Amid concerns over a possible Nipah virus threat, bats at Kolkata’s Alipore Zoo are undergoing RT-PCR testing to rule out infection, a senior state Forest department official said on Saturday. A team ...

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings.

The Director of the ICMR's National Institute of Virology Dr Naveen Kumar on Friday said the cases appear to be isolated ones and there is no immediate public health threat to India.

NEW DELHI: India has developed indigenous RT-PCR testing kit to combat Mpox as the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared its second public health emergency of International concern due to Monkey ...

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has signed a technology transfer agreement with Molbio Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd., licensing the commercialization of EnViro-Q, India’s first multiplex ...

The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings. A ...

Authorities intensify surveillance after two deaths and four infections while awaiting genome sequencing results in Kadapa.

Officials attributed part of the increase to expanded screening and said RT-PCR viral load testing facilities are now being revived.