Amid the unprecedented challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, a once obscure enzyme found itself in the spotlight: reverse transcriptase. As laboratories worldwide rushed to develop reliable diagnostic tests, techniques using the enzyme became the gold standard to detect the SARS-2 virus, and a cornerstone of molecular diagnostics. This remarkable enzyme didn’t only facilitate rapid …
On Monday, June 3, Republicans teamed up to grill Dr. Anthony Fauci in hopes of unravelling his alleged controversial associations with the COVID-19 pandemic and further scrutinising the true origins of the virus that challenged the world. The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases came out to publicly testify for …
The coronavirus pandemic continues to have a lingering effect on the world as scientists scramble to understand the many long-lasting effects of the virus. One such is a condition that has cognitive effects like memory loss and difficulty learning, known as brain fog. it leads to a feeling of mental confusion, lack of clarity, or …
The Covid-19 pandemic was one of the worst event the planet experienced in over half a century that has had an event on everyone directly or indirectly. Researchers, in a study published in The Lancet, have unveiled the profound impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on global health, revealing significant drops in life expectancy in various …
Global life expectancy dropped by 1.6 years between 2019 and 2021, a sharp reversal from past improvements, according to a research published in The Lancet journal. One of the first to fully evaluate demographic trends in the context of the first two years of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the study has published findings which could …
Monday marks four years since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared Covid-19 a pandemic. Millions of people in India were infected and died from the virus with the persistent impact of long Covid-19 and post virus syndrome being studied. With the availability of Covid-19 vaccines and medicines, the virus will become much like a regular …
Researchers update the composition of influenza vaccines every six months to match the strains of the virus that are circulating in the wild, so that the shots may provide protective immunity against the flu. But despite their best efforts, researchers rarely perfectly match the strains loaded in the vaccine with the strains circulating by the time …
2024 has already proven to be a difficult year for layoffs. A handful of companies have been making job cuts in recent weeks, bringing uncertainty for workers across industries. In the world of retail and tech, some of these cuts arrive after a ramp-up in hiring seen during the COVID-19 pandemic — when people spent …
With Covid-19 putting the spotlight on respiratory illnesses, Kochi’s Amrita Hospital has further focused its attention on Sarcoidosis, a rare inflammatory disorder primarily affecting the lungs and lymph nodes. The hospital has started a dedicated Sarcoidosis Clinic and an ILD (Interstitial Lung Disease) Clinic, to address established intestinal diseases, pulmonology issues, and sarcoidosis. Sarcoidosis is …
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save NEW YORK — Look for flu and COVID-19 infections to ramp up in the coming weeks, U.S. health officials say, with increases fueled by holiday gatherings, too many unvaccinated people and a new version of the coronavirus that may be spreading more easily. High levels …