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  • Delhi govt provides honorarium of Rs 1 crore to kin of deceased Covid warrior December 25, 2023 09:04 PM IST

    Delhi govt provides honorarium of Rs 1 crore to kin of deceased Covid warrior

    Social Welfare Minister Anand said that the Delhi government will provide all possible assistance to the families of Covid warriors who lost their lives during the pandemic.

  • 34 cases of Covid's JN.1 variant detected in Karnataka December 25, 2023 08:35 PM IST

    34 cases of Covid's JN.1 variant detected in Karnataka

    Out of 34 JN.1 cases in State - 20 are from Bengaluru city, while four from Mysuru, three from Mandya, one each from Ramanagara, Bengaluru Rural, Kodagu and Chamarajanagara, and three deaths.

  • COVID-19: India's active caseload breaches 4,000-mark after 628 fresh cases reported December 25, 2023 01:33 PM IST

    COVID-19: India's active caseload breaches 4,000-mark after 628 fresh cases reported

    The case fatality rate stands at 1.19 per cent. According to the ministry website, 220.67 crore Covid vaccine doses have been administered.

  • COVID-19 in India Highlights: Maharashtra reports nine confirmed cases linked to JN.1 subvariant December 24, 2023 11:01 PM IST

    COVID-19 in India Highlights: Maharashtra reports nine confirmed cases linked to JN.1 subvariant

    COVID-19 in India LIVE: The JN.1 patients include five from Thane city, two from Pune city, and one each from a rural pocket of Pune district, Akola city and Sindhudurg district.

  • 3 persons test positive for COVID-19 in Bengal December 22, 2023 01:35 PM IST

    3 persons test positive for COVID-19 in Bengal

    However, it was yet to be ascertained whether the trio were infected by the new JN.1 strain of COVID-19, officials said.

  • COVID-19 cases on upswing, JN.1 subvariant in focus; what we know so far December 20, 2023 10:55 PM IST

    COVID-19 cases on upswing, JN.1 subvariant in focus; what we know so far

    There are currently 2,311 active COVID-19 cases in India, as per the health ministry data. So far, 21 cases linked to the contagious JN.1 subvariant have been detected.

  • JN.1 Coronavirus Variant On Rise | How Dangerous Is It? December 19, 2023 12:47 PM IST

    JN.1 Coronavirus Variant On Rise | How Dangerous Is It?

    India detected its first JN1 case in Kerala’s Karakulam on December 8. A 79-year-old woman tested positive in an RT-PCR test. The confirmation of JN1 has put the Centre and states on alert. The health ministry is in touch with state authorities and is monitoring the situation Source of Information: CDC, WHO, Reuters, PIB & News18 Interview with Dr Saumitra Das.

  • COVID Cases in Kerala | What Are The Symptoms Of New Omicron Subvariant JN.1? December 18, 2023 03:07 PM IST

    COVID Cases in Kerala | What Are The Symptoms Of New Omicron Subvariant JN.1?

    Have you been feeling under the weather in Kerala? JN.1, a new Covid sub-variant, could be the culprit. Identified in a woman from Kerala, the JN.1 Covid sub-variant raises concerns about its transmissibility and immune evasion. What are the symptoms this new omicron subvariant & how can you protect yourself? Watch to find out.

  • Women’s entry into labour force rises post-COVID. But is it all good? November 28, 2023 01:42 PM IST

    Women’s entry into labour force rises post-COVID. But is it all good?

    While a majority of the women had to settle for low-paying agriculture jobs or work without pay in household enterprises, there have been some bright spots too — 86 percent of net new hiring in the manufacturing sector are females while men join construction

  • It’s time scientists admitted their COVID mistakes November 27, 2023 10:57 AM IST

    It’s time scientists admitted their COVID mistakes

    Some public health agencies took years to admit what had quickly become obvious: that the COVID virus was airborne. Others suggested extreme precautions, which had minimal benefits or were hard to implement. Rebuilding trust is not just about clearer, more persuasive communication but also admitting to mistakes 

  • The pandemic is over but our mental stress isn’t November 03, 2023 10:23 AM IST

    The pandemic is over but our mental stress isn’t

    Humans have finite mental resources, and they’ve been decidedly depleted by years of dealing with Covid and its fallout, plus economic woes and worries about geopolitical upheaval

  • The news is depressing — but data can help us October 10, 2023 01:09 PM IST

    The news is depressing — but data can help us

    COVID, the Ukraine war and climate chaos make for anxious reading, so maybe it’s time to go back to numbers

