Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 1864 fresh cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours on Friday. Khurda reported the highest number of cases with 496 infections, followed by Cuttack (221) and...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha capital saw a marginal fall in new COVID infections on Friday with 318 more people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. The city...

  Paris: Going by the advice of the French government’s top advisor on COVID-19, a new variant of the disease would “probably" emerge in the winter months this year. “We...

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced financial compensation of Rs 15 lakh each to kin of 17 working journalists, who had succumbed to COVID-19 in Odisha. Odisha has...

New Delhi: Face masks have become more of a fashion statement than a safeguard against COVID-19. In the absence of any updated guidelines with regard to masks since April 2020...

We all know by now that the Delta variant of coronavirus is highly transmissible and contagious, which has spread to 125 countries. But how dangerous is it actually? Well, according...

New Delhi: It's all in the mind. The way you react to a situation determines the consequences. Similarly, with medical conditions, the way your mind reacts to a problem has...

Bhubaneswar: Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday called upon the officials engaged in COVID-19 management to remain prepared for the third wave of the pandemic. Speaking at a high-level review...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha climbed to 5,377 on Friday with 69 more deaths reported in the last 24 hours. The Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department, however, clarified...

New Delhi: The COVID-19 patients on whom steroids have been used during treatment are found to have developed unusually large and multiple liver abscesses post-recovery, reports from Sir Ganga Ram...