholesterol drug against COVID-19 fails in human trials; doesn't reduce severe symptoms or death

A new international multi-institutional study led by scientists from Penn Medicine has found that fenofibrate was unable to reduce the severity of disease or prevent adverse outcomes such as deaths in COVID-19 patients.

Nov 9, 2022

Had Omicron? You're unlikely to catch its rising variant

Omicron, sub-lineages remain dominant variant in India: INSACOG

Amid the declining trajectory of daily Covid-19 cases in India, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) said that the Omicron and its sub-lineages continue to be the dominant variant in India.

Oct 23, 2022

Other COVID-19 Proteins Crucial in Disease Severity, Not Just Spike; New Key Genes Identified [Study]

According to a new multi-institutional study, certain "accessory" or nonspike genes, and their mutations, influence the pathogenesis of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Oct 13, 2022

Covid-19 antidote 'VINCOV-19' ready for phase-three clinical trials, simultaneous market authorization

The University of Hyderabad (UoH) and the Centre for Cellular Molecular Biology (CCMB) in collaboration with VINS Bioproducts Limited, a leading immunological company based in Hyderabad, announced the successful completion of the Phase-two clinical trials of VINCOV-19, India's first antidote and a cure against SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Oct 12, 2022

New COVID-like virus may infect humans; resistant to vaccines, antibodies [details]

A new multi-institutional study has found that Khosta-2, a virus that was identified in 2020 among bats in Russia, can infect human cells; these findings are significant as both SARS-CoV-2 and Khosta-2 are sarbecoviruses, a sub-category of coronaviruses.

Sep 23, 2022

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Search Results for: SARS-CoV-2

What is Covid variant XBB that accounts for more than 18% of US cases?

After Covid Surge in China: Gear up genome sequencing of positive cases, Centre alerts States

Batteryless device detects Covid droplets in the air around you [details]

Gene that naturally protects people against COVID discovered; benefits people aged above 90, too [details]

How Does COVID-19 Harm Brain? Scientists Find Mechanisms Associated With Neurological Damage [Study]

Health Byte: Covid vaccination leads to higher antibody levels in pregnant women, babies

Promising cholesterol drug against COVID-19 fails in human trials; doesn't reduce severe symptoms or death

Omicron, sub-lineages remain dominant variant in India: INSACOG

Other COVID-19 Proteins Crucial in Disease Severity, Not Just Spike; New Key Genes Identified [Study]

Covid-19 antidote 'VINCOV-19' ready for phase-three clinical trials, simultaneous market authorization

New COVID-like virus may infect humans; resistant to vaccines, antibodies [details]

COVID-19: Mucosal antibodies in airways protect against Omicron; reduce risk of infection drastically [details]

Covid may up risk of developing Alzheimer's disease among older [details]

India's first intranasal Covid vaccine by Bharat Biotech gets DCGI approval

New weapon against Covid-19: Indian-American researchers develop durable coating that kills Covid virus

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

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