Virus Scare

Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be more than 50 per cent effective, to nearly 60 per cent. In comparison, Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are believed to be...

New Delhi: India is expected to receive the first lot of anti-COVID shots in late January-early February. This lot will allow some frontline workers like doctors, nurses and municipal staff...

Beijing: Acclaimed Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli, also known as 'Bat Woman', has published new evidence that suggests her laboratory was not the source of the global pandemic. Shi, deputy director...

Cuttack: There was no major change in the number of new COVID-19 cases in the city as 25 persons tested positive for the disease in the last 24 hours. There...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the forefront two popular medical terms -- polypharmacy and multimorbidity. Polypharmacy means having at least five medications in a day, while multimorbidity means having...

Bhubaneswar: With COVID-19 positive cases making a substantial drop in the last 24 hours, the recoveries also slipped to less than 1,000 on Sunday. As many as 905 patients recovered...

Moderna has dropped a hint on the price of its COVID-19 vaccine, which they claim is 94.5% effective based on data from the final phase of clinical trials. Depending on...

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID-19 caseload in the Odisha capital remained below 50 for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday with 43 more people testing positive for the virus in the...

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Sunday that All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has begun the recruitment process for 207 more Junior Resident (JR)...

Bhubaneswar: To believe or not to believe! This is the predicament of an Odisha MLA over the accuracy of COVID-19 tests. The BJP legislator from Rengali, Nauri Nayak, first tested...