Akash Singh, Banaras Hindu University In COVID-19, there has been a boom in webinars/conferences aimed at connecting the field’s veterans with the new scientists. Likewise, the Meiosis community organized a virtual webinar series that involved a forum to discuss the diversity and equity issues in order to provide actionable elements for the encouragement of the […]
Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow Amongst so many vaccine options recently developed in different parts of the world, Sputnik V has proven to be a great candidate due to a lot of factors. Firstly, is its high efficacy of about 92% against the coronavirus disease caused by the SARS-CoV2 viral strains. Also known as […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University The emergence of COVID-19 has brought some serious landmarks in the field of science. With little knowledge of the infecting virus and its variants, scientists have made giant leaps to protect our society and to stop the spread of the virus. These giant leaps have come in the form of the […]
Srabani Roy Chowdhury, MAKAUT- West Bengal We all know that COVID-19 principally affects the respiratory system. But recent reports state that both SARS-CoV-2 recovered and active patients show extra-pulmonary manifestations, which can be cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal and, neurological. The interaction between SARS-CoV-2 with the cardiovascular system is not much recognized yet. But studies show that […]
Varuni Ankolekar, Quartesian Some days back, Uttar Pradesh had recorded a few Covid positive cases, affected by one of the obscure variants of SARS-CoV-2, named the Kappa variant. The investigations were carried out at King George’s medical college in Lucknow. DNA sequencing results of 109 positive tested samples showed that two tested positive cases were […]
Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic due to the SARS-CoV 2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome) viral strain has posed a high concern worldwide. This is because of the associated high mortality and the devising of effective treatment strategies. It has been nothing short of devastating at the global level leading […]
Sagnik Nag, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu In 1989, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme proposed 11th July to be commemorated as World Population Day by the international community. The day aims to direct awareness of the necessity and implication of population themes and issues. Current estimations demonstrate that approximately 83 […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College A recent study conducted by Satveer Mahil et al., showcased in the current year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) and published in The Lancet Rheumatology, demonstrates that it is not the response of T-cell but that of the antibody to the first jab of the Pfizer […]
Esha Mohite, MGM’s College of Engineering and Technology We all are well aware of the circumstances under which people all over the globe are living, since the last year. Covid-19 (caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus) has become a household name. The virus that previously was generally found in birds, bats, and cattle, has now taken […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University Current Scenario The emergence of coronavirus from 2019 till now has led to a global healthcare crisis all over the world. Recent data of COVID-19 shows data as of July 7 having 184,324,026 confirmed cases and 3,992,680 deaths. Although vaccination has started to pick up pace in many countries, the risk […]
