Virus Scare

New Delhi: After nearly a year of study and speculation, researchers are now saying that the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine, given during early childhood, and Tetanus-Diphtheria-Pertussis (Tdap) vaccine, given every 10...

New Delhi: Allaying fears amid media report of the new coronavirus variant C.1.2 entering the country, govt sources on Wednesday clarified that no case of C.1.2 has been reported in...

Sao Paulo: Researchers from Brazil have detected a molecule in the venom of a type of snake inhibited coronavirus reproduction in monkey cells. This is perhaps the first step towards...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID toll in Odisha surpassed the 8000-mark and touched 8022 on Wednesday with 53 more deaths due to the deadly disease being confirmed after an audit in the...

Bhubaneswar: A day after the state government decided to withdraw weekend shutdown and revise night curfew, Odisha on Wednesday saw a marginal rise in daily caseload with 719 persons, including...

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload in the city went up to 200 on Tuesday. It had come down to 173 on Monday from 293 on Sunday. The new cases included...

New Delhi: C.1.2, a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, first found in South Africa and now in China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mauritius, England, New Zealand, Portugal and Switzerland...

New Delhi: Viral buildup in the lungs is the likely driver behind the steep mortality rates seen in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published on Tuesday. Researchers at...

Bhubaneswar: While further easing the ongoing partial lockdown norms, the Odisha government on Tuesday increased the ceiling on wedding, threat ceremony and funeral programmes to 250, including hosts, guests, priests,...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Tuesday further eased the lockdown norms by withdrawing the ongoing weekend shutdown in three cities - Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Puri. THE GUIDELINES FOR SEPTEMBER >>...