Is COVID-19 containable

The coronavirus pandemic now rivals lifestyle diseases in its spread

We want to know where COVID came from. But it’s too soon to expect miracles

If we keep looking, we may eventually find all the missing pieces we need to close the case on where SARS-CoV-2 came from

Behind Ethiopia’s surge in COVID-19 cases

Africa’s second-most populous nation has become the fifth-most affected country on the continent

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 vaccines: Some fully vaccinated people will still get infected — here’s why

Viral variants can escape immune detection and flourish even in vaccinated people

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

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

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 …

Where should we be looking for the next SARS-like virus? AI offers clues

Machine learning can help shortlist animal hosts that need further monitoring

Quarter of the world has antibodies against COVID-19, study reveals

The figure dropped slightly to 21% when vaccinated population were excluded

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 …

Dismal figures: ‘India sequenced less than 1% of total COVID-19 samples in nearly 3 months’

Lack of funds, difficulty in getting samples among reasons for poor numbers

Health ministry confirms 2 more coronavirus variants in India

Uptick in cases in 5 states cannot be linked to these variants as of now, said NITI Aayog member VK Paul 

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: Need to relook human relationship with wild, domestic animals, says report

But should not come at the cost of ignoring needs of local / indigenous communities, warns report 

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

The ‘kraken’ COVID variant XBB.1.5 is rising quickly in the US — here’s what it could mean for the UK

While XBB’s mutations enable it to evade our immune systems better than previous omicron subvariants, it doesn’t appear to be causing&…

There’s a ‘weak spot’ in all major novel coronavirus variants — and scientists have found it

The weakness can be targeted by neutralising antibodies, paving the way for universally effective treatments  

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

Know the Delta: A game of hide and seek

Should we be studying the variants more?

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