194 of Kerala Nipah victim's contacts are high-risk

The number of people at risk for contracting Nipah in the contact list of the 14-year-old boy who lost his life to the rare infection, has been increased to 406, out of which 194 are in the......

A Breakthrough In Nipah Virus Research

This will also help test the effectiveness of preventing the entry of Nipah in target cells. IMAGE: Field lab assistants anaesthetise a bat at a field laboratory as they research the Nipah virus.......

Covid: Parl panel stresses swift strategy evolution for next-gen vaccines

A parliamentary committee has stressed the urgent need to evolve strategies for development of next-generation vaccines and recommended that the Union health ministry encourage vaccine development......

Zika virus detected in K'taka dist, govt urges people not to panic

In view of Zika virus detected in a mosquito species in Chikkaballapura district, the Karnataka health department on Thursday issued an advisory urging people not to panic unnecessarily and visit......

Will India's Covaxin be world's first COVID-19 drug?

'We need to prove to the world that quality vaccines and R&D are possible in India.' *Photograph: Carl Recine/Reuters. Dr Krishna Ella, chairman and MD, Bharat Biotech, is the man of the moment.......

Gujarat firm gets licence to make covid-19 test kits

A joint venture of Synbiotics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ambalal Sarabhai Enterprises (ASE), and CoDiagnostics, CoSara Diagnostics is the first and only Indian company so far to receive a......

Indian may have found cure to HIV

A cure for the deadly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection might well be much closer than the world thought earlier. In a significant breakthrough, a group of scientists -- including an......