Virus Scare

Paris: France and Germany have decided to bring back restrictions to control what is seen as a second wave of coronavirus infections. Curfew will imposed in Paris, Lyon and seven...

Odisha's Piyush Agarwal, an IIT Kharagpur alumnus and owner of startup ‘PQR Technology Private Limited’, has developed battery-operated masks which, he claims, will ensure optimum oxygen for the wearer. These...

As the world waits for an effective COVID-19 vaccine, World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said that young and healthy people may have to wait till...

New Delhi: Scientists from Oxford University’s Department of Physics have developed an extremely rapid diagnostic test that detects and identifies viruses in less than five minutes. The university said it would...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw another 17 patients succumbing to COVID-19, which took the toll to 1089 on Thursday. According to the Health and Family Welfare department, four deaths have been reported...

Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine is being fast-tracked by reducing the size of Phase 2 trials by half. Developed in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Covaxin will...

Bhubaneswar: The total recovered cases of COVID-19 went up to 2,35,763 after 2775 more patients were discharged from hospitals in the state on Wednesday. According to the Health and Family...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in the capital city climbed to 26,283 on Wednesday with the overnight 267 new cases. Among the new cases, 73% are local contacts (196) and 71...

Mumbai: Shaista Pathan, 47, a native of Palghar, is suffering from memory loss and brain fog after testing positive for COVID-19. According to a report in Times Of India (TOI),...

New Delhi: Facebook has decided to ban ads on its platform that discourage vaccinations, whereas advocacy ads about government vaccine policies will still run. The social media conglomerate has already...