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A nurse a dose of the booster against COVID-19 during a vaccination campaign for people 60 and over, in Mexico City. (Photo: AP)

Multivariant Covid vaccine booster shows promise, early data suggests

The initial phase one clinical data shows the vaccine has strong levels of neutralising antibodies

5 Jan 2022 8:34 AM

Daughters, aged between 1014 years, are given two doses of HPV vaccination at an interval of six months while those above 15 years are given three doses at 0, 2 and 6 months interval to protect them against HPV infection, thereby preventing cervical cancer, Dr Leela explained.

Carnivores are more prone to cancer: Study

The research was done using data on 191 species and 110,148 individual mammals

3 Jan 2022 6:51 AM

- This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (AP)

Fully vaccinated COVID-19 patients with cancer had 13 per cent...

The study was conducted by the COVID-19 and Cancer Consortium (CCC19)

2 Jan 2022 9:52 AM

A crowded platform at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station amid concern over rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the country, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Omicron will soon replace Delta as dominant global variant: Experts

The new variant was first detected in South Africa on November 11, and spread across more than 110 countries

30 Dec 2021 3:43 AM

Passengers not adhering to social distance norms, board a train at a railway station amid concern over rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Clear data supporting very high immune escape potential of Omicron:...

India has recorded 781 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus across 21 states and UTs so far

29 Dec 2021 10:17 AM

A flight crew walk through the terminal at Sydney Airport. (Photo: AP)

Antibodies that can block Omicron variant identified

The research may help design vaccines and antibody treatments that will be effective against other variants that may...

29 Dec 2021 7:21 AM

The study has been published in the eLife Journal. (Photo: ANI)

Innovative X-ray imaging shows COVID-19 can cause vascular damage to...

The scientists imaged the tissue architecture to a high resolution using synchrotron radiation and displayed it...

28 Dec 2021 7:19 AM

A healthcare volunteer inoculates an elderly man with COVID-19 vaccine dose at her home in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Study finds why some COVID cases are more critical than others:

The study, led by Yale University-'s Richard Flavell, has been published in the -'Nature Biotechnology Journal-'

26 Dec 2021 10:06 AM

Health workers inside an Isolation Ward for COVID-19 to treat persons infected with the Omicron variant, at Omandhurar Government Medical College Hospital, in Chennai, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Omicron less likely to put you in the hospital, studies say

The findings have not yet been reviewed by other experts, the gold standard in scientific research

23 Dec 2021 8:55 AM

Novavax says COVID vaccine triggers immune response to Omicron variant

Novavax said it is working on developing an Omicron-specific vaccine and expects to begin manufacturing its doses in...

23 Dec 2021 4:23 AM

- This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. (AP)

Likely order of Covid symptoms depends on coronavirus variant: Study

The study used modelling approach to predict symptom order in a set of 373,883 cases in the US

21 Dec 2021 6:14 AM

A health worker shows empty vials of Covishield vaccine at a vaccination centre in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

New drug could treat patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia:...

The team tested namilumab in patients hospitalised with COVID-19 pneumonia

17 Dec 2021 7:50 AM