April 7, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

April 7, 2026

Science Chronicle

A Science and Technology Blog

Day: May 1, 2025

Communicable diseaseMonkeypoxPublic Health

What drives sustained growth of monkeypox cases

Sustained transmission of monkeypox in heterosexual population is unlikely in all scenarios studied by researchers

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Communicable diseaseCOVID-19Public HealthSARS-CoV-2Vaccines

In haste: On vaccinating children against COVID-19

India could have waited for evidence of benefit of vaccinating all children The emergency use authorisation (EUA) granted on April 26

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Communicable diseaseMonkeypoxPublic Health

Is monkeypox a sexually transmitted infection?

A study found monkeypox virus in the seminal fluid of four men who had sex with men

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Communicable diseaseCOVID-19ImmunisationPublic HealthSARS-CoV-2Vaccines

Boost for boosters: On Corbevax as booster dose

With the approval of Corbevax as a booster dose, India will have a heterologous shot

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Communicable diseaseMonkeypoxPublic Health

Monkeypox virus mutates at a higher rate

The mutation pattern does not conclusively prove sustained human-to-human transmission

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