SARS-CoV-2 is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus. It is contagious in humans and is the cause of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Non-active site mutations such as L50F are crucial ...

Abbott Park, Illinois-based Abbott got the go-ahead for a molecular test for COVID-19. The firm's Alinity ... The French firm's BioFire Blood Culture Identification 2 (BCID2) Panel is a qualitative ...

With the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic fading even as the coronavirus persists and evolves, a new normal is taking shape around the world. Experts expect cases to rise again this winter.

Around noon, office workers were entering the test venue on the first floor of a building one after another, where a large sign proclaimed “new coronavirus PCR (polymerase chain reaction) ...

Here’s the latest on symptoms, treatments and testing. By Dani Blum Dani Blum has reported on Covid since the spring of 2020. There are few constants when it comes to Covid, but one thing has ...

Reports of rising cases of a flu-like illness in China, where COVID-19 was first detected five years ago, sparked international concerns about the potential for another worldwide pandemic.

Covid-19 is now ubiquitous – but hospitalisations seem to be on a downward trajectory. No one knows why. When virologists took their first peek at XEC, the Covid-19 variant which started to ...

It’s been five years since the COVID-19 pandemic began—and a lot has changed. From early in the pandemic until now, COVID went from causing fear, death, shortages, and uncertainty to being regarded by ...

The disclosure came after authorities had reported dozens of infections over several weeks by the pathogen later named SARS-CoV-2 and understood as the cause of Covid-19. It went on to spark a ...

Diagnosis of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) requires advanced tools such as the Biofire Panel ... more expensive than a Covid-19 test, which typically costs between Rs 500 and Rs 1,000. According to ...

Speaking of testing, HMPV diagnosis requires advanced tools like the BioFire panel ... In comparison, the cost of a COVID-19 RT-PCR test in India is significantly lower, typically ranging between ...