HMPV outbreak: There have been recent reports of an increase in respiratory illnesses in India due to HMPV or Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), following the outbreak in China. This has led to heightened anxiety among the public. This resurgence of illnesses has evoked memories of the Covid-19 pandemic, the subsequent lockdown, and the uncertainties that accompanied … Read more
Director of CSIR’s Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology and INSACOG Anurag Agarwal speaks to Anubhuti Vishnoi on the Sars-Cov-2 variants. On variants in India The B.1. 617.2 the sub lineage of B.1. 617 is rising faster than B.1.617.1. In some parts of the country, the B.1.117 (Kent variant) is still dominant like in Punjab … Read more
By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A slew of “gold standard” clinical trials offer new hope for patients battling severe COVID-19: cheap, common drugs known as corticosteroids appear to cut the death rate by a third. Publication of new data on treatment with … Read more
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A simple blood test may predict which COVID-19 patients are likely to get worse and die, a new study suggests. “When we first started treating COVID-19 patients, we watched them get better or get worse, but we didn’t know why,” said … Read more