Science & Health

Covid virus starts losing ability to infect within 5 minutes in air: Study

A new study has found that Coronavirus' ability to infect people starts decreasing within five minutes of being airborne and the virus loses about 90 percent of its infectivity within 20 min of being in the air.

Jan 12, 2022

Yale University researchers have developed air sampler that can help assesses personal exposure to Covid virus

Masks, social distancing, proper hygiene can help reduce the transmission of Covid-19 in public places, but even with these measures, scientists have detected airborne SARS-CoV-2 in indoor settings.

Jan 12, 2022

Covid positivity rate in K'taka crosses 10%, Bengaluru alone reports above 10K cases

Covid rate in Karnataka crosses 10% with 14,473 fresh cases reported in the state on Tuesday, of which 10,800 were in Bengaluru

Jan 12, 2022

Global Covid caseload tops 309.9 mn, Spain sees massive spike in new cases

Global Covid caseload reached 309.9 million amid resurgence of new variant Omicron and Spain has seen nearly 292,394 new cases in the past 72 hours.

Jan 11, 2022

Israel allows food stores to sell Covid self-test kits for highly infectious Omicron

Israel health ministery has permitted stores to sell the rapid covid-19 kit. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has warned that 2 million to 4 million Israelis are predicted to be infected with coronavirus during the current outbreak mainly caused by the highly infectious Omicron variant.

Jan 10, 2022

Space journeys could make humans blind, researchers issue warning

Another study report had suggested that living on Mars could make astronauts victims of dementia

Jan 10, 2022

India begins booster Covid dose drive; Over 1 crore SMS messages sent to beneficiaries

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the program of giving Precaution Dose is based on the advice of doctors to healthcare and frontline workers and people of 60+ age and begins from today across the country.

Jan 10, 2022

US researchers roll out Chatbot to help reduce eating disorders

The chatbot helped women at a high risk for an eating disorder to reduce their concern over body weight and shape - a factor that contributes to their risk, the Verge reported.

Jan 10, 2022

India logs 1,79,723 fresh Covid cases, 12.5% higher; Bihar witnesses 21.94 per cent surge

The Omicron case tally has climbed to 4,033, of which 1,552 have been discharged from hospitals and so far total 27 states have reported the new variant

Jan 10, 2022

Covaxin booster dose trial shows "long-term safety" against Covid: Bharat Biotech

Covaxin booster dose have shown 'long-term safety with no serious adverse events' says Hyderabad-based vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech.

Jan 8, 2022

2 persons arrested for giving fake RT-PCR reports without taking swabs in K'taka

Karnataka Police on Saturday unearthed a racket involved in providing Covid negative certificates to people without collecting swab samples and arrested two persons.

Jan 8, 2022

Blood test helps predict whether lung cancer screening useful or not [Study]

Prediction model with blood test significantly improves lung cancer risk assessment compared to current guidelines

Jan 8, 2022

Those recovered from Covid still at 3-5 times prone to Omicron reinfection: WHO

Individuals who have recovered from Covid-19 are 3 to 5 times more likely to be reinfected with the Omicron variant compared to Delta, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Jan 8, 2022

India may see 10 lakh Covid cases daily by January end, predicts IISc-ISI model simulation

As the Omicron-triggered third Covid wave enters a key phase, a new projection by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science and Indian Statistical Institute (IISc-ISI) claims that the country is likely to witness over 10 lakh Covid cases a day at January-end/beginning of February when the third wave meets its peak.

Jan 8, 2022

Global Covid caseload tops 302.6 mn; India registers141K, Turkey logs 63K fresh cases

Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 302.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.47 million and vaccinations to over 9.37 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Jan 8, 2022