Battle-ready for COVID-19: A look at the arsenal of various tests

From sophisticated techniques to easy-to-use strips, the world has deployed all kinds of tools to fight novel coronavirus

Battling misinformation wars in Africa: Applying lessons from GMOs to COVID-19

Vaccine hesitancy was based mostly on perceptions about trust, importance, safety and efficacy, said a survey

Why more measles patients die of other infections

Measles virus wipes out the body’s immunity

Monoclonal antibody tech promises better disease prevention and control in Africa

Although the technology is not new, it is relatively unexplored in low- and middle-income countries

DR Congo’s health authorities probe suspected Ebola case in North Kivu

 In previous outbreaks, it has killed as many as 90 per cent of the people it infected, according to the WHO

Clever coronavirus: Spike mutations help Omicron dodge antibodies

Research findings can help developers of vaccines, treatments understand what part of novel coronavirus to target    

COVID-19: ‘Wait for field results to call rapid test kits faulty’

Population exposure to virus, time of conducting rapid test important factors, say experts

Am I immune to COVID-19 if I have antibodies?

Read on to find out whether the answer is yes or no

COVID-19: WHO recommends Regeneron antibody therapy for high-risk & seronegative patients

Price and production problems should be addressed at the earliest, the health agency says  

ICMR sero survey finds antibodies in only 21.5% Indians

The second sero study done in August-September had shown a seroprevalance of 7%

Immune cells isolated in sea corals, anemones for the 1st time

At least three per cent of the total cell population of these organisms fight infections  

COVID-19: Do antibodies hold the key

Watch what new research in Israel, the Netherlands have come up with 

COVID-19 is already endemic, lack of data plagues understanding about vaccine efficacy: Gagandeep Kang

Gagandeep Kang, ex-officio member of a working group on COVID-19 vaccines at the WHO, talks to DTE on vaccines, their effectiveness and urgent …

COVID-19: India gets first tranche of 5 lakh antibody rapid test kits

New kits to be used for surveillance, not diagnosis

COVID-19: Can antigen test be a game-changer?

Unlike commonly available COVID-19 tests that use polymerase chain reaction, antigen diagnostics work by quickly detecting fragments of virus in …

Antibody injections could fight COVID-19 infections: An infectious disease expert explains the prospects

Antibodies are perhaps the safest type of therapy and have many important functions

COVID-19 community transmission in 26 of 54 African countries: WHO

Several African countries have a poor healthcare system — about five hospital beds per 10,000 population