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People across Europe, North America slept for days or stared blankly for hours during this 100-year-old strange epidemic and scientists are still searching whyDuring the 1918 flu pandemic, a mysterious illness, encephalitis lethargica, emerged in Europe and North America, causing extreme sleepines...- Swiss researchers decode ancient “influenza virus” genome from preserved pandemic victimScientists have successfully decoded the genome of the 1918 influenza virus from a preserved Swiss patient sample. The research reveals tha...
- Delhi records 509 fresh COVID -19 cases, positivity rate crosses 25% markThe positivity rate stood at 15.64 per cent. The city had recorded 573 positive cases on August 27 last year with a positivity rate of 3.62...
- H3N2 influenza virus symptoms include fever & cough; doctors prescribe best time to take annual flu vaccineMaharashtra, Haryana & Karnataka have reported one death each so far.
- Successful tests in animal models pave way for strategy for universal flu vaccineAn experimental mRNA-based vaccine against all 20 known subtypes of influenza virus provided broad protection from otherwise lethal flu str...
- In 1918, people dropped whisky into their noses to treat Spanish flu. What else we know about eyebrow- raising 'cures'Between 1918 and 1920, newspapers were flooded with Spanish flu cures of all kinds.
- People gave up on measures during 1918 influenza pandemic and paid a priceThe pandemic wore on, stretching into a third deadly wave that lasted through the spring of 1919.
- The antidote to 3rd Covid wave is combination of social distancing, health infra and massive vaccination outreachThe key question at this juncture is: will there be a third wave, and if yes, how should the government and citizens gear up to confront th...
- Indian-American teen wins $25,000 for discovery that could lead to Covid-19 treatment, earns Vice President's praiseAnika Chebrolu, an eighth grader, won the 3M Young Scientist Challenge.
- Coronavirus-afflicted 2020 looks like 1918 despite science's marchIn 1918, no one had a vaccine, treatment or cure for the great flu pandemic as it ravaged the world and killed more than 50 million people....
- An unwanted shipment: The Indian experience of the 1918 Spanish fluWhile some realities have only marginally changed over the last century, the nature of the administration has drastically transformed from ...
- Recalling history's 10 deadliest diseases that came before the coronavirusBefore the coronavirus, the human race has had to deal with various epidemics and pandemics across the centuries. Many of them have claimed...
- Global markets have 3 coronavirus scenarios to considerThere is a tendency among investors to concentrate on the direct short-term effects.
- Covid-19: Highly contagious but less fatal than other virusesWhile the number of Covid-19 cases is stabilising, experts say behaviour of virus cannot be foreseen.
- Bill Gates urges US to lead fight against lethal pandemicWashington, April 28 (IANS) Microsoft Corporation co-founder Bill Gates has said that the US government is falling short in preparing itsel...
- Unless contained, Ebola could become endemic in AfricaBiologists have been sequencing the genome of the virus, and have collected nearly a hundred viruses from patients in the first month itsel...
- US moves closer to swine flu vaccineInching closer to a swine flu vaccine, the U.S. government is beginning to analyze two candidates for the key ingredient to brew one.
- Swine flu arrives in Asia; 3 suspected cases in DelhiSouth Korea on Saturday reported its first case of swine flu after Hong Kong said a man who flew from Mexico had the disease, in Asia's fir...
- Is the world staring at the worst health crisis in 90 years?With the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday raising its alert level to phase five for swine flu, health experts were fearing a sit...
- WHO warns complacency on bird fluThe World Health Organisation warned Monday against complacency in the fight against bird flu, saying another human influenza pandemic is i...
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