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PM Modi lauds nation for fighting new COVID wave with great success
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India is fighting with great success with the new wave of COVID-19 adding that the cases of the virus have started decreasing, which is a good sign.
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Infant deaths from RSV are much higher than previously known, finds study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Boston [US], January 30 (ANI): A team of researchers has found that nearly one in 10 of deceased infants less than six months were infected with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).
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Study develops intranasal flu vaccine with nano-particles that provides ro
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 30 (ANI): A new study has developed an influenza vaccine that is administered through the nose and has been constructed with nanoparticles that increase the immune response and offers stronger protection.
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Omicron replaces Delta as dominant variant with 67.5 pc positivity rate in
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 29 (ANI): Karnataka Health Minister Sudhakar K on Friday said that statistics show that the Delta variant of COVID-19 has become less dominant which is now replaced by the Omicron variant of the virus as against the second wave in the country when th
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Study finds SARS-CoV-2 may remain active for longer than recommended quara
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Washington [US], January 28 (ANI): A new study has detected that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can infect a person for more than 200 days in an atypical case.
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New Zealand reports 105 new community cases of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], January 28 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported 105 new COVID-19 cases in the community on Friday, including 15 infections with the Omicron variant of the virus, bringing the total tally in the country's current community outbreak to 11,713.
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COVID-19: Omicron found in 94 per cent of positive samples in Kerala, says
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 28 (ANI): Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Thursday said that most of the positive COVID-19 samples, sent for the genome sequencing, are being tested positive for the Omicron variant of the virus while there are fewer Delta variant samples.
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Current anti-COVID pills work well against Omicron, antibody drugs less ef
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Wisconsin [US], January 27 (ANI): A new study has found the drugs behind the new pills to treat COVID-19 remain very effective against the Omicron variant of the virus in lab tests.
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Study finds molecule with potential to disable COVID-19 virus
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New York [US], January 27 (ANI): A new study has reported the discovery of a molecule with significant potential to disable the COVID-19 virus.
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Study identifying ways to attack herpesviruses opens doors for treatment
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Mansfield (Connecticut) [US], January 26 (ANI): Herpes simplex virus is a contagious virus that can be transmitted from person to person through direct contact. Children will often contract HSV-1 from early contact with an adult who has an infection. They then carry the virus with them for t
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Researchers discover new avian immunological pathway
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California [US], January 26 (ANI): A team of researchers has discovered a new immune pathway in chickens that viruses may be targeting.
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Researchers find explanation for Omicron variant causing less severe disea
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Frankfurt [Germany], January 25 (ANI): The Omicron variant replaced the Delta variant as the dominant COVID-19 variant in the world, starting from late 2021 to early 2022. But, the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant caused less severe disease than Delta, although it was better at escaping immune pro
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