An expert committee set up to probe the recent surge in heart attack-related deaths in Karnataka's Hassan district has submitted its report to the state government, ruling out any abnormal spike in cardiac fatalities.

An expert committee set up by the Karnataka government said it did not find any link between premature cardiovascular disease and a prior history of COVID-19 infection or vaccination.

Hospitalisations due to severe Covid-19 infection, a family history of sudden deaths, as well as lifestyle behaviours are some of the reasons behind the unexplained sudden death, according to study.

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has responded to Biocon Ltd Executive Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw's suggestion that he acknowledge the science behind vaccine development, rather than engage in retrospective blame.

As Covid-19 cases continue to rise across India, the number of active infections has now crossed 6,815 nationwide.

Doctors and health officials in India and across the world have said that the new Covid variants are not serious threats but are spreading faster.

Gujarat recorded 64 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 461.

In view of the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Kerala, the state health department issued guidelines to hospitals and health workers. It has also directed the government and private hospitals to conduct drills.

A team of US researchers has developed a new type of mRNA vaccine that is more scalable and adaptable to tackle continuously evolving viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 and H5N1.

Karnataka's Health and Family Welfare Department has said in an official statement that the number of active Covid-19 cases crossed the 300-mark in the state.

As many as 84 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Maharashtra on Friday, taking the tally of cases registered since the start of the year to 681, the state public health department said.

The US will no longer recommend Covid-19 vaccines for children and healthy pregnant women, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday, calling it a "common sense" decision grounded in sound science.

As Karnataka recorded 80 COVID-19 cases, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Tuesday that the elderly and people with co-morbidities must wear masks as a precautionary measure.

The JN.1 variant and its related descendants belong to the Omicron family.

New variants, LF.7 and NB.1.8.1 are descendants of the JN.1 variant that are circulating rapidly.

Shilpa Shirodkar will next be seen in Jatadhara

A resurgent wave of Covid-19 is spreading through Southeast Asia, with densely populated regions in Hong Kong, Singapore, China and Thailand witnessing a spike in cases.

The new virus called HKU5-CoV-2, discovered in bats in China, carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission.

Women might be at a 31 per cent higher risk of developing long Covid compared to men, with those aged 40-55 years likely to be at most risk, a study has found.

Juan Pablo Vaquero was pronounced dead in the Peruvian Amazonian city of Iquitos in the first wave of COVID-19 in April 2020. His sister wasn't allowed to see his body. Three days later came home after waking up in a pile of corpses in the jungle.

Three cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been detected in India - two in Bengaluru and one in Ahmedabad. The cases were detected in babies and one of them has been discharged from the hospital.

Merck & Co.'s Covid-19 antivirals are getting a new lease of life in post-pandemic China, as cat owners seize on them as antidotes to a life-threatening disease caused by a coronavirus that infects their feline companions.

The country's economy, the world's second-largest, has struggled to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, facing challenges like a debt crisis in the housing sector, low consumption, and high youth unemployment.

China insisted on Tuesday that it had shared information on Covid-19 "without holding anything back", after the World Health Organization implored China to offer more data and access to understand the disease's origins.