Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID-19 caseload in the state capital went up again with 375 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours. The number of fresh positive cases was...

Bhubaneswar: A newborn diagnosed with Neo-natal Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MISC), a rare condition in babies caused by COVID infection, recovered followed proper treatment at SUM Ultimate Medicare here....

Bhubaneswar: Lok Sabha MP Aparajita Sarangi on Tuesday joined the poster war that has erupted between BJP and the BJD since free vaccination for 18 years and the above age...

  New Delhi: AstraZeneca joins other vaccines that are effective against the Delta variant. COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca offers high levels of protection against the Delta variant (B.1.617.2; formerly the ‘Indian...

New Delhi: Come July 1 and private hospitals will be able to book COVID-19 vaccine doses and even make advance payments through the CoWin portal. However, the number of doses...

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Forty cases of Delta Plus variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, a mutation of the Delta strain or B.1.617.2 variant first detected in India, have so far been reported...

Friendships and sex have taken a beating over the past year. No wonder youngsters fled homes as soon as the lockdown restrictions eased and headed straight to meet their friends...

New Delhi: The University of Oxford is working on the possibility of using the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19. It was testing the drug as part...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha lost another senior officer to COVID-19 on Tuesday. Senior OFS officer SMT Rahman breathed his last while battling the infection at a private hospital here. He was 52....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha lost another 46 people to COVID in the last 24 hours, which took the toll to 3717 on Wednesday. According to the Health Department, the fatalities have been...