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4th Covid vaccine booster enhances antibodies five-fold, says Israeli study

Amid rising cases of Omicron, a preliminary study by Israeli researchers has shown that a fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine boosts antibodies five-fold in just a week after the shot is administered, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Tuesday.

Jan 5, 2022

Fighting Omicron: If antibodies fail, T-cells can help in fight, says new study

Researchers have found that T cells - one of the body's key defences against Covid-19, can mount an effective immune response against Omicron, if antibodies fail to do that.

Jan 4, 2022

Global Covid caseload crosses 292 million, Omicron makes cases surge world over

Global coronavirus caseload has topped 292 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.44 million so far

Jan 4, 2022

US FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine boosters for children aged 12-15 [Details]

US FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine boosters to children aged 12 to 15.

Jan 4, 2022

India logs 33,750 new Covid-19 cases, Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru report surge in infections

23 states have reported cases of the new variant, the Ministry said. Karnataka Minister for Health K. Sudhakar said on Monday that the tally of Omicron cases in the state has increased to 76 after 10 new cases were confirmed.

Jan 3, 2022

Nausea, loss of appetite may be new symptoms of Omicron [details]

Vomiting has also been reported as a symptom among those with the variant in some cases. People with Omicron are 15 to 20 percent less likely to need hospital treatment.

Jan 2, 2022

Long COVID still a risk with Omicron despite mild illness: Fauci [details]

Long-term symptoms usually include shortness of breath, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, insomnia, and brain fog.

Jan 2, 2022

Why Omicron variant is less severe? It mostly avoids attacking lungs: Report

Omicron levels in the lungs were one-tenth or less of the level of other variants. Omicron was first identified in South Africa and Botswana in late November. It quickly became the dominant strain in South Africa.

Jan 1, 2022

India reports 43% surge with 13,154 new Covid cases in 24 hrs; Omicron tally reaches 961

In the last 24 hours, India registered 13,154 new Covid-19 cases and 268 deaths, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.

Dec 30, 2021

Karnataka sees 566 new Covid cases in single day, including 38 with Omicron variant

Karnataka reported 566 new Covid cases on Thursday in a single day including 38 Omicron cases

Dec 30, 2021

Omicron Update: Rapid antigen tests have less sensitivity against Covid variant, says US FDA

The soaring Covid cases across the US are prompting a high demand for at-home rapid testing. When compared to molecular tests, antigen tests are generally less sensitive and less likely to pick up a very early infection.

Dec 29, 2021

Here's one good outcome from Omicron - It may replace dreaded Delta Covid variant from world: Experts

The highly transmissible Omicron variant of Covid, which has so far been detected in more than 100 countries so far, may help the world get rid of the Delta strain that claimed so many lives across the globe, said health experts on Tuesday.

Dec 29, 2021

Omicron tally reaches 781; Daily fresh Covid cases reach 9,195 in 24 hrs

In the last 24 hours, India registered 9,195 fresh Covid-19 cases, a significant spike from the previous day's figure of 6,358.

Dec 29, 2021

New Vax Drive: Only Covaxin to be administered to children aged 15-18 yrs

As the vaccination process for the teens aged 15 to 18 years will commence from January 3 across the nation, the government has said only Covaxin will be administered.

Dec 28, 2021

Private hospital in Hyderabad performed rare surgery on 3-year-old girl

Gelastic seizures are usually present in childhood, even in the newborn period, and are manifested by frequent attacks of inappropriate laughter resulting from seizure activity. Studies show that these are very rare and only one in every 200,000 children suffers from this abnormality.

Dec 28, 2021