CHANCELLOR BANKS ANNOUNCES END OF OUTDOOR MASK MANDATE
NEW YORK(TIP): Schools Chancellor David C. Banks announced on Friday, February 25, that beginning Monday, February 28, 2022 masks or…
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Indian American student Jaskaran Singh wins $250K prize in college quiz contest
AUSTIN, TX (TIP): In a three-contest winning streak by Indian American students, Jaskaran Singh has won the premiere quiz tournament…
Read MoreLawsuit Regarding SARS-CoV2 – Covid-19
Batra v Daszak, EcoHealth, et al - Lawsuit Complaint Amended New York State Supreme Court - Index #157709-2021 Batra v…
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India records 1.49 lakh new Covid cases, 1,072 more deaths
New Delhi (TIP)-India added 1,49,394 new Covid cases, taking the total tally to 4,19,52,712, while the active cases further declined…
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Queens becomes first county in New York to have 2 million residents receive COVID-19 vaccine
QUEENS, NY (TIP): As the city continues to encourage New Yorkers to get tested, vaccinated and boosted to prevent the…
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Omicron wave is wake-up call about need to vaccinate the world, say Hill Democrats, experts
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Senior administration officials, public health experts and Democrats say that the omicron wave has illustrated gaps in…
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Coronavirus: The Basics
Since January 2020, life in the US has revolved around the “coronavirus” AKA COVID-19. While our lives have been greatly…
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Covid 3rd wave reaches South: Kerala logs 46,387 cases; Karnataka over 47K
New Delhi (TIP)- The third wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, which is believed to have crossed its peak in Delhi and…
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Senate Committee Confirms Garcetti nomination as US Ambassador to India
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who played a key role in the city landing the hosting rights…
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Centers For Disease Control (CDC) urges citizens to wear ‘most protective mask’
Administration toship 500 million COVID-19 tests for free WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
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Omicron 105% more transmissible than Delta, say French scientists
The Omicron Covid-19 variant may be 105 per cent more transmissible than Delta, according to a research by French scientists.…
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T-cells from common colds can provide protection against Covid
High levels of T-cells from common cold coronaviruses can provide protection against COVID-19, an Imperial College London study published on…
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India’s single-day Covid tally at 2,64,202, positivity rate touches 14.78%
New Delhi (TIP)- India on Friday, Jan 14, recorded 2,64,202 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pushing the active…
Read MoreLaw ministry approves increase of poll expenditure by candidates
New Delhi (TIP)-The Union ministry of law and justice on Thursday, Jan 6, approved raising the election expenditure ceiling by…
Read MoreOmicron surge could differ per country: WHO
Top World Health Organization official says low hospitalization and death rates in South Africa due to the omicron variant cannot…
Read MoreCovid-19 can cause serious kidney damage, warns expert
Covid-19 can badly affect kidneys of even those people who did not have any history of kidney diseases earlier. The…
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Germany mulls new Covid restrictions as Omicron advances
Berlin (TIP): Germany’s leaders are set to consider possible new restrictions and changes to quarantine rules on January 7 as…
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Small protest outside Djokovic Melbourne detention hotel
Melbourne (TIP): A small group of protesters supporting Novak Djokovic waved flags and banners outside an Australian immigration detention hotel…
Read MoreWeak testing, data outage leave Brazil ‘in the dark’ as Omicron advances
Rio de Janeiro (TIP): Insufficient testing for Covid-19 and a data blackout caused by hackers have left Brazil in the…
Read MoreSri Lanka vaccinates children as doctors warn of Covid surge
Colombo (TIP): Sri Lankan health authorities on January 7 began vaccinating children aged 12 to 15, as the island nation’s…
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To-Go Drinks to Return to NY Bars and Restaurants: Hochul
NEW YORK (TIP): Drink up and go! Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday, January 5 the return of New York's to-go…
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Modi’s Christmas shocker hurts the poor and disadvantaged in India during the Covid
“These calls have an eerie familiarity with what has happened to the Jews in Germany during World War II. Even…
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Tarrant county Fort Worth has Coronavirus Positivity Rate over 35%
FORT WORTH, TX (TIP): In case you missed it, here are four COVID updates from the first Tarrant County Commissioners’…
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Mix of challenges, hope in 2021 COVID-19 fight
The global anti-pandemic fight in 2021 was full of twists and turns: a string of new and cunning variants, a…
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Vaccine drive, virus resurgence, Omicron & lockdown 2.0
Pandemic rages amid vaccination In 2021 as the vaccines were rolled out across the world, the COVID-19 surge continued unabated…
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Delta to Omicron, looking back at Covid-19 journey in 2021
While people bid adieu to the 'unlucky 2020' that was touted to be the cursed and worst year in many…
Read MoreOmicron has a greater capacity to bind with human cells: Study
Even as the newly reported Omicron variant is poised to replace Delta as the dominant variant across the world, a…
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With 46,759 Covid-19 cases, India sees highest single-day rise in 2 months
New Delhi (TIP): India on Saturday, Aug 28, reported 46,759 new cases of coronavirus disease—the highest in nearly two months—pushed…
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Global COVID-19 caseload tops 215 mn
Washington (TIP): The global coronavirus caseload has topped 215 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.48 million…
Read MoreOver 3,000 Covid cases reported across LA schools
More than 3,000 coronavirus cases have been reported across Los Angeles County K-12 schools, the county’s public health director reported…
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