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A Texas man who said he didn't get vaccinated out of 'stupidity' had both his legs amputated after COVID-19 turned his feet black
Pepe Forino, who had pre-existing conditions, says he hopes people can learn from his experience an…
Marianne Guenot
290 cases of COVID-19 variant KP.2, 34 cases of KP.1 detected in India: INSACOG data
As many as 290 cases of KP.2 and 34 cases of KP.1, both sub-lineages of COVID-19 that are responsib…
PTI
India's drug controller grants approval to Sanofi and Glaxo Smith Kline to conduct Phase-3 trials of their COVID-19 vaccine
The global, randomised, double-blind Phase-III study will include more than 35,000 volunteers ag…
COVID-19: 50% of kids in Mumbai have coronavirus antibodies, says the city's municipal body
BMC Commissioner I.S. Chahal said that even the proportion of the pediatric population having an…
US officials may have avoided the coronavirus lab-leak theory to avoid associations with controversial gain-of-function research
The US has funded labs that alter coronaviruses for research. That may have led officials to avoid …
Aria Bendix
People with Alzheimer's at three times higher risk of dying due to COVID-19, according to Brazilian researchers
"We found that all causes of dementia are risk factors for severity and death in Covid-19and t…
Roche India rolls out first batch of its antibody drugs Casirivimab and Imdevimab against COVID-19
Roche India on Monday announced the rollout of its first batch of the antibody cocktail (Casirivima…
ICMR says RT-PCR tests can be done away with for inter-state travellers in good health to reduce the rush at testing labs
The advisory was issued in view of laboratories facing challenges to meet the expected testing …
PTI
German researchers identify effective antibodies against SARS-CoV-2
German researchers have identified highly effective antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) and ar…
A dog in Georgia tests positive for SARS-CoV-2
Guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that based on the limited i…
PTI
Long-suffering SARS patients offer clues about the worrisome futures that may await COVID-19 long-haulers
A SARS researcher thinks it's possible that some people with long-lasting COVID-19 symptoms may nev…
Aria Bendix
Daily mouthwash may help reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, claims study
In a fight against the novel coronavirus, scientists have found that certain oral antiseptics and m…
Coronavirus epidemic first hit over 21,000 years ago, says a study
The most recent common ancestor of sarbecoviruses — the family of coronaviruses to which SARS-CoV b…
A mutated coronavirus strain causes most new COVID-19 infections in Europe and was spread within the continent by tourists, scientists say
The coronavirus variant, known as 20A.EU1, has been identified in 12 European countries as well as …
Grace Dean
A new study says Coronavirus may have crawled through faulty toilet pipes bringing back a SARS nightmare
Scientists also confirmed that coronavirus particles were present in washrooms of apartments…
WHO team to reach China next week to probe SARS-CoV-2 source
The World Health Organization is finally sending a team to China next week to prepare to investigat…
Novavax begins clinical trial of Covid-19 vaccine in Australia
US-based biotechnology company Novavax has started enrolling participants in Australia for a clinic…
Switzerland's infectious disease chief says children under age 10 can hug their grandparents. Not all experts agree.
Switzerland is lifting social distancing rules to allow children to hug their grandparents. Some re…
Shira Feder
CCMB establishes stable cultures of SARS-CoV-2; can work towards vaccine development
"Over the last month and a half, CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has establi…
PTI
Several religious and political gatherings fuelled the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in India, says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) has blamed several religious and political mass gathering event…