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Experts reiterate no COVID transmission from animals to humans, urge peopl
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): As the rumours of the transmission of COVID-19 from animals to humans get momentum amid the second wave, top doctors and experts of the country have debunked the myth, stating that there is no data that shows that the virus spread from animals to humans. Read More
Mild COVID-19 induces lasting antibody protection: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 25 (ANI): Months after recovering from mild cases of COVID-19, people still have immune cells in their body pumping out antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19. Such cells could persist for a lifetime, churning out antibodies all the while, suggested a new stud
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Evidence of COVID-19 originating from Chinese lab continues to grow: Forme
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [China], May 25 (ANI): The former head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday said that circumstantial evidence of COVID-19 originating in a lab in China's Wuhan continues to grow as researchers are yet to prove that the virus jumped from an animal to humans, The H
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Study on harnessing next generation sequencing to detect SARS-CoV-2
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Vienna [Austria], May 25 (ANI): During the pandemic, it is extremely critical to detect the virus at the beginning stage, and in a move to achieve the same a team of researchers at the Vienna BioCenter designed a testing protocol for SARS-CoV-2 that can process tens of thousands of samples i
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Deaths a 'lagging indicator' of Covid-19 , will stabilise soon: Dr Gagande
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Vellore (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 25 (ANI): India's leading virologist Dr Gagandeep Kang has said that since the number of Covid-19 cases in the country has stabilized now, the number of deaths due to the virus will also stabilize soon and if it fails to do so then it can only point to an is
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COVID-19: Punjab Kings join hands with RTI to help provide oxygen concentr
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 25 (ANI): In light of the raging Covid- 19 pandemic, Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Punjab Kings has joined forces with Round Table India (RTI), crowdfunding on Ketto.org to help provide oxygen concentrators to those affected by the virus and in need
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'Not convinced' Covid-19 developed naturally, says Dr Fauci
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): America's top expert on infectious diseases, Dr Anthony Fauci said he is "not convinced" the novel coronavirus developed naturally and has called for an open investigation into the origins of Covid-19 virus.
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We'll be wiped out if we can't control COVID now: Bhutan PM
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Thimphu [Bhutan], May 24 (ANI): Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering has expressed concern over the prevailing threat of COVID-19 in the country and said: "We will be wiped out if we can't control the virus now."
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UP nursery introduces mango varieties named after COVID frontline workers
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Malihabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 24 (ANI): Amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kaleem's Nursery in Lucknow's Malihabad has introduced new mango varieties named after several frontline workers including doctors and policemen, who lost their lives to the virus. The Nursery
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Scientists indentify viruses in human genes that damage brain development
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 23 (ANI): As new study has been able to prove for the first time that activation of distinct human endogenous retroviruses, which are part of our genome, impair brain development dramatically.
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Enzymes protect skin by ignoring microbes, viruses
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 23 (ANI): The human body is constantly exposed to various environmental actors, from viruses to bacteria to fungi, but most of these microbial organisms provoke little or no response from our skin, which is charged with monitoring and protecting from external dangers.
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22 suspected Covid-19 deaths in Jharkhand's Palamu, probe ordered
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Palamu (Jharkhand) [India], May 23 (ANI): After at least 22 people died of suspected Covid-19 over the last 20 days in a tribal-dominated Sua Kaudia village in Jharkhand's Palamu district, the district administration has ordered an investigation and constituted teams to screen those infected
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