SARS-CoV 2

Anyone who has had children remembers how many colds they got during their first three years of life. Whether novel respiratory viruses like SARS-CoV-2 or routine respiratory viruses, they lack repeated exposures that provide long-term…

Bhubaneswar: In view of sudden spurt of Covid 19 cases in China and other western countries, the Odisha government on Wednesday has issued alert to all district administrations, medical colleges and health officials. In a letter to all…

New Delhi: Researchers have reported the design of a new class of synthetic peptides that can not only block the entry of SARS-CoV-2 virus entry into cells but also clump the virions (virus particles) together, reducing their ability to…

New Delhi: A team of scientists has developed a new technology, the platform for fluorometric detection of pathogens such as viruses by measurement of fluorescent light emitted. The potential of the new technology has been demonstrated…

Guwahati: The Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) at Assam’s Dibrugarh has come up with a testing kit that can detect the new Covid variant- Omicron in just two hours. The Omicron testing…

New Delhi: An anti-COVID-19 therapeutic application of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) has been developed by Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Government has restricted congregation for celebration of Dola Yatra and associated religious and cultural congregations throughout the state. Holi celebration on March 28th & 29th and their related rituals will not…