New Variant ‘IHU’ Identified In France, May Have 46 Mutations
As the world grapples with the highly mutated Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, scientists have identified…
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No Nation Can Boost Its Way Out Of Pandemic: WHO Chief
The World Health Organization chief warned on Wednesday that the rush in wealthy countries to…
Omicron Spreading Faster Than Delta, Infecting The Vaccinated: WHO
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster than the Delta variant and is…
Modi Orders Review Of Reopening On Omicron Covid Concerns
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told officials on Saturday to review plans to ease travel restrictions…
1 Mn Afghan Children At Risk Of Dying Amid Acute Malnutrition: WHO
Around 3.2 million children are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Afghanistan by the…
Covaxin Gets WHO Green Light Months Into Use
The World Health Organization granted an emergency use license on Wednesday to a coronavirus vaccine…
Delta Variant Now Reported In 135 Countries: WHO
The highly-transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 has now been reported in 135 countries, according to…
Unravelling Air Pollution In Asian Countries
When Trisha Mahajan was growing up in the northern Indian city of Amritsar, air pollution…
India’s Excess Deaths During Pandemic Likely Up To 4.9 Mn: Report
The country’s excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic could be as high as 4.9 million,…
Misinformation On Social Media Platforms ‘Killing People’: Biden
U.S. President Joe Biden has said that social media companies are “killing people” by failing…
US Confirms Wuhan Virus Sequences Were Removed From Database
Details of the genetic makeup of some of the earliest samples of coronavirus in China…
Didn’t Back Doubling Dose Gap: Scientists; Govt Counters Claim
The government doubled the gap between the two doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine without…
Nearly 200k Palestinians Need Health Aid After Gaza Conflict: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned of “staggering health needs” in the occupied…
Wuhan Lab Was Engaged In Military Activity: Pompeo
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday said that the Wuhan Institute of…
Politicising Covid Origins Hampers Probe: China’s US Embassy
Politicising the origins of COVID-19 would hamper further investigations and undermine global efforts to curb…
Wuhan Lab Staff Sought Hospital Care Before Covid Outbreak: Report
Three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) sought hospital care in November 2019,…
Long Working Hours Are A Killer, WHO Study Shows
Working long hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people a year in a worsening…
Telecom Operators Urge Haryana Govt To Curb 5G Testing Rumours
The Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI) on Sunday said it has urged the Haryana…
Don’t Vaccinate Kids, Give Doses To Covax: WHO Chief
The WHO urged wealthy countries on Friday to stop vaccinating children against Covid-19 and instead…
Covid Catastrophe ‘Could Have Been Prevented’: Global Panel
The catastrophic scale of the Covid-19 pandemic could have been prevented, an independent global panel…
Covid Spreads In Rural India, Record Daily Rise In Cases, Deaths
India reported a record 412,262 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and a record 3,980 daily…
‘Strong Evidence’ Covid Mainly Spreads Through Air: Lancet
A new assessment in the medical journal Lancet has found “consistent, strong evidence” that the…
Covid Probably Passed From A Bat: WHO Experts’ Report
A team of international experts will present details on Tuesday of their findings from a…
By Catching Bats, ‘Virus Hunters’ Hope To Stop Next Pandemic
Researchers wearing headlamps and protective suits race to untangle the claws and wings of bats…
Germany, Italy, France Stop AstraZeneca Vaccine
The EU’s largest countries joined a stream of states halting their rollouts of AstraZeneca jabs…