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U.S. companies are scrambling to boost production of coronavirus tests increasingly in short supply as COVID-19 cases soar and schools and employers revive surveillance programs that will require tens of millions of tests, according to industry executives and state health officials. Test manufacturers including Abbott Laboratories, Becton Dickinson and Co, …

For people who received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, the past few months have been a bit of a bumpy ride with news of side effects, pauses and restarts and now boosters. Maureen Ferran is a virologist at the Rochester Institute of Technology and has been keeping tabs on …

New Delhi: While the possibility of third COVID wave continues to be a cause of worry, the fresh cases of Coronavirus have undergone a surge in the past few days. The figures in the last five days show that the cases of COVID-19 in the country are seeing an upward …

Frequently Asked Questions How long after getting my initial COVID-19 vaccines can I get an additional dose? CDC recommends the additional dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine be administered at least four weeks after a second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Can you mix and match …

New Delhi: Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, who won a gold medal for India at the Tokyo Olympics, took a COVID-19 RT-PCR after high fever and sore throat, which has been reported negative, sources close to news agency ANI said. As per the information available, Neeraj Chopra is currently resting after …

New Delhi: The Coronavirus pandemic has caused a mental health crisis across the globe. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a staggering more than 4 million people have lost their lives across the globe due to novel coronavirus, leaving behind bereaved families who are even unable to say a …

US giant drug maker Moderna’s Covid-19 messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine is expected to reach India this week after the completion of some official formalities, informed sources. After getting the vaccines it’s going to be distributed among government hospitals of the country. “On behalf of COVAX, Gavi is working closely with …

Udhagamandalam: Tamil Nadu Forest Minister K Ramachandran on Satuday flagged off six auto ambulances in Nilgiris in Nilgiris district to carry Covid-19 patients. “Being a hilly district, the roads and pathways were too narrow for the movement of bigger ambulances, so auto ambulances were introduced,” the Forest Minister said. Also …

Researchers have developed a non-invasive and low-cost method that can accurately and rapidly detect Covid-19 using samples taken from the screens of smartphones. The researchers from University College London (UCL) in the UK analysed swabs from mobile screens rather than directly from people using the method known as Phone Screen …

New Delhi: As the country emerges from the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the experts have warned the ‘Delta plus’ variant of Covid-19 may trigger a third wave in the country, particularly Maharashtra that has so far reported 21 cases of this highly infectious variant. The major cause of …