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Friday, July 25, 2025
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Topic: SARS-CoV-2

Cough or fever first? Covid variants can make symptoms appear in different order, US study says

Symptom order can change with mutations in the virus, finds a study by researchers from the University of Southern California, published in 'PLOS Computational Biology'.

Days after suggesting booster dose, govt body’s U-turn: ‘More scientific scrutiny needed’

INSACOG’s U-turn, which mirrors the government’s stance, comes at a time when India’s Omicron case count has jumped to 12.

Booster dose of 6 Covid vaccines is safe, increases immunity, shows study in Lancet

The study looked at safety, immune response and side-effects of seven vaccines — Oxford-AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech, Novavax, Janssen, Moderna, Valneva and Curevac.

Covaxin was 50% effective among health workers in 2nd wave, real-world study from AIIMS shows

Study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases journal assessed 2,714 hospital workers from AIIMS New Delhi, who were most exposed to Covid and were primarily offered Covaxin.

AY.12 — the new sublineage of Delta variant circulating in India, Israel

AY.12 is, at present, the most dominant strain in Israel — 51% of samples studied have shown the prevalence of this variant. In India, the first sample of AY.12 was found on 7 Sep 2020.

Coronavirus mutated same amount during pandemic as humans since Homo habilis walked earth

Mutations are the ultimate engine of evolution and provide the raw material for natural selection to act.

First nasal vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech gets nod for phase 2 trial

BBV154 is the first of its kind Covid-19 jab to undergo human clinical trials in India which is an intranasal replication-deficient chimpanzee adenovirus SARS-CoV-2 vectored vaccine.

WHO forms new expert group to continue research into origins of Covid in Wuhan

The new advisory group, SAGO, will also be responsible for advising WHO on development of a global framework to study emergence of future emerging pathogens with pandemic potential.

Why long Covid could help us understand other chronic diseases

Studies of Covid long-haulers might eventually help us understand other diseases, from chronic fatigue syndrome to cancer to Alzheimer’s.

Off The Cuff with Nicholas Wade

People are now much more open to finding an alternate explanation for where the virus came from after WHO’s dissatisfactory visit to China in...

On Camera

India uses BRICS to push reforms—not to challenge the US

India has been pleading for long to bring reforms in institutions like the United Nations, IMF, and World Bank, which it believes are West-dominated and don’t reflect current global realities.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan likely used NATO-style aerial tactics taught by China

The Chinese are said to have hired ex-fighter pilots & air force operators from NATO countries over the past several years to help them fine-tune their operational & flying capabilities.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.