Coronavirus

The most recent common ancestor of sarbecoviruses -- the family of coronaviruses to which SARS-CoV belongs -- existed more than 21,000 years ago, nearly 30 times older than previous estimates, finds a study. The study, published in the journal Current Biology, showed that humanity may...

Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 22 crore, while the deaths have surged to more than 45.6 lakh and vaccinations soared to over 5.42 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Sunday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering...

London: Children across Europe are going back to school after 18 months of pandemic disruption. But in many countries, there are concerns of a new surge in infections from the highly infectious delta variant of the coronavirus. Unlike the U.K., Italy and Spain are maintaining...

Washington: Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat Covid-19, warning that it can cause harmful side effects and that there's little evidence it helps. With a fourth wave of infections, more Americans...

New York: Widespread wearing of surgical masks can limit the spread of coronavirus in communities, more than masks made of cloth, finds a large study. Researchers from Yale University, US, tracked more than 340,000 adults across 600 villages in rural Bangladesh. The findings, published as...

Brussels: The European Union says it's reached an agreement with drugmaker AstraZeneca to end their legal battle over the slow delivery of the Anglo-Swedish company's coronavirus vaccine. The EU's executive branch, the European Commission, said Friday that AstraZeneca made a “firm commitment” to deliver a...

Washington: Three doses of the vaccine against Covid can likely confer full protection, US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has said, as the US is soon expected to officially roll out the booster dose. There was good reason to believe that a third dose...

Washington: Three doses of the vaccine against Covid can likely confer full protection, US infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci has said, as the US is soon expected to officially roll out the booster dose. There was good reason to believe that a third dose...

New Delhi: The Union government has said that no cases of 'MU' variant of coronavirus have been detected from over 51,000 samples analysed so far in India. This new coronavirus variant 'MU' was identified first in Colombia in January. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has...

New Delhi: Pregnant women should take both doses of the Covid vaccine, NITI Aayog's Member, Health, Dr V.K. Paul said Thursday. Pregnant women should come forward for vaccination otherwise they would have complications if they catch infection during that period, he said at a Health...