  • Want to unravel some big COVID mysteries? Check the wastewater October 05, 2023 11:40 AM IST

    Want to unravel some big COVID mysteries? Check the wastewater

    By sifting through sewage, scientists can study unusual cases and even the origin of the virus

  • Nobel for mRNA vaccine shows power of perseverance October 03, 2023 04:56 PM IST

    Nobel for mRNA vaccine shows power of perseverance

    The Covid-19 shots that seemed to appear overnight built on decades of work by Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman

  • Long COVID is real. Now the evidence is piling up September 28, 2023 11:24 AM IST

    Long COVID is real. Now the evidence is piling up

    A new study, led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Yale School of Medicine and published in Nature, defines some critical differences in certain biomarkers of people with long COVID. The next step is even more critical: coming up with a way to cure them

  • ‘There is no work to balance’: how shrinking budgets, COVID and AI shook up life in management consulting September 18, 2023 03:16 PM IST

    ‘There is no work to balance’: how shrinking budgets, COVID and AI shook up life in management consulting

    The profession built to help others weather disruption benefited from a rush of demand during the COVID-19 pandemic and expanded accordingly. But that has come to an abrupt end...

  • Nipah virus in Kerala brings back Covid-era containment zones | Nipah Explained September 18, 2023 10:35 AM IST

    Nipah virus in Kerala brings back Covid-era containment zones | Nipah Explained

    Containment zones, door-to-door medical checkups, and closure of schools and colleges are some of the steps that authorities have taken in Kerala. For the fourth time since 2018, the state is again battling the deadly Nipah virus. It was earlier detected in Kozhikode in 2018 and 2021 and in Ernakulam in 2019. So what is the Nipah Virus, what are its symptoms, and is it dangerous? Watch to find out

  • 10 things to know about the new Covid variant, BA.2.86 or Pirola September 01, 2023 05:47 PM IST

    10 things to know about the new Covid variant, BA.2.86 or Pirola

    Pirola first appeared on the radar on July 24, 2023, and has quickly earned the WHO's classification as a 'variant of interest'.

  • Covid-19 Update Highlights: The Prime Minister's Principal Secretary holds a high-level meeting to examine the present COVID-19 situation August 21, 2023 11:02 PM IST

    Covid-19 Update Highlights: The Prime Minister's Principal Secretary holds a high-level meeting to examine the present COVID-19 situation

    Covid-19 Update Highlight: An overview of the global COVID-19 situation was given by Secretary, Health including certain newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus like BA.2.86 (Pirola) and EG.5 (Eris), which have been reported globally. He underlined that as per World Health Organization (WHO), while EG.5 (Eris) has been reported from over 50 countries, the variant BA.2.86 (Pirola) is in four countries.

  • Joe Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters August 21, 2023 06:42 AM IST

    Joe Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters

    The official said that while the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are reporting an increase in infections and hospital admissions from the virus, overall levels remain low.

  • WHO, US health authorities tracking new COVID-19 variant; 'impact unknown' August 18, 2023 06:21 PM IST

    WHO, US health authorities tracking new COVID-19 variant; 'impact unknown'

    The WHO classified the new variant as one under surveillance "due to the large number (more than 30) of spike gene mutations it carries"

  • All you need to know about Eris, the new Covid variant spreading rapidly August 07, 2023 11:32 AM IST

    All you need to know about Eris, the new Covid variant spreading rapidly

    New Covid variant: Eris has inherited some of its symptoms from the parent Omicron strain.

  • Active Covid cases in country dip to 1,490 July 02, 2023 10:47 AM IST

    Active Covid cases in country dip to 1,490

    The death toll was recorded at 5,31,907, the data updated at 8 am stated.

  • Walgreens warns of low consumer spending, large drop in COVID sales June 28, 2023 01:04 PM IST

    Walgreens warns of low consumer spending, large drop in COVID sales

    The end of the COVID emergency in May led to a steep drop in COVID vaccines and testing, Walgreens executives said, while penny-pinching customers hunted for discounted items, shunning normal-priced consumer health products.

  • The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says June 28, 2023 09:47 AM IST

    The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says

    The numbers issued on Tuesday by the US Small Business Administration inspector general are much greater than the office's previous projections and underscore how vulnerable the Paycheck Protection and COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan programmes were to fraudsters, particularly during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic.