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India to start using TB testing machine for Covid-19
The ICMR has validated 'TruenatTM beta CoV test on TruelabTM workstation' and has recommended it…
PTI
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COVID-19: Nagaland planning to set up 2 biosafety labs at the earliest
Since it is the need of the hour, the department isrushing against time to do the needful for setti…
PTI
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China confirms US accusations that it destroyed early samples of the novel coronavirus, but says it was done for 'biosafety reasons'
The Chinese official insisted that it was not done to cover-up or hide early coronavirus samples fr…
Sophia Ankel
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Travel nightmare: Man caught smuggling over 100 live snakes in his pants
Officers discovered the man wearing six snake-infested canvas bags in his pants pockets, including …
Lauren Edmonds
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Nipah virus: Health Ministry instructs Kerala to enforce four immediate safety measures following 14-year-old's death
Kerala Health Minister Veena George has confirmed that an additional 60 people have been identified…
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Ahead of World Health Day, experts reiterate importance of govt's One Health approach in preventing future zoonotic outbreaks
The government's focus on the 'One Health' approach, recognising the interconnection between human,…
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Even the experts who study Congress don't know how this House speakership drama will end
All of your questions about the House speakership drama and what comes next are answered — well, al…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Only a quarter of the 59 labs that handle the world's deadliest pathogens have top-level biosecurity, experts warn. They fear lax rules could lead to another pandemic.
As the theory that COVID-19 may have leaked from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology gains traction…
Sophia Ankel
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All you need to know about the new Langya Henipavirus reported in China
A total of 35 Langya Henipavirus cases have been reported in China.This zoonotic virus can spread f…
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Genome editing can be helpful for climate adaptation of crops, say scientists
Genome editing allows modifications in an organism's native DNA at a pre-determined genomic locus i…
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Reports of COVID-19 variant ‘NeoCov’ are spreading – Here’s what we know so far
The NeoCov strain is related to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome MERS COV. According to Chinese …
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Declassified US intelligence report on COVID-19's origins says both natural transmission and lab leak theories remain 'plausible'
"Two hypotheses are plausible: natural exposure to an infected animal and a laboratory-associated i…
Kelly McLaughlin
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A lab leak in Wuhan remains a 'viable' theory for the coronavirus' origin, an international group of scientists says
The coronavirus' origin remains a mystery. So the idea that it was accidentally released from a lab…
Aylin Woodward
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The WHO's leader said its investigation into whether the coronavirus leaked from a Wuhan lab was not 'extensive enough'
The WHO investigation didn't conduct a full audit of any Wuhan labs. It's unlikely that's where the…
Aylin Woodward
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Def Min unveils mobile lab that will enhance fight against COVID-19
The first such Mobile Viral Research Lab (MVRL) that will speed up coronavirus screening and relate…
PTI
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China says it could have a coronavirus vaccine ready to use as early as November
'It will be very soon. The progress is currently very smooth,' said a Chinese official.
Thomas Colson
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Chairman disbands panel investigating COVID-19's origins, saying its links to a nonprofit that worked with a Chinese lab raises bias concerns
Jeffrey Sachs, the chairman of a task force probing COVID-19's origins, told WSJ he was concerned a…
Shalini Nagarajan
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Republican senator suggests 'worse than Chernobyl' coronavirus could've come from Chinese 'super-laboratory'
Cotton, a longtime China hawk, suggested that Beijing had not been as forthcoming about the number …
David Choi
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US officials were reportedly concerned that safety breaches at a Wuhan lab studying coronavirus in bats could cause a pandemic
In the cable, the diplomats said the WIV's researchers' work on coronaviruses in bats "strongly sug…
Grace Panetta
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COVID-19 vaccine: Bharat Biotech set to dispatch first consignment of Covaxin
"Today in the evening the first consignment is going out of Hyderabad.... (it is from ) Bharat…