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Researchers study virus-cell interaction to understand COVID-19's high inf
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], March 29 (ANI): Scientists from Lehigh University during a recent study identified a previously unknown interaction between receptors in human cells and the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This new information could help in the development of n
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COVID-19: Panama imposes temporary ban on travellers from South America
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Panama City [Panama], March 28 (ANI): Panama's Health Ministry announced on Saturday, a temporary ban on the entry of people from all South American countries starting from Wednesday after a COVID-19 case of the Brazilian variant was confirmed.
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Hearing loss strongly associated with COVID-19, finds study
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 27 (ANI): The findings of a novel study associates hearing loss and other auditory problems with COVID-19.
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Russian scientists find new strain of South African COVID-19 variant
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Scientists at the Russian Vector laboratory have found a new isolate of the South African COVID-19 variant, the press office for the Russian consumer watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said on Wednesday.
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Study sheds light on Covid-19 risk for adults living with, without childre
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], March 19 (ANI): There are small increased risks of infection and hospital stay during the second wave of Covid-19, but no materially increased risk of death, suggests the findings of a new study.
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Measles virus expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein stabilized in its pr
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 13 (ANI): An attenuated measles virus expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein stabilized in its prefusion form induced higher levels of SARS-CoV-2-specific neutralizing antibodies in cotton rats than a virus expressing native full-length spike protein, scientists said
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Recombinant form of MVA vaccine can be used against SARS-CoV-2 infection,
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], March 13 (ANI): Scientists have tracked down that modified vaccinia infection Ankara (MVA), a smallpox immunisation, can be additionally changed in a recombinant structure to communicate the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 infection and that injection of a couple of dosag
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Virus free, clean office space integral in a new normal: BreatheEasy CEO B
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi, [India], March 10 (ANI/NewsVoir): Various studies have shown that the coronavirus spreads faster and more easily in enclosed spaces. According to one study published in the JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers were able to establish a link between the community transmission in Chin
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Study sheds light on recombinant vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in mice
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 10 (ANI): Researchers have found that modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA), a smallpox vaccine, can be further modified in a recombinant form to express the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and that injection of one or two doses of the recombinant MVA protected tr
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Safe, highly efficacious measles virus-based vaccine expressing SARS-CoV-2
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 10 (ANI): Researchers have found that an attenuated measles virus expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein stabilized in its prefusion form induced higher levels of SARS-CoV-2-specific neutralizing antibodies in cotton rats than a virus expressing native full-length spi
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Higher airborne pollen concentrations correlated with increased SARS-CoV-2
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): Researchers have reported an association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and airborne pollen concentrations. The global spread of COVID-19 coincided with a large seasonal peak in pollen emissions in the northern hemisphere.
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Smartphone application for reading SARS-CoV-2 test results
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 6 (ANI): Researchers report the development of a smartphone application that combines smartphone camera imaging with machine learning to interpret SARS-CoV-2 serological rapid diagnostic test (RDT) results, the visual interpretation of which can be highly subjective
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