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LNJP study finds Omicron sub-variant BA 2.75 is the dominant strain in Del
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital Medical Director Dr Suresh Kumar on Saturday said that Omicron sub-variant BA 2.75 is the dominant variant in Delhi having been found in a majority of cases.
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Omicron strains 20-30 pc more infectious: INSACOG to review data of genom
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Amid rising COVID cases in the national capital and other States, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) will review the data of genomic surveillance of COVID-19 variants on Friday, said sources.
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Pune: ICMR-NIV reveals Monkeypox virus strain A.2 in two UAE-returned trav
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 7 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology on Friday analysed two monkeypox cases of travellers who had returned from the UAE.
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Study finds how highly resistant strains of fungi emerge
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): Antibiotic resistance is a matter of common knowledge. And the same phenomenon also occurs with drugs against pathogenic fungi. What causes it is still not very well understood.
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Researchers find new effective therapeutic approaches to treat tuberculosi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 28 (ANI): The leading infectious disease around the world, tuberculosis, which affects around 25% of the world's population, is still caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Drug-resistant strains have made it difficult to treat infections, but professor Helen Zgurskaya
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BA.5 strain of Omicron found in Fijian community: official
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Suva [Fiji], July 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Fiji's Permanent Secretary for Health James Fong said Tuesday that the BA.5 strain of Omicron was found in the Fijian community.
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Covaxin booster dose increases immune response by 40 times, gives long-ter
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 20 (ANI): Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Wednesday announced that the administration of the third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin (BBV152) after six months of two-dose vaccination dramatically increased neutralizing antibody responses against both
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Chinese city health system nears collapse under Covid debt burden
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 17 (ANI): Chinese city Huludao is showing signs of the strain of Covid-19 measures on local health systems, with authorities saying debts were rising far faster than their capacity to repay them, media reports said.
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Wait continues as fans and former cricketers look for Kohli's resurgence
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kohli, who missed out on the first ODI due to a groin strain, smashed three boundaries against England in the second ODI before getting out by David Willey.
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Eng vs Ind: Visitors win toss and opt to field; Virat Kohli misses out
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
India star batter Virat Kohli will be missing out on the first ODI after he sustained a mild groin strain. He has been replaced by batter Shreyas Iyer in the Playing XI.
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Study finds universal influenza B vaccine that induces broad and lasting p
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Atlanta [US], July 9 (ANI): According to a new study by researchers at Georgia State University's Institute of Biomedical Sciences, a new universal flu vaccine has been found to protect against influenza B viruses that offer broad defenses against different strains and improve immune protect
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ICMR- VCRC develops bacteria-infected mosquitoes to control dengue strains
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Pondicherry (Puducherry)[India], July 5 (ANI): With an aim to control dengue strains, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Vector Control Research Centre (VCRC) developed two mosquito colonies infected with bacteria for dengue control.
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