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Omicron 10x better at escaping Covid vax, immunity than Delta: Study
Although Omicron is touted as mild compared to previous variants, it is widely known to be more contagious than previous Covid strains.
However, a team...
Covid-19 virus harms human immune system: Israeli research
Israeli researchers have found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, harms the human immune system, Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in southern Israel said on...
Covid recovered patients may have immunity for over 8 months
Contrary to the current belief that recovered Covid-19 patients have antibodies to fight the disease for up to three to five months, a significant...
New research explains severe virus attacks on lungs
A team of Swedish researchers has revealed how different kinds of immune cells, called macrophages, develop in the lungs, and which of them may...
Potential cancer therapy may boost immune response
Researchers have revealed a new approach to cancer therapy that shows the potential to transform the commonly used chemotherapy drug gemcitabine into a drug...
Call for Covid-19 studies to focus on mucosal immunity
Researchers have stressed that more Covid-19 studies should be devoted to how immunity to coronavirus emerges in the mucous membranes of the nose and...
Here’s a 21-day immunity plan you can follow for ever
With 80 per cent of chronic disease attributable to lifestyle and linked environmental factors and within the lifestyle hierarchy, poor diet being the most...
Mumbai: 2nd Sero-survey from Aug 10 to avow herd immunity
Buoyed by the encouraging results of the first Serological Surveillance for SARS-CoV2 Infection, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will conduct another similar survey from...
‘Herd immunity against Covid possible even with 43% of population’
Contrary to the decades-old theory that herd immunity against a pandemic is achieved when at least 60 percent population is infected, new research shows...
Boost your immunity to sail through the Monsoon
This year has been nothing short of eventful so far, and with monsoon knocking at our doors, little modifications in our diet can save...