Search For "sars cov"
Study reveals why some Covid patients continue to have difficulty in exerc
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
While some individuals are able to recover from the consequences of SARS-CoV-2 infection, others have continued to endure COVID-19 aftereffects for a very long time. The inability to exercise as much is one of these persistent COVID symptoms. But there are still unanswered issues about the r
Read More
Study sheds more insight into diagnosis of type 1 diabetes after SARS-CoV-
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Several studies have found a rise in type 1 diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, none of the research distinguishes between children infected with SARS-CoV-2 and those who are not. Researchers can now acquire fresh insights since the KVB data set contains information on whether ch
Read More
Researchers discover antivirals that helps fight emerging infectious disea
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A recent study has discovered possible broad-spectrum antiviral drugs capable of targeting numerous families of RNA viruses, which continue to pose a serious threat to future pandemics. The UCLA Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology study, led by Gustavo Garcia Jr., tested a libra
Read More
Study: Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy increases likelihood of
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Women are more vulnerable to severe respiratory infections caused by a variety of viruses during pregnancy, including influenza A virus (IAV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Furthermore, influenza affects pregnant women disp
Read More
Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy increases chances for flu attac
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
During pregnancy, women are more prone to severe respiratory infections from multiple viruses, including influenza A virus (IAV), respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Additionally, pregnant women are disproportionately affected by
Read More
Researchers discover source of T cell exhaustion
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
CAR T-cell treatments, which are specifically designed to target cancer cells, has heralded a new era in the treatment of human cancers, particularly hematologic malignancies. But all too frequently, they exhibit a disconcerting characteristic derived from the immune system's own cells: a sh
Read More
White-tailed deer harbor nearly extinct SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from humans to white-tailed deer (WTD) and its ability to transmit from deer to deer raised concerns about the role of WTD in the epidemiology and ecology of the virus. A study found that White-tailed deer may serve a
Read More
UP Govt inks deal with Hyderabad-based 'InstaShield' to strengthen fight a
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
InstaShield claims that its device, launched in March 2022, is 99.9 per cent effective in guarding against and destroying all types of viruses including SARS-Covid. It is worth mentioning here that the company's turnover has reached Rs 10 crore since the launch of this particular device in M
Read More
SARS-CoV-2: Was it a bio-weapon or natural pandemic?
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
There are also reports that Chinese military virologists collected dangerous viruses from wild animals around the world, or stole them while posing as co-researchers, as they did from National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Canada.
Read More
WHO chief asks China for rapid reliable data on COVID deaths
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
This comes as WHO held a high-level meeting with counterparts in China last week to discuss the surge in cases and hospitalisations. Subsequently, WHO's Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution and the COVID-19 clinical management expert network groups both met with Chinese
Read More
Nasal swab can provide early warning of emerging viruses: Research
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
As the Covid-19 pandemic showed, potentially dangerous new viruses can begin to spread in the population well before the global public health surveillance system can detect them.
Read More
Research suggests precision insights can be found in wastewater
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Research from Fangqiong Ling's lab at Washington University in St. Louis discovered that the amount of SARS-CoV-2 in a wastewater system was linked to the disease burden of COVID-19 in the region it served.
Read More