Search Results for: SARS-CoV-2

Prediction of fourth wave of COVID-19: Govt questions reliability of IIT-Kanpur's study [details]

Union Ministry of Health is closely watching Coronavirus's trajectory globally and in the country along with various expert committees to face any situation.

Mar 22, 2022

Natural COVID-19 Antibodies Last Upto 7 Months In Children Post Infection; Found In 96 Percent Kids [Study]

According to a new study led by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, children who contract COVID-19, develop natural circulating antibodies that can last for at least seven months.

Mar 20, 2022

35 pharma firms to produce generic versions of Pfizer's Covid pill at affordable cost

Thirty-five companies, from 12 countries including India, have signed an agreement to manufacture the generic version of Pfizer's oral Covid-19 pill, the UN-backed Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has said.

Mar 19, 2022

Researchers re-engineer red blood cells to trigger immune system against Covid, its variants and new viruses

Researchers have teamed up to modify red blood cells to transport viral agents which can safely trigger the immune system to protect the body against SARS-CoV-2, creating a promising new vehicle for vaccine delivery.

Mar 12, 2022

Even mild Covid can shrink brain regions related to smell: Study

Brain-related abnormalities have been observed in cases of severe Covid-19, but a new study suggests that even a mild infection can result in tissue damage and greater shrinkage in brain areas related to smell.

Mar 8, 2022

Neem tree-based drugs may help treat and reduce the spread of Coronavirus and its variants: Study

Extract from the bark of the neem tree, indigenous to India, may help treat and reduce the spread of coronavirus, a team of international researchers found.

Mar 1, 2022

New Covid variant BA.2 can become serious threat for global health: Study

The risk of Omicron subvariant BA.2 for global health is potentially higher than that of BA.1, according to a new study.

Feb 23, 2022

Profit-first algorithms trying to disconnect public from real news [Study]

In the misinformation age of social media, what evidence reaches which parts of the audience is increasingly up to automated algorithms curated by social media platforms rather than scientists, journalists or users of the platforms themselves, warn scientists.

Feb 12, 2022

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the dashboard tracking

US CDC launches new method to track Covid, focuses on wastewater surveillance data

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a new dashboard to track Covid-19 in wastewater samples across the country.

Feb 5, 2022

Inhaling Nitric Oxide effective against SARS-CoV-2 virus; benefits explored [details]

A study involving doctors and scientists has found that inhaled Nitric Oxide (iNO) is virucidal and kills the SARS-CoV-2 virus, apart from preventing its effective attachment to human host cells.

Feb 4, 2022

Covid pandemic cannot be eradicated due to this reason, expert suggests crucial clues

The medical expert said that the Covid pandemic has hosts outside humans

Feb 1, 2022

Hamsters can infect humans with COVID and vice versa: Study

The Delta variant of Covid-19 can be transmitted from humans to hamsters and then be transferred back to humans, according to a new study.

Jan 31, 2022

Covid can remain active in some people for over 7 months: Study

A team of international researchers have found that the novel coronavirus can continue to be present in some human bodies upto 232 days.

Jan 29, 2022

NeoCov coronavirus explained: 1 in 3 will die if infected with this virus

Chinese researchers revealed that NeoCov is as deadly as MERS and highly transmissible as Covid

Jan 28, 2022

Omicron can survive 8 days on plastic, 21 hours on skin; much longer than other COVID variants

The highly contagious Omicron variant of Covid-19 can survive upto eight days on plastic and 21 hours on skin -- a much longer period of time than other variants of concern like Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta, as well as the original strain, according to a study.

Jan 26, 2022

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