Health News Updates

New York: People who received a flu shot last flu season were significantly less likely to test positive for a Covid-19 infection when the pandemic hit, according to a new study. The study, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, also indicated that those who did test positive for Covid-19 had fewer complications if […]

New Delhi: A new “double mutant variant” of SARS-CoV-2 has been detected in India in addition to the several “variants of concern” that have already been found in at least 18 states, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Some of these “variants of concern” had earlier been detected abroad. The ministry, however, said it […]

New York: US pharmaceutical company Pfizer has begun Phase 1 clinical trial of a novel oral antiviral drug for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19. The oral antiviral clinical candidate “PF-07321332”, a SARS-CoV2-3CL protease inhibitor, has demonstrated potent in vitro anti-viral activity against SARS-CoV-2, as well as activity against other coronaviruses, the company said in […]

New York: A team of researchers has examined why the UK and South African variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, are more infectious and, in many cases, more deadly. The study indicated that the UK variant, also known as B.1.1.7, has many mutations in the spike glycoprotein, but most important is one mutation, […]

Washington: The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 124.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.74 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at […]

New Delhi: India reported 53,476 coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike since October taking the total tally to 1,17,87,534 on Thursday. According to the Health Ministry, Maharashtra and Punjab are turning out to be major causes of worry. Cases have been increasing over the last two weeks. On October 22 […]

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases have continued to increase globally for a fourth consecutive week. In the week ending March 21, nearly 3.3 million new cases were reported globally, Xinhua news agency quoted the WHO as saying in its latest update issued on Wednesday. Four […]

Bhubaneswar: A student at Kendriya Vidyalaya-1 in the Capital city tested positive for Covid-19. Vice-principal of the school Upendra Singh informed that his father had earlier tested positive for the virus. “His father had informed us at around 10 pm that his son had tested positive for the virus. We immediately restricted his visit to […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Thursday reported 214 fresh Covid-19 cases, the highest single-day spike in the last two months in the State. Of the 214 positives, 126 were detected in quarantine centres while the rest 88 are local transmission cases. With 33 new cases, Khordha reported the maximum number of infection today followed by Sudargarh (27 […]

New York: A team of scientists has developed a new portable, pocket-sized machine that can diagnose SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in just 15 minutes. Globally, Covid-19 has infected nearly 129 million people and claimed 2.81 million lives. The new test — NIRVANA — can produce positive and negative results of 96 samples of […]

Washington: The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 125.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.75 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday morning, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at […]

New Delhi: New data on Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing and supply capacity indicate up to 12 billion doses from 13 different sources could be available by the end of the year, enough to vaccinate 70 per cent of the world if distributed equitably. However, an assessment from the Duke Global Health Innovation Center Launch and Scale […]

New Delhi: India saw 59,118 new coronavirus infections in a day, the highest single day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,18,46,652, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The active caseload breached the 4 lakh-mark again after around three-and-half months. Registering an increase for the 16th […]

Bhubaneswar: Covid-19 cases surged further in Odisha on Friday when 234 persons tested positive for the infection in the last 24 hours, informed the State I&PR Department. Of the total positives, 139 were detected in quarantine centres while the rest 95 are local transmission cases. Nuapada reported the maximum 33 cases which was followed by […]

New Delhi: Amid the surge of Covid-19 cases along with other mutated variants, India has reported the presence of a ‘double mutant’ coronavirus variant, triggering fear among many. However, health experts on Friday said that the double mutant variant may be less dangerous than expected as the most vulnerable patients are having only mild illnesses. […]