Maharashtra, Haryana & Karnataka have reported one death each so far.

An experimental mRNA-based vaccine against all 20 known subtypes of influenza virus provided broad protection from otherwise lethal flu str...

Between 1918 and 1920, newspapers were flooded with Spanish flu cures of all kinds.

The pandemic wore on, stretching into a third deadly wave that lasted through the spring of 1919.

The 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...

Anika Chebrolu, an eighth grader, won the 3M Young Scientist Challenge.

In 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....

While some realities have only marginally changed over the last century, the nature of the administration has drastically transformed from ...

Before the coronavirus, the human race has had to deal with various epidemics and pandemics across the centuries. Many of them have claimed...

There is a tendency among investors to concentrate on the direct short-term effects.

While the number of Covid-19 cases is stabilising, experts say behaviour of virus cannot be foreseen.

Washington, April 28 (IANS) Microsoft Corporation co-founder Bill Gates has said that the US government is falling short in preparing itsel...

Biologists have been sequencing the genome of the virus, and have collected nearly a hundred viruses from patients in the first month itsel...

Inching closer to a swine flu vaccine, the U.S. government is beginning to analyze two candidates for the key ingredient to brew one.

South 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...

With the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday raising its alert level to phase five for swine flu, health experts were fearing a sit...

The World Health Organisation warned Monday against complacency in the fight against bird flu, saying another human influenza pandemic is i...