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Scientists call for finding future viral threats to human health
There is an urgent need to build a framework that can help identify likely future viral threats to human health, before the next outbreak...
90% reduction in Covid deaths after booster dose: Study
In people with multiple health conditions, a booster (third) dose of a Covid vaccine was associated with a 90 percent reduction in death when...
US researchers eye developing mucosal vaccines for respiratory viruses
US researchers are exploring the challenges and outlining approaches to develop mucosal vaccines for respiratory viruses, according to a statement from the US National...
Corbevax booster gives maximum protection, reveals Hyd hospital study
Amidst concerns of a new Covid wave in India following a massive surge in China and other countries, research at AIG Hospitals here has...
Covid global health emergency hopefully ends next year: WHO chief
The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that he hopes that Covid-19 will no longer be a global health emergency sometime...
Scientists identify ultra-potent antibody that can offset all Omicron variants
An international team of researchers has identified a pan-variant and ultra-potent neutralizing antibody that can offset Omicron variants.
Named 'S2X324', its neutralising potency was largely...
WHO strongly advises against antibody treatments for Covid patients
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has strongly advised against antibody treatments for Covid-19 patients, saying antibody drugs sotrovimab and casirivimab-imdevimab are not working on...
Delta variant of coronavirus could evade immune system, finds study
The human immune system can't produce the defense molecules against the Delta variant as effectively as against the other variants of coronavirus, revealed a...
Three Covid vax doses offer better protection from Omicron: Study
The third Covid-19 vaccine dose increases the level and duration of protection against the Omicron variant and hospitalisation compared to two vaccine doses, finds...
First Bivalent Covid-19 booster dose has approved by Canada.
Health Canada has authorised an adapted version of the Moderna Spikevax Covid-19 vaccine which targets the original SARS-CoV-2 virus from 2019 and the Omicron...