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The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, becomes almost immediately nonviable if deposited on a cash banknote, according to a study. The research, published in the journal PLOS ONE,…

Among the 14 districts, Ernakulam recorded the most with 2,973 followed by Thiruvananthapuram (1,916) and Kottayam (1,367). Kerala logged 15,184 new Covid-19 cases and 427 deaths on…

The coating, described in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, may be used in future to develop an antiviral spray for fabrics. Scientists in the US have developed an…

The "Variant of Concern" has undergone not less than 30 mutations. (Representative Image)The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 that has taken the world by storm calling for authorities to…

Special attention needed in case of underlying diseases such as asthma, COPD and other lung problemsBy Dr. Jaideep Gogtay, The lung is a delicate organ and despite that knowledge we are…

The study was led by researchers from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and has been published in Nature Microbiology. (Photo credit: Reuters)Coronavirus build-up in the lungs might have…

DNA sequencing has given good insights about understanding virus and its mutants.“We are living in an explosive era of medical discoveries where sequencing of virus has been done in the form…