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.

None of the Covid vaccine doses are linked to heart attacks and deaths, said Dr Sudheer Arava from AIIMS, who is part of the research currently underway by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

A day after the Indian Council of Medical Research debunked claims of the Corona vaccine being responsible for the rising death cases among the youth, a panel of expert doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences addressed the issue.

Robert F Kennedy Jr's decision to withdraw US funding from the global vaccine alliance GAVI, may kill far more children than anything he has so far tried at home.

Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has pushed back against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's recent claim that COVID-19 vaccines may be linked to a surge in sudden cardiac deaths in Hassan district.

In the backdrop of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah linking heart-related deaths in the state's Hassan district to Covid-19 vaccines, the Union Health Ministry has clarified that there is no evidence of a connection between the two.

Studies by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have established that there is no direct link between COVID-19 vaccination and the reports of sudden deaths in the country.

All hypotheses on how the Covid-19 pandemic began remain open, the World Health Organization said, following an inconclusive four-year investigation that was hamstrung by crucial information being withheld.

More than three years after a COVID outbreak in the team derailed their campaign in the last AFC Women's Asian Cup, India will make a fresh bid for a place in the continental showpiece

Nimbus Covid variant has accounted for approximately 37% of US cases within two weeks as of June 7.

With overlapping symptoms like fever, sore throat, runny nose, cough, fatigue, headaches and body ache, it can be hard to differentiate between Covid-19 and flu.

New Covid Nimbus: Designated as NB.1.8.1, the Nimbus strain is a descendant of Omicron. WHO has listed it among six variants under close observation.

According to The Lancet journal, the XFG variant survives and spreads easily as it can evade the body's natural defences easily.

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

India's active coronavirus cases have climbed to 7,121, with Kerala fighting the latest resurgence of infections - followed by Gujarat and Delhi.

Amid an increase in Covid-19 cases, Kerala Health Minister Veena George has said that special care should be taken as the disease remains more severe among the elderly and those with other diseases.

XFG is a recombinant subvariant, which means it originated from two variants, LF.7 and LP.8.1.2, in this case.

Kerala continues to be the most affected state, followed by Gujarat, West Bengal and Delhi, according to the ministry.

A top US-based expert on China has warned of "something worse" than Covid if the United States is not careful, days after two Chinese scientists were charged with allegedly smuggling a toxic fungus into the US.

While states are on alert, officials have said that the coronavirus cases are mild in nature and there is no need to panic.

NB.1.8.1 is a descendant of the Omicron family. Like other Omicron sub-variants, NB.1.8.1 appears to be highly transmissible.

Covid is growing milder with time but an occasional surge in cases is expected because the virus that causes it is now endemic and constantly evolving, say scientists while assuring that there is no cause for concern.

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.