Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow Delta variant has been a recent SARS-CoV-2 strain that is building serious concern among researchers. The COVID-19 disease has proven deadly with newer strains evolving from various regions globally. A lot of research went onto developing vaccines that work against various SARS-CoV-2 strains. The newly evolved strains tend to […]
Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida What is Chickenpox? The Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) causes chickenpox, which is a highly contagious disease. It can result in a rash that is itchy and blistery. The rash begins on the chest, back, and face, then spreads across the body, leaving 250 to 500 itching blisters. It can […]
Sagnik Nag, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu World Hepatitis Day or commonly referred to as WHD, is commemorated annually on 28 July to extend awareness of viral hepatitis. The disease causes inflammation of the liver that inflicts momentous liver damage and may lead to hepatic cancer. The date of 28 July was assigned because […]
Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University The COVID-19 vaccine has been created as an emergency vaccine, based on several strategies, such as mRNA vaccine, inactivated virus vaccine, etc. The other vaccines having cleared the clinical trials have passed on to the mass population vaccination drives, without any reported risk factors, yet. However, Johnson and Johnson’s COVID 19 […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata COVID-19 is a highly contagious viral infection that can mainly affect the respiratory system. It is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus which has the ability to mutate. Due to frequent mutations, the COVID-19 strains are highly virulent and tend to infect more rapidly, leading to a rapidly evolving pandemic. The impact […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata The pandemic, that is, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world all of a sudden, changing infection rates or rather increasing it every day without leaving the world to think of the ways to fight with the unknown enemy, the virus. This created a lot of panic at the beginning of […]
– Husna, Amity University Kolkata Recently, as the world is implementing re-opening plans during the COVID-19 pandemic, infrared contact-free temperature assessment devices are being used at entry points to identify and screen out feverish individuals who may carry the coronavirus. But even when the devices are used properly, temperature assessment may have a limited impact […]
