The big news: Centre to track new Covid variants amid outbreak in China, and 9 other top stories

Scroll Staff

· Dec 20, 2022 · 11:03 pm

Amid Covid-19 surge in China, Centre tells states to send all positive samples for genome sequencing

Scroll Staff

· Dec 20, 2022 · 09:57 pm

Community spread of Omicron is driving Covid-19 surge in Mumbai and Delhi, data confirms

Tabassum Barnagarwala

· Dec 31, 2021 · 06:30 am

Lack of genome sequencing capacity hampers India’s efforts to track the spread of Omicron

Tabassum Barnagarwala

· Dec 23, 2021 · 06:30 am

Covid-19: Delta sub-lineages unlikely to be more transmissible than main variant, says panel

Scroll Staff

· Jul 15, 2021 · 09:47 am

Tripura detects 138 cases of Delta Plus variant – over 90% of samples sent for genome sequencing

Scroll Staff

· Jul 10, 2021 · 01:54 pm

Why is India failing to use its genome sequencing capacity for Covid-19?

Arunabh Saikia

· Jun 13, 2021 · 06:30 am

Coronavirus: Virologist Shahid Jameel resigns as chief of genome sequencing group

Scroll Staff

· May 17, 2021 · 08:24 am

India’s triple mutant Covid variant is sparking global concern. Why do we know so little about it?

Arunabh Saikia

· Apr 21, 2021 · 09:00 am

India played down new mutant Covid strains to avoid panic – but this may have backfired

Arunabh Saikia

· Apr 14, 2021 · 06:30 am

Coronavirus: Less than 1% samples in India were genome sequenced in three months, says report

Scroll Staff

· Mar 25, 2021 · 01:04 pm

What we know about the new Covid-19 mutations in Maharashtra, and how you can stay safe

Aarefa Johari

· Feb 24, 2021 · 06:30 am

New coronavirus strain: Genome sequencing to be done in India for symptomatic international fliers

Scroll Staff

· Dec 29, 2020 · 06:46 pm

Lab notes: Decoding the genetics of HIV strains found in India

Sarah Iqbal

· Jan 11, 2018 · 05:30 am

Introducing ‘dark DNA’ – the phenomenon that could change how we think about evolution

Adam Hargreaves, The Conversation

· Aug 28, 2017 · 11:30 pm

A small group of researchers are making big strides in combating kala azar

Menaka Rao

· Apr 19, 2017 · 02:30 pm