Infection

Explained: Why are masks making a comeback in the United States?

A ‘tripledemic’ outbreak of coronavirus, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus is sweeping the United States. This has prompted several cities and counties, including New York City and Los Angeles County, to encourage people to wear masks indoors

Explained: How China's zero-COVID policy has left people in Beijing frustrated

Beijing's tightening restrictions come as the city is reporting its highest-ever number of daily infections. Residents are now growing tired of navigating vague, shifting restrictions and uncertainties

Explained: How British scientists cured a man who suffered from COVID for 411 days

The man, who has a weakened immune system due to a kidney transplant, caught COVID-19 in December 2020 and continued to test positive until January this year. However, researchers successfully treated him by analysing the genetic code of his particular virus to find the right treatment

COVID-19 Update- 12,608 fresh cases in India; 72 deaths recorded

The active cases comprised 0.23 per cent of the total infections, as the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.58 per cent, the health ministry said

31,000 cases and counting... How countries can stop the spread of monkeypox

With only a limited global supply of vaccines, authorities are racing to stop monkeypox before it becomes entrenched as a new disease

'COVID-19 infection doubles risk of mental health problems, financial difficulties in older adults'

New research, recently published in the journal PNAS, used data from 5,146 adults between the ages of 52 and 74 to examine the immediate and longer-term impact of COVID-19 on their mental health, well-being, social interactions, and financial outcomes

Delhi records 1,656 COVID-19 cases, highest in 3 months; positivity rate 5.39 per cent

Delhi had recorded 1,365 COVID-19 cases and zero fatality due to the infection, while the positivity rate had stood at 6.35 per cent

Increased infectious disease risk likely from climate change, says new study

Researchers said not all viruses will spread to humans or become pandemics the scale of the coronavirus but the number of cross-species viruses increases the risk of spread to humans

Shanghai releases thousands of recovered COVID-19 patients from hospitals, but infection numbers keep rising

The sudden rise of cases has led to the much-criticised lockdown of the city of 26 million people amid public criticism of the separation of children from parents in hospitals and testing centres as well distribution of food supplies to the people who were confined for days to the apartment blocks

COVID-19 infection rates hit new high for England, says new study

According to the surveillance data of the study, the vast majority of the analysed positive samples were the Omicron BA.2 stealth variant, named due to the absence of certain genetic changes that can distinguish this variant easily from others