Is COVID-19 containable

The coronavirus pandemic now rivals lifestyle diseases in its spread

Understanding zoonotic diseases: ‘How we interact with environment drives spillovers’

The scope and scale of deforestation and opening of new interfaces with forests and wildlife increases the chances of spillovers, says …

COVID-19: Can we flatten the un-sustainability curve?

The Earth needs to resurrect and heal. It is the right time to define collective growth and prosperity, not in terms of rising income but rising …

COVID-19: Isolated virus mutation found in India raises alarm

The mutated strain could capsize global vaccine development efforts, according to researchers

Coronavirus mutation is not as scary as it sounds

Most mutations lead to no beneficial change in the protein properties at all. In fact, mutations that change the properties of a protein are more …

Understanding zoonotic diseases: Is COVID-19 Disease X that WHO warned of in 2018?

Disease X predictions: mortality rate higher than seasonal flu; spread as easily as the flu; shake financial markets even before turning pandemic

COVID-19: Scientists race to find treatment

Test which would check for the presence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 were okayed by the Indian government on April 4, 2020

Deconstructing SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused COVID-19 pandemic

Mutation increased SARS-CoV-2’s ability to target human cells, which partly explains its faster spread, according to a research

Coronavirus update: 9,000 new cases in India in a day

More than 3 mln active cases globally

Coronavirus update: Lockdown to cover full May

Sitharaman says all sectors opened for the private players

Simply put: Self-reliant India

Coronavirus update: Faulty rapid kits to be returned to China

Centre has not paid for the kits, says Harsh Vardhan

IMTech Chandigarh to start novel coronavirus genome sequencing

Two other institutes under CSIR already on the job

Coronavirus update: India tally inches towards 2 lakhs

Active case count nears a lakh

Simply put: The Trojan relief package

Coronavirus update: Health ministry spokesperson calls plasma therapy ‘illegal’

Million-plus cases in the US

Coronavirus update: India's tally now at 45

Karnataka, Punjab record their first cases

International Day for Biological Diversity 2020: Why viruses are necessary

Possible solution to antimicrobial resistance, organ protection are some beneficial roles viruses play

COVID-19 and pregnancy: What happens to your immune system

The foetus is well protected from the passage of SARS-CoV-2 from mother to child, according to studies 

Understanding zoonotic diseases: ‘Global human interaction has eased transmission’

Globalisation and population explosion have led to increase in human-to-human transmission of viruses, says Sanath Krishna Muliya, project …

Simply put: The right mask for COVID-19

Coronavirus update: India has over 80,000 active cases

Monday added more than 6,500 to tally

Coronavirus update: India tally crosses 100,000

Active cases make up the bulk of them

Coronavirus update: Cereals, pulses, oilseeds, potatoes, onions go off Essential Commodities Act

India has more than 50,000 active cases now

Coronavirus update: Sitharaman allocates Rs 3,500 cr for foodgrain for migrants

India’s death toll has crossed 2,500