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Andreas Raounas, 84, the first patient in Island receives from a nurse the vaccine of Pfizer BioNtech against the COVID-19, at a care home in Nicosia, Cyprus. (Photo: AP/File)

US CDC classifies Delta variant as 'variant of concern'

Previously, the CDC had considered the Delta variant to be a variant of interest

17 Jun 2021 10:44 AM IST

A medic holds a vial of Bharat Biotechs covid vaccine, Covaxin. (Photo: AFP)

Twisted facts on social media, no newborn calf serum in product:...

Newborn calf serum is used only for the preparation and growth of vero cells

16 Jun 2021 3:39 PM IST

The team infected lab-grown human airway tissue with the virus and found that for the first three days, viral load in the tissue doubled about every six hours. (Representational image: AFP)

Exposure to common cold virus may protect from COVID-19: Study

They found evidence of rapid growth of SARS-CoV-2 in the first few days of infection, followed by activation of the...

16 Jun 2021 1:37 PM IST

When the researchers tested the sera of 20 participants who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine they found that it could act against the engineered coronavirus variants. (Photo:AFP)

Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines protect against Delta variant: Lancet...

Pfizer vaccine offered 92 per cent protection against the Alpha variant and 79 per cent against the Delta strain 2 weeks...

15 Jun 2021 1:11 PM IST

View of a vial of Indias COVAXIN vaccine against COVID-19. (AFP)

Covid vaccine booster can increase immunity, help combat variants:...

IIMS Delhi started the clinical trials of the third dose of the COVAXIN, as a booster dose, six months after...

10 Jun 2021 4:15 PM IST

Importantly, these marks dont appear to be anything to worry about, as patients are otherwise asymptomatic Â– although it is unclear how long they stay for. (Representational image: Wikimedia Commons)

COVID nails: these changes to your fingernails may show you've had...

One symptom is a red half-moon pattern that forms a convex band over the white area at the base of fingernails

8 Jun 2021 11:21 AM IST

The 10-year average rate of increase also set a record, now up to 2.4 parts per million per year. (Representational Photo:AFP)

Carbon dioxide levels hit 50% higher than preindustrial time

It has taken only 42 years, from 1979 to 2021, to increase carbon dioxide by that same amount

8 Jun 2021 12:18 AM IST

Many post-Covid patients with skin complications are rushing to OPDs. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Herpes, hair fall, nail issues: Doctors caution on post-Covid...

Many patients in recovery phase are facing one or other dermatological complication

7 Jun 2021 11:45 AM IST

Based on the antibody test results, out of the 634 people who had been previously infected, reinfections occurred in only four residents and 10 members of staff. (Representational image: PTI)

Prior infection cuts COVID-19 infection risk for up to 10 months:...

They found that residents with a previous infection were 85 per cent less likely to be infected during this four-month...

4 Jun 2021 1:38 PM IST

Even subtle nightly changes in sleep can affect anxiety levels. (Photo: ANI)

COVID-19 pandemic led to increased screen time, more sleep problems:...

Of the participants surveyed, 92.9 per cent reported an increase in their electronic device usage between the first and...

3 Jun 2021 10:56 AM IST

The researchers found that diABZI potently inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of diverse strains, including variant of concern B.1.351, by stimulating interferon signalling. (Representational image)

Drug that blocks multiple coronavirus variants in mice identified

The team tested a newly-developed drug molecule called diABZI, which is currently being tested in clinical trials to...

31 May 2021 1:14 PM IST

The writer, during one of her flights. (Image by arrangement)

Lekha Shankar | Bangkok so near, yet so far

The normal four-hour flight took as long as 35 plus hours

25 May 2021 2:54 PM IST