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Healthcare worker in a Mumbai slum for a COVID-19 check-up camp. Photo: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas

COVID-19 Recovered People Showing Faster Antibody Response To Covishield

Single dose of Covishield is enough for individuals already...

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Hot Weather Causes Intense Forest Fire in Simlipal, Govt Claims No Lives Lost

Forest officials, locals and volunteers are engaged in disconnecting...

Taronga Zoo senior keeper Rob Dockerill holds Annie the Platypus during a World Wildlife Day announcement pledging to save the Australian platypus from extinction, at Taronga Zoo in Sydney

Australia Building World’s First Sanctuary for Near-Extinct Platypus

Cordelia Hsu 03/03/2021

The platypus, currently a protected species, may become extinct...

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To Make Science More Inclusive, Eradicate Terms With Racial Connotations

Aziz Khan 03/03/2021

'Blacklist' and 'Whitelist' are commonly used terms in science...

The skeleton of Little Foot is seen in Oxford, Britain, this undated handout photo

Fossil of Australopithecus ‘Little Foot’ Sheds Light on Human Origins

Will Dunham 03/03/2021

Using synchrotron X-ray imaging for fossils, scientists examined the...

A 99-year-old former WWII combatant gestures as he leaves the hospital after being treated for COVID-19. Photo: Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino

Study Suggests Pfizer, Oxford Vaccines Reduce Severe COVID-19 in Elderly

Vaccines' protective effect is maintained over six weeks of...

A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a woman at a wholesale market, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

India’s Next Phase of Virus Crisis Likely To Be Localised Outbreaks

Krishna N. Das and Sachin Ravikumar 03/03/2021

India has not attained herd immunity through natural infection...