Virus Scare

Bhubaneswar: The vaccine drive launched by the government has been scaling new peaks, but everyone is still recommended to take all precautions to safeguard against COVID-19. The spectre of coronavirus...

Mumbai: Hours after Neetu Singh confirmed the COVID-19 positive status of Ranbir Kapoor, filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali was also found to have been infected by the virus. The director is...

Geneva: A senior official of the World Health Organisation has said that so-called “vaccine passports” for COVID-19 should not be used for international travel because of numerous concerns, including ethical...

New Delhi: Covaxin, the indigenous coronavirus vaccine that was authorized for use in January before full clinical trial data, has been declared “safe, immunogenic with no serious side effects” by...

Bhubaneswar: In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Odisha government has asked the collectors to restrict gatherings during the celebration of Maha Shivratri on Thursday. "The State is passing through...

New Delhi: The worrying SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, like the UK and South African ones, look to be converging through mutations towards a “super variant”. A new study suggests that...

Bhubaneswar: Gifting health to women on the occasion of International Women's Day, the founder of KIIT and KISS Dr Achyuta Samanta announced that all women employees of KIIT Group of...

Bhubaneswar: A day after the Delhi-based firm claimed that the Rapid Antigen Test kits supplied by it were not defective, Odisha Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Das said veracity...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 88 patients recovered from COVID-19 and were discharged from hospitals in 21 districts of Odisha on Monday. Of the recovered patients, 12 are from Jharsuguda district,...

Bhubaneswar: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has urged his cabinet colleague and Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to set up one of the four proposed National Institutes of Virology (NIV) in...