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A study by researchers from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal found that the actual coronavirus infectivity levels may vary significantly based on the presence of other viral proteins like the nucleocapsid (N) protein. The SARS-CoV-2 virus has an RNA genome, surrounded by a sphere-shaped structure. This …

Representative image Seeking to augment human resources deployed in fighting COVID-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved a number of measures, including postponing the NEET-PG for at least four months to make a large number of qualified doctors available for pandemic duty and pressing into service medical interns. The PMO …

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police on Friday launched the website COVID.SCSC.IN for verified information on Covid-19 related services available in the city. Officials said that the effort will enable citizens to access verified information that will help them while dealing with patients under critical care, self care and preventive care. Critical …

Microblogging platform Twitter has now come out to contribute in making people aware of the COVID-19 vaccine and push people towards the vaccination. The Twitter prompt appears on top of the timeline in a box.  “As COVID-19 vaccinations become more widely available, we want you to have access to the …

New Delhi: ‘Fatty Liver’ commonly finds mention in an ultrasound examination report and is often passed off as an incidental finding, it may not be innocuous after all, suggest recent studies in reputed medical journals. Japanese and European scientists were the first to report a strange four-fold increase in heart …

The ongoing second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India may peak between May 11-15 with 33-35 lakh total ‘active’ cases and decline steeply by the end of May, according to a mathematical module devised by IIT scientists. On Friday, India saw a single-day rise of 3,32,730 (3.32 lakh) Covid-19 …

Pharma company Zydus Cadila today received restricted Emergency use approval from India’s drug regulator for the use of Virafin, Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b (PegIFN) in treating moderate Covid-19 infection in adults. When administered early on during Covid, Virafin will help patients recover faster and avoid much of the complications, the company …

India will start receiving Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine by end-May, its local distributor Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories told Reuters on Thursday, a later than expected schedule that could slow the country’s immunisation drive. “We are targeting to have the first batches imported by (fiscal) Q1, and are trying our best …

The Centre’s CoWIN platform will be scaled up rapidly to service the third phase of the Covid-19 expanded vaccination drive starting May 1 under the new policy, National Health Authority chairman RS Sharma told ET on Tuesday, adding that it will continue to keep track of each vaccine administered and …

Fiona Kelliher / Mercury News: Charles “Chuck” Geschke, who co-founded Adobe in 1982 with John Warnock and helped develop PDF technology, died on Friday at 81  —  Survived kidnapping at gunpoint  —  Charles “Chuck” Geschke, co-founder of the iconic Silicon Valley company Adobe Inc. and prominent cheerleader of downtown San …