All Strange Things About India and world
WHO ahead of the holidays stressed the danger of many people getting infected with OmicronParis: With new versions forcing vaccine makers to re-test jabs, the virus that causes Covid-19 has…
Delta has shown to be roughly 60 percent more transmissible than the Alpha variant of SARS-CoV-2 virusParis, France: As the Delta variant continues its global surge, experts are questioning whether…
Photo: Aleksandr Ozerov (Shutterstock) In the early days of the pandemic, there was an idea being thrown around that we should attempt to reach “herd immunity” as soon as possible.…
U.S. President Donald Trump and the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday disagreed about when a COVID-19 vaccine would become widely available. Trump has…
By Jessica Hamzelou Researchers have found cases of people being infected with the coronavirus a second time NR Med/Brin Reynolds In recent weeks, the first confirmed reports of people who…
Since the first vaccine was developed in 1796, vaccinations have been phenomenally successful at preventing infectious diseases, and wiping out some altogether. The latest video in our new YouTube series,…
By Jessica Hamzelou Violinist Ara Malikian performs in Madrid during the pandemicJuanjo Martin/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock THE idea of herd immunity has had a bumpy ride as the coronavirus pandemic has played out.…
MUMBAI : The Mumbai civic body has started the second phase of sero-surveillance study in the city from Monday to assess the spread of COVID-19 and how many people have…
Herd immunity occurs when a large number of people, usually 70 to 90%, become immune to a contagious disease after being infected to it. But there are many grey areas…
While many, such as NITI Aayog warned of vulnerability, a leading immunologist, Dr Dipyaman Ganguly, Principal Scientist at CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata believes that the current trend…